Chicago’s Magnificent Mile is the ultimate urban experience. Amazing shopping, dining and leisure opportunities together with some of the best hotels in Chicago will make this area the mainstay of your visit.  In addition city authorities usually organize world class outdoor events each season to ramp up the excitement.

The Magnificent Mile as it is referred to in Chicago is actually the stretch along Michigan Avenue starting at the Chicago River and ending at Oak Street.  Despite its relatively small area it is one of the world’s most popular and crowded shopping districts. The Magnificent Mile packs in an amazing 460 shops, 275 restaurants, 51 hotels, two uniquely Chicagoan museums and a number of other sightseeing and leisure venues that collectively draw in 22 million tourists each year.

Retail outlets offer almost everything imaginable and shoppers can chose from a variety that is unsurpassed anywhere in the world.  Among the retail stores found here are popular department stores such as Bloomingdale’s, Marshall Field’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor and Nordstrom. Exclusive designer labels also have some great fashion boutiques on the Magnificent Mile, everything from Giorgio Armani, Cartier to Hermes are on offer for avid fashioneistas. 

Despite the numerous boutiques and mega malls, the Magnificent Mile is not all urbanized; during the warmer summer months beautiful flowers come in to bloom, colorfully decorated trees and horse drawn carriages add to the delightful experience of shopping in this vibrant area.


Being advantageously positioned among Chicago hotels, the Magnificent Mile can be explored fully from the comfort of our newly renovated luxurious accommodations at Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago.