Walking Tours
City Institute
City Institute is a great company that will give people a deeper understanding of Detroit, digging into its history, challengers, assets and more.
They offer private tours, learning journeys, free public tours and more. Some of their tours are walking, others are via bus and some are virtual.
Preservation Detroit
One of Detroit’s oldest tour organizations, preservation Detroit does walking tours starting in the spring where you can learn all about the city and its history.
They also do bike tours, preservation tours, cemetery tours and private tours for different groups.
City Tour Detroit
City Tour Detroit is a great company to learn all about Detroit and get out in our city. They have several tours, including the See The D Walking Tour, an Underground Railroad walking tour, or a Guardian Building architecture tour.
If you’re looking for a more customized option, they have private and custom group tours.
Detroit Tour Connections
You can try a variety of walking or bus tours with Detroit Tour Connections. They have tours highlighting the past and present, plus the rise, fall and renewal of the city.
Let’s See Detroit Tours
Let’s See Detroit offers walking tours or van tours of the city for the public and offers private tours that can be customized. They hit up several Detroit neighborhoods including Downtown, Midtown, New Center, Eastern Market, Belle Isle and more.
Detroit Motown Tour Co.
You can do different walking tours or create your own tour with Detroit Motown Tour Co., and they offer them in a variety of languages. They have city tours, architecture tours, music tours, food tours and more.
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Bus Tours
Bianco Tours
Bianco Tours has been serving metro Detroit since 1979 and has 20 motorcoaches. They offer various day trips in Detroit and around the metro area, as well as overnight vacations to areas around the country.
Detroit Destination Tours
You can work with Detroit Destination Tours to create a custom group tour focusing all on Detroit and the area surrounding it. They provide tour guides to step-on your chartered bus to see the area.
Car Tours
Antique Touring Company
See the city like you’ve never seen before – from the seat of an antique car. The company offers four different tour types, with three of them private tours, charged by car.
The tours will check out the Detroit Riverfront, Belle Isle, Corktown and MotorCities Heritage Area.
Show Me Detroit Tours
Show Me Detroit does private deluxe van tours hosted by a local guide and chauffeur. They see a variety of areas including daily sightseeing, Detroit design and architecture, new investment in the city and more.
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Boat Tours
Detroit Princess Riverboat
In the summer, you’ll have a great experience on the Detroit Princess, a premier riverboat in the city that’s been operating for two decades. They have a variety of events and cruises starting in May, plus you can host corporate events on the boat.
Diamond Jack’s River Tours
Diamond Jack’s offers public and private tours along the Detroit River starting in May. They have public departures from the Detroit Riverfront in the summer that start at 1 p.m. and go through 5:30 p.m. with the last tour.
They also have group charters, corporate parties, field trips and more.
Infinity & Ovation Yacht
Get dressed up and hop on a massive yacht to tour the Detroit River on either the Infinity or Ovation yacht. They offer private cruises for weddings, corporate events or special occasions.
They also have a summer cruise series with themed nights that include food, drinks, dancing and more. Themed nights include Motown, Great Gatsby, brunch, summer solstice and more.
Detroit River Sports
You can get up close to the Detroit River on a kayak with Detroit River Sports. They have public tours for beginners and experienced kayakers, showing off the sunset or Detroit’s historical canals. You can also book your own private tours.
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Museum and Building Tours
The Henry Ford, Greenfield Village and Ford Rouge Factory Tour
Located in Dearborn, about 20 minutes west of Detroit, The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation offers some of the most incredible artifacts from American history. You can see the chair Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when he was assassinated, the bus Rosa Parks was on when she refused to give up her seat, George Washington’s cot and much more.
Right next door is Greenfield Village, a village that’s more than 80 acres with 300 years of American history and buildings, including Thomas Edison’s lab. You can also ride in a real-word Model T.
Finally, the Ford Rouge Factory Tour allows you to see how America’s best-selling truck, the Ford F-150, is built along an assembly line.
The Parade Company
The Parade Company has a variety of events in Detroit, the biggest being America’s Thanksgiving Parade. You can tour their massive warehouse that includes more than 200,000 square feet of floats, learning about the parade’s history, seeing how they’re built and much more.
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Arena and Theatre Tours
Fox Theatre
The historic Fox Theatre is nearly 100 years old and has hosted some of the biggest entertainers in history.
You can get a 60-minute guided tour of the theatre, learn about its history and performances, go backstage to see the wall signed by the artists who have played there, and even walk on the stage.
Little Caesars Arena
The new arena that is home to the Detroit Red Wings and Pistons offers 60-75-minute tours where you can visit the suites, press box, gondola, Detroit Red Wings organ and other areas not available to the public. During the offseason for the Red Wings and Pistons, you may even get a chance to see the locker rooms.
Comerica Park
You can tour the home of the Detroit Tigers for about an hour where you’ll learn the history of the stadium and even get to walk the field where the Tigers play.
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Historical Homes and Garden Tours
Cranbrook House and Gardens
Located about 30 minutes north of Detroit, Cranbrook House and Gardens in Bloomfield Hills is a more-than 100-year-old home. You can learn more about the property and explore more than 40 acres of beautiful gardens, and check out the first floor with a guided tour of the nearly 30,000-square-foot home.
Ford House
About 20 minutes east of Detroit, you can explore the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House and grounds. You can get a guided tour of the main residence, behind-the-scenes tours, explore the acres of gardens and grounds, and more.
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Other Tours
The Detroit Underground Railroad Historical Tours
The DURHS offers tours that include lectures at the beginning, building tours at the historical Second Baptist Church or worship tours that are offered on Sunday.
Detroit’s Second Baptist Church was one of the last stops for slaves before reaching freedom in Canada.
Detroit Segway
You won’t have a more unique experience seeing Detroit than from a segway. The company offers tours that show off the Detroit Riverfront, the downtown area, the Dequindre Cut, holiday lights and more. Tours span 1.5 hours to three hours.
Two James Distillery
The distillery in Corktown offers tours for both the public and private, where you will learn the history of the distillery and the process of distilling spirits. You can also try some of their spirits.
Detroit City Distillery
Another distillery in the city, DCD offers tours of The Whiskey Factory on Saturdays that show off the distillery, the distilling process and end with a tasting of their spirits.
They also offer a deeper Bespoke Bourbon Experience on Thursdays for whiskey enthusiasts where they go deeper into the distilling process and offer single-barrel tastings.
Wheelhouse Detroit
You can check out Detroit from two wheels with Wheelhouse Detroit. They have tours that check out Detroit architecture, Belle eIsle, record stores, Detroit neighborhoods, sports heritage, the Underground Railroad and more.
Expedition Detroit
Expedition Detroit has a variety of outdoor hiking, backpacking, trail running and other tours throughout Michigan. They have trips across 11 state parks, and you can get in the woods, on the water, or more.
Distinctively Detroit Tours
You can work with Distinctively Detroit Tours to see some incredible areas of the city and work with them to create your own custom group tours.
The HandleBar Detroit
You can take a pedal pub through the City of Detroit for a bar bike tour that takes about two hours. You can bring your own drinks and play music while checking out the sites.
The Michigan Pedaler
The Michigan Pedaler also allows you to see the city from a pedal pub and they have electric pedal assist on the pedal pubs.
Custom Holidays
A family-owned tour company, Custom Holidays has a variety of tours in and around Detroit. One option, the “Made in Detroit” tour, visits three iconic venues – The Parade Company, The Motown Museum and The Whitney.
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