Lots of fun shops. Great to walk around on a sunny day. Much les commericalized than Frankenmuth Michigan. The brewery is wonderful, the woolen mill's looms are fascinating to see, the bakeries are phenomenal, the Oxe Yolk Inn is one of my favorite places to eat, and on and on. More

A unique place in a cookie cutter world. We stayed at the Guest Haus Hotel, call Cindy or Monty in Amana (room 5) and we ate at the Old Colony Inn. Try the smoked pork chop at lunch or dinner. The lunches are German fare and served family style. That means bowls and bowls of refilled food then the main... More

Woolen Mill, Furniture factory, Bakery, Small Rock Shop, where very worth the time. The Amana General Store is like a trip to wal-mart just about everything we saw was made in China. If in Amana I would avoid the Amana general Store and concentrate on most all other shops. More

The main town of Amana was the only place I would recommend to visity. Lots of different, unique shops to shop in. The General Store and Rock and Mineral stores were my favorite (OK, so was the Mill Stream Brewery. Many restaurants (German inspired) but we found plenty to choose from. I like wine and there are a couple of... More

Come for a festival: Maifest, Octoberfest or even Winterfest are nice. The Arts Festival in August is not to be missed, neither is Prelude to Chirstmas! Have you been on the nature trail? The loop runs from 1 mile to the (highly recommended) 3.5 mile loop that overlooks an old indian fishing weir (dam). Sound too adventurous? Try the paved... More

I wish more there was more history and less tourist shopping. But I suppose that's the name of the game. The restaurants are hit or miss. The Amana Colonies are really very interesting historically. Now it's all about buy, buy, buy. More

As we traveled around the colonies, we found a quaint village of Homestead. At first we thought it was nice and pleasant. We stayed at a hotel there and walked around. Then, the gunfire started. It went on all day, beginning in the morning and finally ending shortly before 9pm. We wanted to sit outside in the nice yard behind... More

nothing special. much like our entire state. we have nothing to draw people here. rather away. More

Great place! We loved shopping in all the little stores and the German food we had was great! More