The usual vacation script involves guests staying at hotel and then leaving the property to explore fun attractions and destinations. However, in and near Detroit, Michigan, visitors have a few options where the fun lies right in the hotel and its property. Whether it be a casino floor, indoor water park or live entertainment, there are a number of hotels in the Detroit area that include fun for any age and member of the family.
Perfect for families and just 10 miles from downtown Detroit, the Best Western in Sterling Heights offers an indoor water park facility. The 32,000 square foot facility offers a large 5,000 square foot indoor pool, three-story water slide, a lazy river, two whirlpools, snack bar and geysers. The hotel rate includes access for four to the park. The park also has lifeguards on duty at all times and locker rooms. The park hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday through Monday and is open seasonally during the warm months.
The hotel includes both standard guest room and suites, which all include free wireless Internet and flat screen televisions. Other amenities at the hotel include a large fitness center with a jogging track, a video game room, the Loon River Café Restaurant and a cocktail lounge.
Best Western Sterling Inn
34911 Van Dyke Ave
Sterling Heights, MI 48312
586-979-1400
bestwesternmichigan.com
With a beautiful view of downtown Detroit and a short elevator ride to the casino floor, the MGM Grand Hotel and MGM Grand Casino provide hours of fun. The floor offers visitors over 4,000 slot machines and video poker machines, as well as 90 tables for games such as blackjack, craps, roulette and baccarat. Hotel guests also enjoy the on-site spa with its treatments such as massage, facials and full body wraps. Treatments may also take place in the rooms. Other fun things to do at the complex include a dueling piano bar, V Nightclub and
the Arabian lounge with its hookahs, exotic music and cold drinks.
The 510-square foot guest rooms offer in-room dining from Wolfgang Puck Grille, wireless Internet, and plasma televisions in the bathroom and main room. Other dining options include Bourbon Steak, Starbucks and Palette Dining Studio.
MGM Grand Hotel Detroit
1777 Third St.
Detroit, MI 48226
877-888-2121
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Attached to the Motor City Casino in downtown Detroit, the Motor City Hotel offers a complete experience with fun, food and relaxation. The casino floor just minutes from the hotel rooms includes a 12-table poker room, table games, slot machines and video poker machines. The on-site urban spa, D.Tour, offers body wraps, facials, massages, manicure, pedicure and couples treatments in special couples-only rooms.
Hotel guests are just a few steps away from top live concerts and entertainers such as Paul Rodriguez, Ludacris, The Pointer Sisters and Wanda Sykes. The restaurant options available to guests range from Little Caesers pizza and Assembly Line Buffet, to Iridescence's four diamond modern American cuisine.
The guest rooms at the hotel are not only large, but include extra deep tubs, flat screen televisions, walk-in showers and specialty pillows as well as wireless Internet access.
Motor City Hotel
2901 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201
313-237-6733
motorcitycasino.com
