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Beautiful greenhouse on Mackinac Island

Watercolor Art Class

Date: September 16, 2025
Start Time: 11:00am
End Time: 1:00pm
Location: Woodlands Activity Center
Join us for art classes led by Kate Dupre from Watercolor Cafe!
A skilled confectioner hand-rolling a dessert ball in a large tray of chopped pecans.

Grand Kitchen Tour and Wine Experience $

The tour starts off with a special wine and cheese tasting hosted by Grand Hotel’s Master Sommelier Elizabeth Schweitzer, featuring three cheeses offered at Grand Hotel’s restaurants paired with three featured wines. Then tour the Grand Hotel’s main kitchen, meat cutting room, main dining room hot line, and learn about the hotel’s unique food and beverage delivery system and other fun facts about the daily preparation of exquisite menu offerings. Your experience is topped off with sparkling wine and a demonstration about Grand Hotel’s Pecan Ball, the hotel’s iconic dessert that made its debut in 1947. To this day, it is the hotel’s most popular menu item with a staggering average of 60,000 served every season! Sign up at the Concierge.
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The vibrant and eclectic lobby of Grand Hotel, showcasing the iconic interior design by Carleton Varney, with its scenic mural wallpaper and bold pink and red furniture.

Summer Place Social Hour

Join us in The Parlor for Summer Place Social Hour.
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Suite September is Here

Introducing our all-new Suite September sale, a rare chance to book our most spacious and uniquely designed one- and two-bedroom lakeview suites with breakfast and dinner daily in Grand Hotel’s Main Dining Room, a sweet treat of Mackinac Island fudge, all resort amenities, and no minimum night stay. It’s your chance to experience the simple joy of September on the island, with a little extra “suiteness.”