Iowa City offers the best of the Midwest. It is home to the big 10 University of Iowa with its world reknown medical center, Hancher Auditorium which offers variety of musical, theater and cultural events, and home to the internationally known Writer's Workshop which has graduated some famous authors and had others as instructors. Iowa City bed and breakfast inns are varied in style, rate, amenities, and location. One is located in downtown Iowa City's first designated cultural district and others are located in several neighborhoods including designated historic districts. The Iowa City Bed and Breakfast Inns host a number of visitors to the University from around the world. For a town of our size (approximately 62,000)Iowa City has many unique locally cheffed/owned restaurants, a number of local live theater venues (Iowa City Community Theater, Riverside Theater, Englert Theater) art galleries, museums, the State Historical Society, and a recently exposed (by the flood of 1993) fossil site. Iowa City has been given high ratings by seven magazines as one of the best places to live, 3rd best place in the nation to retire, best small metro area, a low stress level, best places to launch a business career, rated #4 in the nation for public schools, quality of life, best places to expand business and University Hospitals among "America's Best Hospitals. Iowa City is on the banks of the Iowa River and a short drive to the Coralville Lake, an all sports lake. Visitors are surprised to find that we are not all corn and hogs but have a diverse and prosperous economy with its well-educated and hard working people as its biggest asset. Once you have visited Iowa City, you will remember it, Come stay awhile at one of Iowa City's bed and breakfast inns and get acquainted with our unique town. You may even return to live. You will love it!