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Two Lake Michigan towns a few minutes apart: a Dutch-settled city and an art-colony harbour.
Photo: Holland Harbor Light, known as Big Red, Roland Arhelger, CC BY-SA 4.0
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West Michigan · United States
Holland, Michigan
A real Dutch windmill, tulips, dunes and the Big Red lighthouse.
Lake Michigan, Michigan · United States
Saugatuck and Douglas
An art town with a hand-cranked chain ferry, a dune climb and one of Lake Michigan's best beaches.
Ready-made trips in this area
4 days · Holland, Michigan → Traverse City
West Michigan dunes and lighthouses
Big Red and the Dutch windmill, then north to Sleeping Bear Dunes.
2 days · Saugatuck and Douglas → Holland, Michigan
Saugatuck and Holland
An art town's beach and dunes, then a Dutch windmill.
2 days · Indiana Dunes → Holland, Michigan
Indiana Dunes and Holland
Dunes and beaches on Indiana's Lake Michigan shore, and, about two hours around the foot of the lake, a lighthouse town with its own dunes.