Dubya was awful. He always made me want dubuque. But the taste of bile makes me feel worse so I resisted. And right now I'm resisting napping. You could say I'm resisting a rest. I really like the city of Dubuque. It's beautiful and it's next to a river. It's old and sleepy and reminds me of the city that time forgot. It has some pretty old buildings and the nice relaxed feel to it. Unfortunately there are a lot of homeless people and there is a drug problem here. It's noticeable in several areas close to downtown. The fact that they have an excellent Gyro in town and a lot of pretty scenery combines with the negative elements to equal four stars. Now I need to go to the library and borrow some buques. read more

See all

It's all ran down, people we ran into call it depuke. Not a tourist area, unless you want to see the historical dumps no one appears to care. read more

What a beautiful city! Everything seems to be very old, yet clean. It has the vibe of many of the more southern river citys like Memphis and St. Louis only much smaller, cleaner and safer! I like what has taken place in the river district. Lots of new development including hotels, museums and of course a casino. Sure looks nicer tan what used to be there. Don't know much about the colleges in this town, but they are also very beautiful. I was very impressed with Clark and Loris especially. Great facilities and the landscaping is top notch. Ivy League type landscaping! The one thing I keep thinking of however is the huge hills that go up and down though out town. (Think San Franscico). This has to create a major issue in Winter! Parking on a icy hillside.... No way! Worse yet... Coming to a stop on these narrow streets in the snow! Insurance premiums must skyrocket! Also, how does one walk home from the bars? Sometimes that can be a challenge on flat surfaces! read more

I drove through Dubuque with some friends visiting some different breweries. The city seemed very big and almost had a industrial feeling to it. We enjoyed seeing the Mississippi and exploring the city in general. read more

The city of Dubuque is described, we feel, best with two words - Charmingly Derelict. The architecture here is simply lovely, but a good part of the city is pretty worn down. That said, there's no lack of cutesy small shops, antique stores, casinos or river boats for a tour. We found it to be a great place to spend an afternoon watching the leaves turn and seeing some houses that were cool and must have been spectacular 50 years ago! read more

Ok, 5 stars for a lazy river town? Yes, for the simple reason is that you can pay for parking with your smartphone. That right folks it's 2013 and the city of Dubuque has discovered something genius that the folks in Minneapolis have missed. In Mpls you have to remember some arcane space number and walk as much as a block and sometimes wait in line to buy a parking slip. Here you simply pull up the app and either key in the space or just scan the code. No big fancy parking kiosk, no remembering stupid codes. Yea! read more