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Great Lakes & Trains featuring the Grand Hotel
This adventure through the Great Lakes offers 2 days at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island and highlights the history, innovation, trains and natural beauty of Wisconsin and Michigan.
Day by day
- Day 1overnight: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Depart Chicago aboard Amtrak's Hiawatha
Board Amtrak's Hiawatha from Chicago's Union Station to Milwaukee, then motorcoach to Sturgeon Bay, WI, gateway to the Door County Peninsula.
- Day 2overnight: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Sightseeing through the Door County Peninsula
Guided tour of Door County Peninsula including Peninsula State Park and Eagle Bluff Lighthouse; lunch at Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant; dinner is a traditional Door County Fish Boil.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Day 3overnight: Sault Ste. Marie
Through Michigan's Upper Peninsula to Sault Ste. Marie
Motorcoach through Escanaba River State Forest and Hiawatha National Forest into Michigan's Upper Peninsula, crossing the Canadian border to Sault Ste. Marie.
Meals: Breakfast
- Day 4railovernight: Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Exploring Agawa Canyon by train
All-day roundtrip excursion aboard the Agawa Canyon Tour Train, a 114-mile route with GPS-triggered commentary and an included picnic lunch at Agawa Canyon Park.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
- Day 5overnight: Mackinac Island
The famous Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island
Lake Superior cruise through the Soo Locks, then motorcoach across the Mackinac Bridge to Mackinaw City and ferry to the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island (opened 1887); dinner with an enforced dress code.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
- Day 6overnight: Mackinac Island
The sights of Mackinac Island by horse-drawn carriage
Horse-drawn carriage tour of Mackinac Island, including the butterfly conservatory, Arch Rock and Fort Mackinac Avenue of Flags; dinner at the Grand Hotel (dress code enforced).
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
- Day 7overnight: Traverse City
Traveling down Michigan's western shore
Ferry back to the mainland, then a scenic drive via Petoskey (Kilwins Chocolate Kitchen) and Charlevoix (Mushroom Homes) to Traverse City for a two-night stay.
Meals: Breakfast
- Day 8overnight: Traverse City
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Ranger-led tour of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore along Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive; evening four-course dinner at a local winery.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
- Day 9railovernight: Dearborn
An afternoon at the Steam Railroad Institute
Stop in Mt. Pleasant, then a guided visit to the Steam Railroad Institute in Owosso (home of the Pere Marquette 1225 locomotive), continuing to Dearborn.
Meals: Breakfast
- Day 10overnight: Dearborn
Delving into America's automotive past
Visit the Henry Ford Museum and take a tour of the Ford Rouge Factory assembly plant; final group dinner at a classic-car-themed restaurant.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
- Day 11
Tour conclusion
Tour concludes after breakfast; group transfer available to Detroit Amtrak Station or Detroit Metro Airport for departures after 2:00 p.m.
Meals: Breakfast
Included
- Expertise of a Tour Manager from start to finish
- 10 nights' 3 & 4-Star hotel accommodation
- Standard Class rail travel on local rail networks
- Breakfast each day, 2 lunches, 5 dinners
- Group luggage transfers from Chicago Union Station to Dearborn
- All guided tours and excursions
Not included
- Cancellation & Travel Insurance is not included in the price of the tour but can be arranged
- Flights and Airport transfers not included
