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2012 Visitors Guide

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Holland Tulip Time

Michigan has so much to offer, we would like to share a few options also available for your guest in Southwest Michigan, should you be able to allow for a longer visit to the Holland Tulip Time Festival, which begins on the Thursday prior to Mother's Day.

Holland

Pick up your Costumed Festival Tour Guide, drive thru downtown and historic areas. Enjoy an inside look at Holland and the Tulip Festival. (3 hrs)

Visit acres and acres of tulips and perennial gardens with beautiful flower displays at the Veldheer Tulip Gardens

Dutch Windmill
200 Year Old Working Dutch Windmill
Tour the only blue delft factory in the U.S. Enjoy an educational journey into the past. Watch a carver create a wooden shoe from a block of wood at the wooden shoe factory at DeKlomp Wooden Shoe and Delft Factory.

Dutch Marktplaats: Enjoy local craftsmen demonstrating and displaying their forms of art such as delft, lace and Dutch munchies. A shopping stop - just what you need to take that "Dutch Touch" home with you!

Visit the home of America's one and only 200 year old working Dutch Windmill.

Grand Rapids

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: This 125-acre Gardens & Sculpture Park features the most comprehensive sculpture collection in the Midwest. It includes the monumental Leonardo da Vinci's Horse, indoor and outdoor gardens; narrated outdoor tram tour, Michigan's largest tropical conservatory and nature trails.

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum: Experience America's most entertaining presidential museum. Attend a White House State Dinner, step inside the Oval Office and see the original Watergate burglar tools.

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THINGS TO DO

Grand Rapids is a destination like no other: art, culture, dining, and nightlife. From a hip and friendly downtown to an endless array of outdoor activities, Grand Rapids will surprise, excite and delight you!
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