Michigan Trip
Top destinations in Michigan
Traverse City
Detroit
Flint
Ann Arbor
Lansing
Grand Rapids
Bay City
Holland
Marquette
Where to stay in Michigan
Find the best Michigan areas and neighborhoods for the activities you enjoy most. Learn more about Michigan
Downtown Detroit
2 out of top 10 points of interest in this area
4/5Very Good!(9 area reviews)
Detroit is known for its architecture, industrialization and the arts. As creative entrepreneurs reclaim downtown, a new urban culture is rising next to the old.
Downtown Grand Rapids
While visiting Downtown Grand Rapids, you might make a stop by sights like La Grande Vitesse and DeVos Performance Hall.
Midtown
5/5Exceptional!(4 area reviews)
If you're spending time in Midtown, check out sights like C Pop Art Gallery or The Majestic Theatre and hop on the metro to see more of the city at Canfield Street Station or Martin Luther King Boulevard/Mack Avenue Station.
Greektown Historic District
Experience the atmosphere of a Mediterranean town within the city center of Detroit as you dine on European food and enjoy a buzzing nightlife.
Heartside
Heartside is known for its ample dining options, and you can make a stop by Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts and Van Andel Arena while in the area.
Top hotels in Michigan
Grand Beach Resort Hotel
1683 US 31 N, Traverse City, MI
4.5/5Wonderful! (1,371 reviews)
"Hotel was overall clean and conveniently located. I did not give top rating because the door access key was very annoying to operate - typically took 7-10 tries to get it to open the access door."
Reviewed on 13 Sep 2021
MotorCity Casino Hotel
2901 Grand River Ave, Detroit, MI
Fully refundableReserve now, pay when you stay
4.3/5Excellent! (3,910 reviews)
"microwave"
Reviewed on 15 Sep 2021
Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center
Renaissance Center, 400 Renaissance Drive, Detroit, MI
Fully refundableReserve now, pay when you stay
3.9/5Very Good! (968 reviews)
"Very nice hotel and very huge!"
Reviewed on 14 Sep 2021
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Michigan Holiday Packages
Four Great Lakes surround two peninsulas, providing travel choices from big-city excitement to wilderness exploration.Known as the Great Lake State, Michigan encompasses two peninsulas. Enjoy large cities and Big Ten university experiences in Lower Michigan. Visit numerous lakefront and inland parks in far-less-populated Upper Michigan.
Detroit was the “Car Capital of the World” for half a century. See the history of the auto industry at Henry Ford Museum. More recently, Detroit has invested in city infrastructure centred on the Detroit River. Enjoy shopping, dining or a pleasant promenade. Across the river, Windsor, Canada is an interesting daytrip.
Attend professional sports events in Detroit or see Big Ten college games in Ann Arbor and Lansing.
Lakes Erie, Huron and Michigan border mitten-shaped Lower Michigan. Drive along the coast to see everything from sand dunes to cherry orchards. Learn about Michigan’s trading history at Fort Michilimackinac at Lower Michigan’s northern tip. Mackinac Island in Lake Huron is a popular holiday spot, reached only by ferry. No cars are allowed in the quaint town.
Cross the awe-inspiring Mackinac Bridge, a 5-mile (8-kilometre) structure connecting to Upper Michigan over the Straits of Mackinac.
The Upper Peninsula has a rabbit shape. The “tail” on the east is Sault Ste. Marie. Watch huge canal locks operate to allow ocean-going commercial boats to travel from Lake Superior to Lake Huron on their way to the Atlantic Ocean.
Travel west to appreciate the outdoors near Escanaba and Manistique on Lake Michigan or Marquette and Houghton on Lake Superior. Enjoy summer and winter sports on the areas’ rivers and lakes: swim, waterski, kayak, sail, snowmobile, iceboat, ice fish, hunt and more. Look for state parks and quiet campgrounds where you can sit around a fire and cook the day’s catch.
From Copper Harbour, on the rabbit’s “ear,” take a ferry to Isle Royale National Park in the middle of chilly Lake Superior. No cars are allowed in this wilderness. Hike the 46-mile-long (74-kilometre) park and look for moose and wolves in their natural habitat.
Michigan deserves its motto: “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.”