Travel Tips for The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan
Activities
There are plenty of activities at the Grand Hotel
for adults, children, and families. Our travel tips:
1) As soon as you have checked in, walk up
the stairs next to the registration desk, to the Parlor level. Directly in
front of you will be the Information Desk. Pick up a Daily Schedule of
Events, and review what is left for the day. During the remainder of your
stay, a Schedule of Events for the following day will be placed on your bed each
evening during the evening turndown service.
2) The Grand Hotel shows movies each
evening in the Heritage Hall on the first floor. We highly recommend "Ice
Bridge." This documentary chronicles the winter season for Mackinac
Island, when the straits freeze over and the locals can travel across the ice to the
mainland.
3) Bob Tagatz, the hotel's historian,
presents lectures on the hotel's history that are not to be missed. You
can find out the day and time of Bob's next lecture at the Information Desk on
the Parlor level.
4) Complimentary demitasse is offered in
the parlor each evening from 8:00 - 9:30pm, following dinner. This is a
very nice way to relax and wind down.
5) Walk the grounds and enjoy the
landscaping and scenery.
6) Even if you bypass many of the other
activities, you must sit on one of the rocking chairs on the front porch, which
is billed as "the longest porch in the world."
Enjoy a tradition stretching back to the hotel's opening in 1887.
7) Visit the cupola -- go to the west side of
the parlor level, just past the piano. Take the elevator to the fourth
floor, then walk up two flights of stairs. The cupola has 180 degree views
of the hotel grounds and the island. Our
photos that look like aerial shots of the pool area were taken from the
cupola.
8) Rent a bicycle and explore the roads and
trails located behind the hotel. Download a map
here. Note: remember the hotel is located on a bluff -- if you
ride your bicycle down the hill to the shopping area, you will then need to come
back up the hill.
9) Depending upon your sporting preference,
play a round of golf, swim in the Esther Willams pool, or enjoy a round of tennis.
10) Visit the
Grand Hotel's
website and check out all of the activities.
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at the Grand Hotel
Getting to The Grand Hotel
Activities
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Families
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Grand Hotel
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