The Grand Hotel is a great choice for visitors to Mackinaw Island, the family atmosphere and the many helpful services will make your stay very pleasant.
The proximity to attractions such as Biddle House (0.6 km) and Liberty Lego Display (0.6 km) makes Grand Hotel Mackinaw Island Michigan a great place to stay when visiting Mackinac Island.
You’ll feel right at home here, as the hotel’s rooms are equipped with flat-screen TVs, air conditioning and minibars, and with free Wi-Fi, you can get online at any time.
Guests have access to room service and concierge services during their stay at the Grand Hotel Mackinac Island Michigan. The Grand Hotel also has a pool and a lobby, making a trip to Mackinac Island a particularly enjoyable experience.
If you’re looking for a barbecue restaurant, you can go to Smokey Jose’s or Ice House BBQ, located very close to the Grand Hotel Mackinac Island.
The verandas at the Grand Hotel are supposedly the longest in the world at some 660 feet (200 m) long, overlooking the huge Tea Garden and resort scale Esther Williams Pool. These areas are often used by guests on the occasional family vacation, for large conventions, or concerts during the hotel’s annual Labor Day Jazz Festival. The hotel has attracted some criticism for its charging a $10 fee for non-guests to enter the building and enjoy the view from the famous porch.
Five U.S. presidents visited: Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford (raised in Michigan), George Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton. The hotel also hosted the first public demonstration of Thomas Edison’s phonograph on the porch and regular demonstrations of other new inventions were frequent during Edison’s frequent stays. Mark Twain also it’s regular location on his speaking tours in the Midwest.
Each May, the Grand Hotel serves as the headquarters for the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinaw Chamber of Commerce Policy Conference, which attracts politicians, business and labor leaders from across the state and the northern Midwest region.