Mafi Saugatuck & Douglas Hotels na Gay Travelers

Jagora ga GLBT-rare hotels a cikin Midwest ta top gay gandun daji al'umma

Nestled a tsakiyan dunes dunes tare da yammacin bakin teku na Lake Michigan, da twin garuruwan yankunan Saugatuck da Douglas sun ci gaba sosai a cikin shekaru a cikin mafi kyau gay bakin teku zuwa München. Wadannan manyan garuruwan Michigan, waɗanda suke da mashahuri sosai tare da masu fasaha, iyalansu, masu sha'awar motsa jiki, da sauransu, suna da haɗin kai kimanin 2,100 kuma suna da nisan kilomita 2.5 daga Chicago , da nisan kilomita 3 daga Detroit. , da kuma motsa jiki 3.5-hour daga Indianapolis . Filin mafi kusa da ma'aikata mafi girma ke aiki shine a cikin Grand Rapids , kawai a cikin arewa maso gabashin 45.

Saugatuck yana da kyakkyawar bakin teku mai kyau (mai suna Oval Beach) a kan Lake Michigan da kuma mai dawaki, mai tarihi a cikin gari mai nisan kilomita a cikin kogin Kalamazoo da ake kira Lake Kalamazoo. A kudancin kudu, ƙananan garin Douglas kuma ya haɗu da babban kogin Kalamazoo kuma yana da ƙananan amma ba a da kyau a cikin gari. Don baƙi, iyakar tsakanin al'ummomin biyu ba ta jin dadi - yawancin masu goyon baya suna komawa baya a tsakanin su biyu, kuma za ku sami adadin mai kira, maraba da maraba (kuma a lokuta masu yawa GLBT-mallakar) inns, B & Bs , da kuma ingantaccen motar motsa jiki a cikin al'ummomin biyu, tare da wurin mafi girma na gandun dajin Midwest, Dunes, a Douglas. Bugu da ƙari, a cikin nisan kilomita daga kudu zuwa kudu da gabas, ƙananan ƙauyen Fennville yana da ɗakunan wurare masu yawa, ciki har da ɗakunan filin LGBT mafi girma na Midwest, Campit Outdoor Resort.

Saugatuck-Douglas wani wuri ne mai dumi-dumi, mafi sauki - kuma tare da mafi girma - a lokacin rani, musamman ma a karshen mako, koda ma gidajen zama na ainihi sun fara farawa kusan $ 120 dare. Da zarar furanni sunyi fure a cikin bazara, sa'an nan kuma su fada cikin fada (wannan kyakkyawan ɓangare ne na jihar don kallon ganye ya juya), yankin ya kasance mai karfin gaske, amma za ku lura da yawan jama'a da karin farashin hotel din. A cikin hunturu, wasu kasuwanni suna kusa da kakar, wasu kuma suna rage yawan su. Zai iya samun sanyi mai sanyi sosai a nan, amma Saugatuck-Douglas na iya zama abin ban sha'awa da jin dadi har ma a kashe-kakar.

Ga jagorar haruffa zuwa wasu daga cikin gidaje mafi girma tsakanin masu ziyara LGBT a yankin Saugatuck-Douglas. Har ila yau, za ku iya so ku duba cikakken jerin jerin yankunan da ke cikin yankin LGBT na yankin.

• 01 na 08

  Belvedere Inn - Saugatuck

  Ɗaya daga cikin ɗakunan da suka fi girma a kudu maso yammacin Michigan, mai girma Belvedere Inn (3656 63 St., Saugatuck, 269-857-5777) ya ta'allaka ne kawai a kan Blue Star Highway, kusa da fita 41 na I-196, game da minti 10 arewa maso gabashin garin Saugatuck. Masu ba da kaya, Shaun Glynn da Pete Ta, suka fito daga Birnin Chicago (Shaun ne daga Galway, Ireland, da Pete daga Saigon, Vietnam) kuma suka sayi wannan gidan mallaka na 1913, wanda aka tsara tare da sauti ga Frank Lloyd Wright na Prairie Style, a 2005 - Shaun kuma shi ne babban mashahurin gidan cin abinci na gidan ibada, wani wuri mai mahimmanci da wuri mai mahimmanci tare da wurare 6 da 8 na shekara guda da kuma shaguna 6 na sauran lokutan wasu maraice a cikin watanni na rani (adadin kudaden da suka hada da abincin dare). Ko da idan ba ku da abincin dare a nan, kwanakinku ya hada da karin kumallo da ke safiya. Masu baƙi na yau da kullum suna amfani da babban ɗakunan karatu da wasu wurare na kowa, kuma suna iya yaduwa da kadada 5 na filayen filayen da mabuzzan ruwa da gonaki (za ku iya jin karar mota a waje, amma Belvedere yana jin wani abu ne wanda aka rufe daga hubbub daga cikin garin Saugatuck ). Ana kiran ɗakin dakuna goma tare da tsohuwar duniyar duniyar da kuma kayan aiki, dukansu suna da wutan lantarki da masu zaman kansu (wasu tare da zauren kwalliya) - Belvedere Suite yana shahara sosai, tare da baranda mai zaman kansa da kuma yankunan zama. Wannan kuma tare da sake komawa baya shine babban zabi ga jinsi-jima'i bukukuwan aure, ma. Har ila yau, masu mallakar suna hayar gidaje uku, Bellevue Harbour House, a cikin garin Saugatuck, a kan gefen ruwa.

• 02 na 08

  Blue Star Motel - Douglas

  Ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun kyawawan kayan motel da 'yan kungiyar GLBT na gida suka yi a cikin' yan shekarun nan, wato Blue Star Motel (167 Blue Star Hwy., Douglas, 269-348-0199) yana daidai da babbar hanyar a Douglas, wani ɗan gajeren lokaci daga gidajen abinci da shaguna da dama (da kuma gandun daji masu yawa, da Dunes), da kuma ɗan gajeren hanya daga cikin garin Saugatuck. Wannan snug hideaway ne ainihin gano, da tara da ɗakin dakuna dakuna a cikin farin da blue, tare da high quality-linens, kayan wasa m-moose, kananan refrigerators, TV lebur, da dakunan wanke da kyau tare da tsaye showers, da kuma kananan patios tare da kawunan Adirondack a bayan kowane sashi, suna kallon laushi, lawn shaded bishiyoyi tare da katako na katako, ɗakin zafi, da kuma gajiyar baki. Ƙunuka suna da ƙananan, tare da kowannensu yana ɗauke da gadon sarauta, amma masu mallakar sunyi aiki mai girma da ke daidaita yanayin da kyau, kuma ma'aikatan Blue Star na da taimako da kuma sada zumunci. Lura cewa masu sayen kwanan nan sun sayi wani tsohuwar tsofaffin motar, Timberline Motel & Suites, wadda za ta sami cikakken canje-canjen da kuma rebranding (tare da sabon sunan Starlite Resort). Ana tsammani za a sake farfadowa da ƙarshen shekara ta 2014, wannan motar motar 29 da ɗaki mai mahimmanci da kuma shimfiɗar rana yana tafiya tare da Blue Star Highway a Saugatuck.

• 03 na 08

  Camping Outdoor Resort - Fennville

  Akwai kimanin mintina 15 a kudu da dan gabashin Saugatuck / Douglas a cikin ƙauyen yankunan karkarar Fennville, Campit Outdoor Resort (6635 118th Ave., Fennville, 269-543-4327) yana daya daga cikin wuraren da aka fi sani da LGBT a cikin Midwest. Za ku sami wurare daban-daban na gida a nan - alfarwa da RV, shafukan da ke kunshe da dakuna biyar, dakunan dakunan gida guda 20, da kuma Sunline, Avion, da kuma kaya masu tasowa. Wadannan dukiyoyi 23 acre suna ɓoye amma suna da sauki, kuma yana da sauƙi zuwa ga rairayin bakin teku, shaguna, da kuma cin abinci na Saugatuck da Douglas. Masu gayyata suna haɗuwa da mata da maza, amma wannan wuri yana ba da dama ga al'amuran yau da kullum tare da baƙi mata, ciki har da masu haɗin gwiwa a ranar Juma'a. Ginin yana buɗewa daga tsakiyar watan Afrilu zuwa tsakiyar Oktoba, kuma kayan aiki sun hada da babban tafkin waje, shawagi, dakin wasan, gidan kulob din, da kuma ɗakin kantin sayar da kantin sayar da kayan kaya don zuwan dare da kayan wasan kwaikwayo, erotica, kayan fata, da kamar. Ana maraba da dabbobi.

• 04 na 08

  Dunes Resort - Douglas

  Idan kun kasance mashawarci na zamantakewar jama'a, mai shayarwa da ruwa, ko kuma wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo, kada ku duba fiye da Dunes Resort (333 Blue Star Hwy., Douglas, 269-857-1401) a matsayin tushen ku na Saugatuck da Douglas. Wannan mashahurin gay - wanda shine mafi girma a cikin Midwest - yana jin dadi da kuma jin dadi, daga ma'aikatan masu jin dadi ga taron jama'a, musamman ma a karshen mako, waɗanda suke taruwa a cikin gidan shakatawa mai kyau, cabaret, dakin wasan, da babbar filin wasan waje. Wannan farfadowa ta zamantakewa yana yaduwa fiye da 20 kadada a Douglas, a cikin nisa daga cikin sanduna da gidajen cin abinci da kuma dan gajeren hanya ko kuma motar tafiya daga bakin teku.

  Hakanan yana iya kasancewa daga ɗakin dakuna na "dakuna" da dakin wanka don wanke ɗakunan gida guda biyu da dakuna dakuna biyu tare da ɗakunan kayan abinci da yalwar dakin da za su yada (wasu daga cikin waɗannan barci har zuwa baƙi shida). Don bayyanawa, ɗakuna na "dakuna" marasa kudada suna da yanayi na dakunan wanka, ko kuma a kalla za su iya - kuma suna kusa da tashar jiragen ruwa da waje akan dukiyar da ake kira "dazuzzuka." Mafi rinjaye a dakunan suna a cikin ɗakin gida biyu na motel kuma suna da tsaka-tsalle tare da gadon sarauta ko gadaje biyu, talabijin na USB da VCR, a / c, da kuma mai kyau mai sauki Ikea-esque. Mafi yawan dakuna (da kuma dan kadan) ɗakunan suna a saman matakan, wanda ke da mafi kyawun ra'ayi na yanki mai kyau, yayin da gidaje suna da kyau ga abokai da suke tafiya tare ko kuma idan kuna so a sake dawowa daga tafkin. wuraren shakatawa.

  Ka tuna cewa akwai abubuwa masu yawa a cikin mako a Dunes, daga ranar Lahadi Tea Dances zuwa wasan kwaikwayo na farko a cikin cabaret. A lokacin rani, yana shayewa daga rana da maraice, tare da filin barci da waje da wurin duniyar wuri mai kyau don yadawa da kuma duba jama'a. Gidan wasan kwaikwayo - bude shekara-shekara - ya ƙunshi babban dance dance, babban masauki tare da tebur tebur da wurin zama na comfy, da kuma cabaret wanda ke da dama ga masu saurare da abubuwan da suka faru, daga kudu maso yammacin Michigan Idol zuwa karaoke. Jama'a a Dunes sune haɗin gwiwar gays da 'yan lebians daga ko'ina cikin Midwest, ba tare da ambaci yawan mutanen GLBT da suka ƙaura zuwa yankin ba har abada ko lokaci-lokaci.

  A matsayin zauren gida, Dunes ba zato bane, amma yana da kyau sosai, kudaden suna da kyau sosai, kuma kusanci kusa da gay ɗin zamantakewar al'umma ba za a iya doke ta ba.

• 05 na 08

  Pines Motorlodge - Douglas

  Shekaru da dama, yanzu mai ban mamaki mai ban mamaki da kuma karni na tsakiya na Hyundai Motorlodge (56 Blue Star Hwy., Douglas, 269-857-5211) na ɗaya daga cikin kalmomin motsa jiki tare da Blue Star Highway a Saugatuck-Douglas. A shekara ta 2001, wasu 'yan Indiana, Steve Laughner da Rob Goeke, sun sayi motel da kuma shekaru da dama sun yi nuni da gyaran duk kayan dukiyoyinsu, suna kara sabbin dakunan wanka, shimfiɗar gado mai kyau da gadaje, kayan gidan Amish, kyakkyawa ƙoshin zane-zane, mai kula da yanayin sauye-sauye, yakoki na yumbura, da sauransu. An kafa dukiya ta hanyar jan jago mai aiki, a cikin zuciyar Douglas - kusa da kantin gidaje da gidajen cin abinci. Duk raka'a a cikin wannan kullun mai laushi, mai gefe na itace yana da filin ajiye motoci, ƙofar waje, sarki ko biyu gadaje na sarauniya, firiji da microwaves, da kuma 'yan wasan TV / DVD; Ana ci gaba da karin kumallo na yau da kullum a karshen mako a cikin bazara da kuma fada, kuma a kullum a lokacin rani. Kashe waje, za ku kuma sami kantin sayar da kayan dadi, Groovy Groovy, wanda ke dauke da katunan, kaya, da kayan haɗi. Dalili na wannan ɗakin motar da ya dace da farashi yana nuna babban wurin shagon zane-zane tare da tarkon da gas. Sauran sauran zaɓuɓɓukan da suka haɗa da dukiyar sun haɗa da Maple Ridge Cottages, wanda ke Saugatuck daidai (a cikin nisa zuwa cikin gari) kuma suna da ɗakin kwana biyu, cikakken kitchens, Jacuzzi, ɗaki na sirri, da murhu - waɗannan suna da kyau ga iyalai, abokan tafiya tare , ko lokuta na musamman. Kuma a cikin Douglas, akwai titin Cibiyar Street Street, wanda ya hada da dakuna mai dakuna hudu, dakuna biyu da kuma ɗakin dakuna guda biyu, daya-wanka guda ɗaya (ana iya samun darajar mako-mako). Har ila yau, ka tuna cewa masu mallaka guda ɗaya suna aiki da irin wannan motsi mai ma'ana wanda aka kira gyara Saugatuck (duba ƙasa).

• 06 na 08

  Rosemont Inn Resort - Douglas

  Kyakkyawan zaɓi idan kuna so ku kusa kusa da Lake Michigan da kuma garin Oval Beach mai suna "Saugatuck", wanda ke da nisan kilomita biyar a arewa, tsohon karni na Rosemont Inn Resort (83 Lakeshore Dr., Douglas, 269-857-2637 ) ya ƙunshi 14 da aka zaɓa, ƙananan ɗakunan, a cikin mafi ƙaunar da ke gari. Yawancin ɗakunan da aka zaɓa suna da dakunan kwalliya, kuma duk suna da sarauta huɗu da sarauta ko gadaje na sarauniya, da wuta, da / c, 'yan CD, da kuma Wi-Fi kyauta. Dalili a nan shi ne ɓangare na zane - akwai ruwa da kandami da cike da kifi na sharhi, kyawawan lambuna da hanyoyi, da bishiyoyi masu girma, kuma baƙi suna jin dadin amfani da babban tafki, ɗakin zafi, da kuma sauna mai bushe. Masu kula da gida suna ba da damar yin amfani da kuɗaɗɗa don su kai ga rairayin bakin teku, da kuma dawakai. Ba abin mamaki bane, haɗin gwiwar gayata ya zama wuri mai kyau don bukukuwan bukukuwan, bukukuwan sadaukarwa, da kuma lokuta na musamman.

• 07 na 08

  Saugatuck - Saugatuck

  Har ila yau, wannan ƙungiya a baya ta dawo da kamfanin Hyundai Motorlodge (duba a sama) ya kuma kafa Saugatuck (6190 Blue Star Hwy., Saugatuck, 269-857-8888), wani dadi a farkon shekarun 1950 da ake kira Shangrai La. wannan shinge mai shinge yana kwance a bishiyoyi masu tsayi kuma an kafa shi da wani daki mai kyau da patio tare da kayan ado mai banƙyama - ƙananan rufi, ƙumshiyoyi masu launin itace, masu ruɗi na karni na tsakiya, sutsi na shinge, sabbin kayan ado, masu launin baki da fari hotuna na birane na duniya (London, New York City, Paris) a sama da ɗakunan shafuka, tarbiyoyin tarbiyya masu launi, kowannensu yana sarrafawa a / c raka'a, da kuma firiji da obin na lantarki. Wadannan suna cikin ɗakunan da aka fi kyau a cikin yanki, duk da cewa sun kasance masu tsada sosai, (saboda haka farashi masu dacewa). Har ila yau, motel yana da ɗan waje a waje na cikin garin Saugatuck da kuma kusan mintina 15 zuwa Oval Beach. Yana da manufa ga baƙi neman dan kadan mafi sauƙi madadin zuwa wasu daga cikin mafi tsakiya located amma bustling mazauna dama a tsakiyar Saugatuck da Douglas. Yawancin dakuna suna da gado ɗaya na sarauniya, amma akwai 'yan mafi girma tare da sarakuna biyu. Duka suna buɗewa zuwa filin ajiye motoci mai kayatarwa, kuma duk suna da kawuna biyu na Adirondack da kuma karamin tebur a waje waje.

• 08 na 08

  Twin Oaks Inn - Saugatuck

  Masu tsaron gida Sherry Forbes da Lisa Stafford sune runduna Twin Oaks Inn (227 Griffith St., Saugatuck, 269-857-1600), B & B mai kyau da birane shida da wuri mai kyau idan kuna sha'awar tafiya a bustling da kuma hotuna a cikin garin Saugatuck - masaukin ya zama wani shinge mai tsauraran hanya, Butler Street, jifa daga dutse da dama daga cikin masu kira masu cin abinci da masu fasaha. Dakin da ke cikin wannan katako tare da nau'o'i uku ana kiran su da kayan gargajiya, da gado mai laushi da labule, da yalwa da kullun tunani - wasu suna da wuta da ɗakuna. Ana ci cikakkun karin kumallo kowace safiya.