You can always walk up and down Detroit's streets in your sneakers, or ride the ten-speed along Woodward for a self-guided tour. But why do those things when you can rent a segway and get a first hand tour of the Motor City. Starting April 24, Inside Detroit will offer tours of the two-wheeled kind. But the tours don't stop with the segways. There are dozens of tours available to grab a little more knowledge on the city.
Excerpt from the
Detroit Free Press:
Ever seen downtown Detroit from aboard a two-wheeled Segway? You can.
Segway tours of the city "let you cover more distance than you would walking. But you still get up close and personal," says Jeannette Pierce, cofounder of Inside Detroit, a nonprofit tour company that will offer them starting April 24. "We do the RiverWalk, and it's really fun."
Meanwhile, Stewart McMillin has one aim: to share Detroit's hidden gems and history with visitors and locals.
"Some people haven't been downtown in 40 years. Other people know a lot and want to know more," says McMillin, who runs Stewart McMillin Tours, which offers outings such as black history tours and "Hooch, Hoodlums and Hoods" about Prohibition days.
In Detroit, there are dozens of tours that anyone can take on the spur of the moment, many as cheap as $10. They are not just for visitors. Detroiters can be tourists in their own hometown just by signing up.
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