Carriage Tour
We recommend a narrated carriage tour to every guest. We feel it is particularly important for first time visitors to get a feel for the island and to help decide the sites that they would like to go back to during their stay. There are a couple different options for tours. The public tour, conducted by Mackinac Island Carriage Tours, starts two blocks from our front door. It takes about an hour and 45 minutes and includes points of interest like Arch Rock, the Island Cemeteries, Fort Mackinac (admission not included), Surrey Hill Carriage Museum, and Wings of Mackinac (separate admission). If you want a more customized tour for just your group, you can hire your own carriage and driver in front of Marquette Park at the base of Fort Mackinac, or ask the front desk and we can arrange a private tour from Gough Carriages and they will pick you up at the hotel and design the tour to your liking. The most popular private tours take guests through the East or West Bluffs to see the Victorian homes of the island’s residents.