Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Cincinnati USA Regional Tourism Network
(
800-344-3445;
www.cincinnatiusa.com
)
There's a visitor center on Fountain Sq.
ings.
Getting There & Around
actually in Kentucky, 13 miles south. To get downtown, take the TANK bus ($2) from
near Terminal 3; a cab costs about $30.
Indianapolis (2½ hours) and Columbus (two hours). Often cheaper and quicker,
Meg-
departs from downtown Cincy at 4th and Race Sts.
Western Ave)
thrice weekly en route to Chicago (9½ hours) and Washington, DC (14½
hours), departing in the middle of the night.
MICHIGAN
More, more, more - Michigan is the Midwest state that cranks it up. It sports more
beaches than the Atlantic seaboard. More than half the state is covered by forests. And
more cherries and berries get shoveled into pies here than anywhere else in the USA.
Plus its gritty city Detroit is the Midwest's rawest of all - and we mean that in a good
way.
Michigan occupies prime real estate, surrounded by four of the five Great Lakes (Su-
perior, Michigan, Huron and Erie). Islands (Mackinac, Beaver and Isle Royale) freckle
its coast and make top touring destinations. Surfing beaches, colored sandstone cliffs and
trekkable sand dunes also woo visitors.
The state consists of two parts split by water: the larger Lower Peninsula, shaped like a
mitten; and the smaller, lightly populated Upper Peninsula, shaped like a slipper. They
