Grand Hotel – Photos
Grand Hotel is situated on the southwestern bluff of Mackinac Island overlooking the Straits of Mackinac and – in the distance – the Mackinac Bridge. From the front porch – the world’s largest at 660 feet – guests can look down at the well-kept gardens and relax and enjoy the ambiance of “somewhere in time”. It is no wonder that hollywood has chosen to come here more than once. Indeed, like a classic movie, Grand Hotel is larger that life.
Grand Hotel Photo Gallery (Click on photos for captions & slideshow view)
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Grand Hotel – Photos via Instagram
The latest photos from the instagram account of Grand Hotel.
On the way to Mackinac Island, the ferry took us closer to Big Mac, and we rode in under it! What an amazing feeling!
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What is Mackinac Island’s biggest export?
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Mackinac Island is iconic for its Victorian houses, horse drawn carts and bicycles. But what really makes the island tick, drives its economy and has secured its place in Michigan tourism, is the fudge.
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This island, with only 500 residents, is home to more than a dozen fudge shops ready to serve the 1 million annual visitors. On peak summer tourist days, visitors collectively buy over 10,000 pounds of fudge per day. To keep up with this intense demand, the island imports 10 tons of sugar and 1 ton of butter every week.
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Eating a lot of fudge while spending the weekend on Mackinac Island was inevitable, so I tried to make it into a learning experience by comparing the different types while I was at it. Overall Murdick’s fudge has a more mature and complex flavor and texture, while Ryba’s and Joann’s have softer fudge with a simpler, but still delicious, flavor. Here’s the breakdown:
~ rybasfudge is the softest and smoothest. All three flavors, chocolate peanut butter, plain chocolate, and sea salt caramel were delicious, with the sea salt caramel being the favorite in my family because of the nice balance between salty and sweet. I enjoyed the chocolate peanut butter, but if you don’t love the peanut butter flavor or want a lighter fudge, I would suggest getting a different flavor since the peanut butter mixed with the already very sweet fudge might be too rich for some people’s taste.
~ joannsfudge is still soft, but, at least in the double dark chocolate that I tried, has a slightly grainer texture. The double dark chocolate had a less sweet flavor than the regular chocolate, which is good if you don’t like things that are too sweet.
~ originalmurdicks has the biggest texture difference. It has a grainier texture, which some people thought made it better than other kinds that were smoother, and is firmer, as you can see in the video. The plain chocolate also had a more caramelly flavor.
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The 2019 Mackinac Island Fudge Festival is in full swing! Stop in one of the amazing fudge shops on Mackinac Island and celebrate fudge!🖤😋
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There’s no better gift than the gift of FUDGE! Head on over to originalmurdicks and click the link in their bio to place your order!🎄☃️🎁❄️
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My dad absolutely loved drinking coffee and every now and then I would spoil him with a cappuccino when I was free during the hectic summer months. Before he passed, it was pretty obvious to combine our famous family fudge recipe and my most popular flavored brew, Love Potion #9 together. It has become a favorite for both candy and coffee lovers alike. Available again this season at the shops and online! .
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Go to: www.mayscandyshop.com to order a slab of Love today ♥️
A fun and grey day at Mackinac Island.
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My family business, mayscandyshop - is now open for orders! And we’re starting out the season with some Love Potion fudge, a coffee chocolate fudge infused with hazelnut and cinnamon flavors, courtesy of coffee from luckybean.mi - a true labor of love ☕️💙 #mymackinac #makeitmackinac #mackinacislandfudge #sweettooth #fudgie
Everyone’s favorite Grand Hotel dessert - The Grand Pecan Ball! #grandhotelmichigan #hudsonvilleicecream
Fresh off the plein air easel of Grand Hotel. “Grand Hotel Blue Ceiling.” Capturing the color off this ceiling fascinates me! In person that part of the painting glows with the relatively neutral colors surrounding it. It is that color to fool the birds into thinking it is the sky so they don’t nest there. While I was painting I heard a guy tell someone it was to fool spiders... I’m not sure if that is true!?🤣
Available through Mackinacs’s Little Gallery. Dm me with questions.
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Happy National Fudge Day from your favorite fudge-filled Island 🍫🤎 Time to celebrate with some delicious treats from joannsfudge! Sending sweet dreams your way this afternoon 💭🐴🌸🚲☀️
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Does part of your holiday season involve mailing gifts long distances? 📫Make sure to get your orders in early for less stress!
Find perfect gifts to send to your loved ones near and far (like rybasfudge's Three Slice Mackinac Island Fudge Gift Box) in our Michigan Local Gift Guide! *link in bio*
Keep swiping to see our Communications manager's favorite mailman! ➡️
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So, it stopped raining here in Mackinaw, MI, so we took a day trip over to Mackinac Island to take in some of the sites and do a little shopping.
We rode Sheplers Ferry over, along with Jasper and our bikes.
Once there, we rode the lakeshore trail around the island to wear the dog out a bit.
Then we headed downtown to stroll down the strip.
We ended up getting a few souvenirs, coffee, and some fudge, of course!
On the way back, the water was a little choppy, and Jasper was stressed out. No sealegs yet! He was happy to be back on shore! 🐶
Parenting. It also affords excuses to do things that seem insane like eating hudsonville_ic Mackinac Island Fudge in the bathroom bathing our daughter. It’s insanely good #bathtime #icecream #iruntoeaticecream #parenting #mackinacislandfudge #puremichigan
Traveling to Mackinac Island which sits between Michigan and its “Upper Peninsula” is like traveling back in time: no cars or mechanized transport are allowed on shore, it’s main harbor is filled with sail boats including those arriving on the annual Chicago Yacht Club Race, and its cobble stone streets are dotted with white picket fences, Victorian painted ladies and old timey fudge shops. And yet still, despite all these anachronistic embellishments of a bygone era, the island is still more progressive on issues of structural racism than Founders Brewing. Cheers!
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Grand Hotel – Photos via Instagram
Here are the latest photos of Grand Hotel via instagram. If you have an instagram photo to share of your visit to Grand Hotel, choose “Grand Hotel” as your location and your photos will appear in the photo stream below.
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Grand Hotel – Photos via Instagram
Here are the latest photos of Grand Hotel via instagram. If you have an instagram photo to share of your visit to a Grand Hotel, tag it with #grandhotelmichigan and your photos will appear in the photo stream below.
Having an amazing weekend staying with grandhotelmichigan! Thank you for taking such great care of us. Can’t wait to share more ✔️ GoPro #Hero7Black #GoPro #GrandHotelMichigan #AmericasSummerPlace
grandhotelmichigan has 397 guest rooms and each and every one is different 😍 How cool is that? 😯 #GrandHotelMichigan #AmericasSummerPlace
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Well, I am officially back to work and looking back 6 weeks ago, the thought of going back to work made me nauseous. How could I step back into a role that made me face my husbands death over and over again? Thats what I do for a living. I am a critical care nurse practitioner. Death and dying are unfortunately a huge part of my job. I take care of the sickest of the sick. I have end of life conversations with families. I run codes on patients. And just 6 weeks ago, I was on the other side as the family who had to see her husband being resuscitated by my co-workers after he unexpectedly and suddenly through a lethal arrhythmia while driving home from work. I had to watch my best friend, soul mate, and the love of my life get coded. And after over 45 minutes without regaining a pulse after immediate CPR and being defibrillated over 10 times, I had to make the call to stop resuscitative efforts.
But walking back into work and into my role, I have this new found strength. I picked up were I left off 6 weeks ago and I went back to the job I love with a little more grit, perspective, and understanding from the other side of the table. My work family has surrounded me with so much love and support and I am truly grateful to be back at work and trying to muddle through finding my new normal.
The first night I came home from work was really hard. I didn’t anticipate the feelings I would have coming home from a “normal day at work” to not having Scott at home waiting for me. Usually he would just be getting off work when I got home and those are the moments we would look forward to after a long work day. We just looked forward to spending the night together. And I don’t have that anymore. So now I come home, to a quiet house and it really hit me hard. I still don’t get it. I don’t think I ever will. But for now, I just have to fight through each day and reward myself for the little accomplishments + victories. I made it back to work. I can function at work and be a competent provider with a lot to offer my patients, their families, and my co-workers. And for that, I will give myself some grace for the sad moments post work because it WILL get better. ❤️
Welcome to the family, grandhotelmichigan - America’s summer place is now operated by our lifestyle and luxury division, Pivot Hotels & Resorts. Link in bio to learn more.
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"There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea” - Bernard-Paul Heroux
already missing this beautiful afternoon tea situation we had at grandhotelmichigan, such a nice treat on a cold rainy day ♥️ #grandhotelmichigan #americassummerplace #giftedstay
Happy Earth Day! There’s no better backdrop than the gorgeous Secret Garden at Grand Hotel! 🌿🌸🌿
If you’ve ever wondered what the lobby of the Grand Hotel looks like .. ✨ we wandered around where we were allowed, up on the balcony & down by the pool..but Maybe someday we’ll get to experience actually staying there 💭🤞🏻💛
That front porch though 🤩. It’s the longest in the world at 660 feet. 📏
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Cannot even imagine the history that’s taken place here… proposals, weddings, celebrations, and probably a million other magical moments in between. If these columns and rockers could talk✨
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Also this color story is making me rethink my hesitancy toward using red in my own home. It’s so inviting here. ❤️
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Have a wonderful weekend! Hope it’s full of porch sits, safe travel, family time or whatever brings your heart joy. 😊
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Longer porch, littler boat.
On a side note, anyone else in the Metro Detroit area without power today after those crazy storms? And not only am I out of power, but cell service is not working in my area as well! So being totally powerless, and cell phone-less I’ve really felt like I’m in Little House on the Prairie. Now I’m at work with service and air conditioning…who would have ever thought work would be my oasis 😅😂
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Do you know about World Sauntering Day? 🌎 It started at the grandhotelmichigan in Makinac Island in the 1970s. The idea behind the day is to slow down and enjoy the good things in life 🥰 and that’s easy to do on #MakinacIsland! In case you didn’t know 😎 sauntering means walking slowly with a happy disposition. 🤗 Once you taste some of the world famous fudge 🍫 and candy 🍭 of the shops downtown, it’ll be easy to saunter along Main Street. Happy Tuesday! 🥰💋
Looking back on these past few months and realizing what a GRAND summer it was ✨
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Traveled to three different bucket list cities and explored more of the Midwest ✋🏻 Welcomed our sweet pup Wrigs into our home 🐶 Attended weddings, concerts and sporting events 🎶 and made so many memories with friends and families 💛 Now starting to plan our winter adventures which means one thing..skiing!🎿 .
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What was the highlight of your summer?
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Here’s my year in a nutshell...my #topnine 📸 What a year it’s been, and I’m thankful for all the memories represented here. And speaking of 9...I have a 🎂 to bake for one little girlie’s 9th birthday party, today🎉🎉 Happy Saturday, friends! #cabbagesandroses #nickifranklin_needlework pocketsfullofrosies #pocketfullofrosies #grandhotelmichigan #curlygirlmethod #babydot #dorothygrace #greyhair #womenintheir50s #greyhouse #theraysgreyhouse #rosewatercottage
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