Downtown Iowa City is a vibrant area of the City that offers boutiques, shops, restaurants, bars, entertainment venues, hotels and professional offices. 

Iowa City is proof that the state's geography isn't merely a flat and vast plain, but rather a place of rolling hills, lush and scattered woodlands, and tall grasses. In the Iowa City area alone, there are 42 public parks, several of which overlook the scenic Iowa River. Many of these parks are equipped with networks of walking and biking trails, and quaint picnic sites and prairie reserves.