TripAdvisor's editorial team reviewed our attractions database and selected the best local attractions to highlight in this itinerary. Some are popular, some are off the beaten path, but all are worth a visit.
 Museums |
|  | Detroit Institute of Arts: Considered to house one of the best art collections in the United States, the Institute showcases everything from mummies to modern art and African masks to Monets in its outstanding collection of over 65,000 works. Don't miss the General Motors Center for African American Art, a part of the DIA which showcases 400 pieces, in various media, by African American artists.
Address: 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
Phone: 313 833 7900
Admission fee |  |
| | Motown Historical Museum: This old Detroit home belies the greatness that was born here: the Motown Sound. But one step inside Hitsville, USA, the original house where Berry Gordy lived and recorded the Motown hits, and you'll catch the beat and spirit of this booming music era. Photos, costumes, artwork, music and other memorabilia take you back to simpler times.
Address: 2648 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit, Michigan
Phone: 313-875-2264 | |
| | Detroit Historical Museum: The Motor City Exhibition, where visitors see how a Cadillac is assembled, is just one of the many interesting displays at this museum dedicated to telling the story of Detroit.
Address: 5401 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Michigan
Phone: 313 833 1805
Admission fee | |
| Animal Attraction |
| | Detroit Zoological Park: Watch frolicking and splashing polar bears through a glass pane and experience life on the tundra at the Arctic Ring of Life, the world's largest Arctic exhibit. Other highlights of this interactive and educational zoo include a stroll through an indoor rainforest with free-roaming animals and a visit to one of the largest great ape exhibits in the world.
Address: 8450 W 10 Mile Road, Royal Oak, Michigan
Phone: (248) 398-0903
Admission fee | |
| Family fun |
| | New Detroit Science Center: Science is made fun and exciting in this hands-on, interactive science center, which introduces science, engineering and technology in ways that children can understand. Complete with an IMAX® Dome theater, the center underwent a huge expansion and renovation in 2001.
Address: 5020 John R St., Detroit, Michigan
Phone: 313 577 8400
Admission fee | |
| Gambling |
| | MotorCity Casino: A casino where you don't need to gamble? That's the idea at MotorCity, designed to satisfy gamblers and non-gamblers alike with its comprehensive gaming offerings and dining and entertainment delights. Its range of restaurants from fine dining to barbecue is all headed up by one of two certified master chefs in Michigan.
Address: 2901 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
Phone: 877-777-0711
Admission fee | |
| Local flavor |
| | Greektown: The ouzo flows and the souvlaki sizzles on Monroe Street, the center of an ethnic section of Detroit dominated by Greek restaurants and businesses.
Address: Monroe Street, Detroit, Michigan | |
| Worth a side trip |
| | The Henry Ford: Trace the history of the auto and other American inventions through the staggering collection of Henry Ford's estate, which includes such memorabilia as the chair Abraham Lincoln sat in when he was assassinated and the limo in which John F. Kennedy was shot.
Address: 20900 Oakwood Boulevard, Dearborn, Michigan
Phone: 313 271 1620
Admission fee | |
| Catch a game |
| | Comerica Park: Home of the Detroit Tigers, this is no ordinary ballpark. Combination theme park, ballpark, and baseball museum, it features huge statues of tigers, a Ferris wheel, carousel (with tigers, of course) and a fountain that celebrates each home run with colored lights and music.
Address: 2100 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan
Phone: 313 962 4000
Admission fee | |
| Restaurants |
| | Giovanni's: Classically prepared Italian dishes feature homemade pastas and sauces. The cozy dining room and bow-tied waiters enhance the charming atmosphere.
Address: 330 S Oakwood Blvd, Detroit, Michigan
Phone: (313) 841-0122 | |
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