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Metro Detroit

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A travel journal to Detroit by never boring

Quote: The guide for fun-loving adults! Visiting Detroit doesn't have to be a downer...surprises abound if you know where to look. You'll need a car to properly see all the sites in the auto capital of the world because the metro area is a mass of suburban sprawl.

Metro Detroit

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Downtown Detroit isn't downtown Chicago or even downtown Cleveland - but it's trying. The new casinos, the new sport venues and top-flight theatre make downtown worth a visit. But the real action is in the 'burbs and across the river in Windsor...some of the midwest's best bars and restaurants, great museums and fantastic shopping abound!Quick Tips: Looking for a place to stay that's in the middle of everything? Try the Birmingham/Troy area, where top lodging and great restuarants seem to be on every corner and you're close to the Pontiac clubs. If you're staying downtown, avoid the hotels on the fringe of downtown, like the huge Ramada Inn. Stick instead to the major downtown hotels or - bet...Read More

Marriott Detroit-Troy

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Hotel | "Troy Marriott"

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The Troy Marriot has a lot going for it....location for one thing. Right off I-75 at Big Beaver, Metro Detroit''s best is close by. Rooms are what you''d expect from Marriott - decent sized, very clean and well-kept and priced reasonably. It''s a big hotel in a competitive area for business hotels, and weekend travelers can find steals. Try using AAA - there are often good package deals, such as a Detroit Zoo weekend deal. Skip the new Don Shula''s restaurant inside the hotel, though - pricey menu and average food.

Member Rating 3 out of 5 on April 6, 2001

Marriott Detroit-Troy
200 West Big Beaver Road
Troy, Michigan 48084
(248) 680-9797

Ramada Inn Downtown Detroit

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Hotel | "Ramada Hotel Detroit"

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Quick - think of Detroit Michigan. Picture a grim, grimy big city urban environment? Welcome to the Ramada Inn Detroit! Located in what must have been a beautiful building in its day, the Ramada is about 60 years past its prime, and showing it. On the fringe of downtown - in an area you wouldn''t want to walk alone at night - the hotel has one and only one thing going for it - price. You won''t find many downtown Detroit hotel rooms for under 4100, but hey, you get what you pay for. Our room - a ''suite'' with a nasty looking sink and small, working refrigerator - needed an open window to combat the unending combination of a broken heater and nasty smell from too few cleanings. Don''t look out the ...Read More

Member Rating 1 out of 5 on April 6, 2001

Ramada Inn Downtown Detroit
400 Bagley Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48226
(313) 962-2300

Quality Suites Downtown

Hotel | "Quality Suites Windsor"

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Windsor is always a good bet for visiting Metro Detroit, and the Quality Suites is a decent enough place to put your bags down. It''s definitely a suites hotel - better than many we''ve stayed in, this one actually had two seperate rooms. It''s a bit out of the way, though....a block or two more off the riverfront and the activities on and around Oullette Street, but the price is good (MUCH better than lesser rooms at the nearby Hilton) and even better when you figure in the exchange rate. Check out the little basebment diner across the street - good food in a neat atmosphere.

Member Rating 3 out of 5 on April 6, 2001

Quality Suites Downtown
250 Dougall Ave.
Windsor, Ontario N9A7C6
(519) 977-9707

Hilton Windsor

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Hotel

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Windsor is the only place in Canada where you can look north into the United States, and the view of downtown Detroit and the Detroit River from the Hilton is very nice indeed - it''s an inspiring cityscape, and if you strain, you can almost hear the gunfire from across the river (only partially kidding). In fact, the view is the best thing about this overpriced hotel, located a fairly long walk from the Casino Windsor and Windsor''s nightlife. Smallish rooms are overpriced, even with the generous exchange rate, and even though both times we''ve stayed the rooms have been very clean, something seems to be wrong - like a toilet that won''t flush.

Member Rating 2 out of 5 on April 6, 2001

Hilton Windsor
277 Riverside Drive West
Windsor, Ontario N9A5K4
(519) 973-5555