Ann Arbor

The Embassy Hotel, 200 E. Huron (734/662-7100)
Clean and simple, near downtown, with rooms from $40.

Lamp Post Inn, 2424 Stadium Blvd (734/769-2200)
Near the University campus, with rooms from $60

YMCA, 350 S. Fifth Ave (734/663-0536)
Right downtown, with rooms from $30.

Tourist Sites

People Mover
Elevated rail runs through downtown, providing an excellent and inexpensive ($.50) view of the city and of Windsor, Canada, just across the river.

Hart Plaza
At the center of downtown, Hart Plaza is the site of the original settlement in Detroit. The Renaissance Center, General Motors international headquarters, sits on the Plaza, and tour boats stop here, offering cruises on the Detroit River.

Casinos
Detroit is home to a number of new casinos. See the Free Press guide to the local casinos.

University of Michigan
The streets and squares surrounding the University are filled with shops, restaurants and cafes. Take a stroll on Main Street for a taste of life in an American college town.

Museums

Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Avenue

World-famous collection, the fifth largest in the United States.

Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village and the Automotive Hall of Fame
In Dearborn, ten miles from downtown.

Motown Historical Museum, 2648 West Grand Avenue
See 'Hitsville USA,' the studio where Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and Diana Ross got started.

The University of Michigan has an excellent archaeological museum, the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, and a great dinosaur collection at the Exhibit Museum of Natural History.

Pubs and Music

Detroit

Magic Stick, 4120 Woodward Ave.
Bowling, billiards and live music.

Soup Kitchen Saloon, 1585 Franklin St.
Live blues, with plenty of smoke and cheap beer.

Rhinoceros, 265 Riopelle St.
Jazz down by the river.

Ann Arbor

The Blind Pig, 208 S. First St
Music for every taste, from blues to reggae.

Conor O'Neill's, 318 S. Main Str.
Classic Irish bar.

Arbor Brewing Co., 114 Washington Street
Excellent beers made on the premises.