Downtown Traverse City

If ever there was a perfect place for a shopping adventure, it would have to be downtown Traverse City. Front Street’s evocative brick sidewalks and 19th-century Victorian storefronts are a wonderful setting, especially throughout the year when the trees overhead show off their natural displays. Spring brings white blossoms, autumn brings rich fall colors and winter shows off fresh snow-covered branches adorned with twinkling lights.

Downtown’s 150 shops, boutiques, galleries and restaurants are filled with new discoveries just waiting to be found, and there are dozens of events on tap to make things even more interesting, from the Downtown Street Sale and Friday Night Live in August to Men’s and Ladies’ Nights in December and the Spring Art Walk in May.