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One Week in Chicago, Newlywed: A Honeymoon for People Who’d Rather Eat Than Tan

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Key Takeaways Why a Full Week, Why Chicago Five days in Chicago is a great honeymoon. Seven days is a better one. The difference is pace. With a week, you don’t have to choose between the Art Institute and the architecture boat tour—you can do both, on different days, with a spa morning in between. You can eat at a West Loop restaurant on Monday and go back on Thursday because the pasta was that good and you’re married now and nobody’s keeping score. Chicago earns this kind of trip because it doesn’t perform romance