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Michigan's Little Bavaria

An August 2005 trip to Flint by thewanderingpoet518

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Quote: Follow I-75 140 miles north of Detroit and you'll hit exit 136B, which will take you into Frankenmuth, Michigan. Originally founded by German immigrants, it has become world-famous for its family-style chicken-dinner restaurants.
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Michigan's Little Bavaria Best of IgoUgo

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Zehnder's and The Bavarian Inn are the two most popular family-style restaurants, and people will wait hours during the peak holiday seasons to eat at either one. In addition to these world-famous dinners, tourist will stroll Main Street through a town that is reminiscent of a Bavarian mountain town.Quick Tips: Recently, Frankenmuth added a riverwalk of shops and restaurants. While we were there, there was a Shakespearian insult show in the commons area. Additionally, there are the numerous original gift shop and curio stores along the main street. And, as always, on the south end of town, there is Bronners, the world's largest holiday trinket shop ever. The owners have devoted their l...Read More
Omni-present Santa Photo - Zehnder's Splash Village, Frankenmuth, Michigan
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They offer basic single and double rooms. The website says the 63 new "suites" have been added. The resort is completely self-contained making it, during a winter stay, much easier to get to and from the pools.

The hotel's parking lot abuts the parking lot of Bronner's Christmas store/complex. The place is huge! Think of six football fields, three wide, two tall, all under a single roof.

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on September 3, 2005

Zehnder's Splash Village
1365 S. Main Street
Flint, Michigan 48734
(800) 863-7999

Zehnder's of Frankenmuth Best of IgoUgo

Restaurant | "Zehnder's"

Chicken Dandy Photo - Zehnder's of Frankenmuth, Flint, Michigan
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While Zehnder's and the Bavarian Inn directly across the street have separate menus from which to order, it is highly recommended that you just settle in for the traditional family-style chicken dinners: fried chicken, mashed potatoes, peas, corn, rolls, buttered noodles with bread crumbs, and stollen (a type of Christmas bread) all make up the nearly bottomless meal. Wash it down with a nice, cold beer--ja!

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on September 3, 2005

Zehnder's of Frankenmuth
730 South Main Street
Flint, Michigan 48734
(800) 863-7999

Splash Tower Photo - Flint, Michigan
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Indoor water parks seem to be the hit of the new millennium. We stayed at two this summer, one in Sandusky, OH, and the other in our own backyard. For $155 for the night at Zehnder's Splash Village, we got four admission tickets from check-in, good until 4pm the next day, to the water park. Zehnder's had two high tube slides that you have to climb several stories to get to. I was nearly always winded. Once you reach the bottom, you are directed into a lazy river with a series of dump buckets, water squirters, and a waterfall to keep you soaked. There is a kidding pool with a variety of swings, slides, and erupting fountains of water. The highlight here, like all indoor water parks, is ...Read More

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Story/Tip

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West of I-75 at exit 136A is the mega-retail center called Birch Run, which is also the name of the town. Originally famous for Tony's Truck Stop, where a BLT has a pound of bacon and three large tomatoes, Birch Run has added an additional dimension to the Frankenmuth exit by creating a massive retail outlet type of outdoor mall.

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Rochester, Michigan

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