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Michigan’s Lakes & Mackinac Island | Tauck®

Escorted by Chris & Tracy Archer

 Get set for a tour through the lush Michigan countryside and along panoramic beaches with sand dunes stretching along the shores of beautiful Lake Michigan. What’s fascinating about this tour? You get to step back in time with a visit to Mackinac Island and to the tiny “Bavarian” village of Frankenmuth. Enjoy wine pairings with dinner and old-time music. Explore the architecture of Alden B. Dow. And last, but not least, discover the stories behind the automobile industry at the Henry Ford and the Ford Rouge Factory.

And stay at amazing hotels along the way including the historic Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.

Michigan’s Lakes & Mackinac Island

August 17-24, 2024 · Traverse City to Detroit

Exclusive Tauck Experiences beginning at $5,590 per person, double occupancy*

Per Person, Double Occupancy

$5990Tour Fare
  • Travel Protection $349 per person
  • Protection Fee subject to change

Single Occupancy

$7142Tour Fare
  • Travel Protection $349 per person
  • Protection Fee subject to change

Inclusions in Your Fare*

  • Two nights in Tower Rooms at the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa, set on 900 scenic acres
  • Wine-pairing dinner at Chateau Chantal winery on the Old Mission Peninsula 
  • Private horse-drawn carriage tour of Mackinac Island
  • A private presentation by a local historian during a two-night stay at the legendary Grand Hotel 
  • Ford Rouge Factory Tour of state-of-the-art production facilities
  • Private tall ship sailing aboard the Manitou on Grand Traverse Bay 
  • City orientation tour of Detroit
  • Guided visit including a ride aboard a vintage Model T at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn
  • Airport transfers upon arrival and departure 
  • 17 meals; service charges, gratuities to local guides, admission fees, taxes and porterage
  • Extra Special: Private live Motown band performance during dinner in Dearborn
*See terms & conditions.
Escorted Michigan's Lakes Grand hotel view

View from the verandah of the Grand Hotel

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Your Itinerary

Tour begins: 5:15 PM, Grand Traverse Resort & Spa. A transfer is included upon arrival from the Cherry capital Airport to your hotel where we have reserved a Tower Room for your 2-night stay. Join us for a Welcome Cocktail and Dinner.
MEALS: Dinner
ACCOMMODATION: Grand Traverse Resort & Spa, Traverse City

Discover Michigan state’s west coast, a land of vineyards, sandy beaches, and impressive sand dunes. In the morning travel along Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. In the afternoon, enjoy a sail on Grand Traverse Bay aboard the tall ship, schooner Manitou. Later enjoy a winery tour and wine-pairing dinner at the Chateau Chantal Winery .
MEALS: Breakfast, Dinner
ACCOMMODATION: Grand Traverse Resort & Spa, Traverse City

Begin your day with a visit to the Music House Museum which celebrates music and musical instruments from  the periods 1870 to 1930. Continue along a scenic route to the town of Petroskey for lunch and where you will board a ferry over to Mackinac Island. Automobiles are forbidden on the island so you will enjoy a horse-drawn carriage ride from the ferry terminal to your historic hotel, the Grand Hotel.
MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
ACCOMMODATION: Grand Hotel,  Mackinac Island

Enjoy a sight-seeing tour this day by horse-drawn carriage. Explore “downtown”, and Fort Mackinac, built by the British to guard the Straits of Mackinac during the Revolutionary War. Discover the history of the Grand Hotel with a talk by a local resident historian.  Explore the island with free time.
MEALS: Breakfast, Dinner
ACCOMMODATION: Grand Hotel

Today is exploring the architecture of Alden B Dow, son of the founder of Dow Chemicals, and a one-time student of Frank Lloyd Wright. Explore his house, a study in angles. geometry, and integration into the landscape. It is a National Historic Landmark. Arrive at your hotel late afternoon.
MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
ACCOMMODATION: Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Bay City, Bay City Waterfront

Enjoy lunch and free time in the village of Frankenmuth settled by Bavarian immigrants in the 1840’s. Later, experience a guided tour of The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn. See the houses and workplaces of Thomas Edison, the Wright Brothers, and Harvey Firestone. Your 2-night stay in the heart of Dearborn is at the magnificent The Henry, Autograph Collection where you will enjoy your exclusive Tauck­ treat – a live band with a private Motown musical performance during dinner.
MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
ACCOMMODATION: The Henry, Autograph Collection

Start the day with a visit to the Ford Rouge Factory where you will learn about automobile manufacturing, past present and future. Continue on to “Motor City”, Detroit, for a city tour. See the Renaissance Center, Comerica Park, Fox Theatre, and more. Later return to Dearborn for some free time to explore on your own. Take a ride in a Model T then enjoy the Farewell Cocktail Reception and Dinner.
MEALS: Breakfast, Dinner
ACCOMMODATION: The Henry, Autograph Collection

Transfer from the Dearborn Inn, A Marriott Hotel to the Metro airport in Detroit at anytime during the day to catch your flight home. Please allow 2 hours pre-flight check in. Ground transfer to the airport is included.
MEALS:  Breakfast

Note: Schedules and itinerary subject to change.

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Your Escorts, Chris & Tracy Archer

Terms & Conditions:*Fares are in USD per person based on double occupancy or single occupancy as indicated. Triples may be quoted. Prices include: all accommodations; airport transfers and land transportation as detailed in the Trip itinerary; basic internet where available in hotel rooms and aboard riverboats (service levels are not guaranteed); entertainment and special dinners as arranged by Tauck; shore excursions and sightseeing; standard luggage handling (inquire about Luggage Policy); services of Tauck Directors, Cruise Directors and local guides. Tauck Director and Driver gratuities are not included and are voluntary for all land tours. Meals are included as specified in itinerary.  All appropriate gratuities for luggage handling, bellmen, doormen, dining room servers and local guides are included. The fare covers all inclusions as listed above but does not include your airfare, travel protection, passports, visas (if required) or items of a personal nature. Airfare and travel protection as quoted can be purchased separately, please inquire. Tauck will make every effort to operate the tour as published. Tauck reserves the right to alter or curtail the itinerary, or substitute sightseeing, hotels, and / or conveyances as deemed necessary. Once booked, subsequent cancellation will be monetarily penalized as per Tauck guidelines, please inquire.

Final payment date is June 18. 2024. 

Please contact your travel professional at this agency for further information.

This agency reserves the right to correct any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in this publication at any time without notice.

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