(Radio Iowa) – The 2025 version of the Iowa Travel Guide is now available from the Iowa Tourism Office. Spokesperson Jessica O’Riley says the 148-page guide covers everything from sites to visit to food. “Lots of stuff on agri-tourism, farm to table. You know, we’d like to joke in Iowa that we were doing farm to table before it was trendy. So we feel like we’ve got a great story to tell there with lots of great restaurants across the state,” she says. O’Riley says the guide helps you plan the perfect trip. “There are farms where you can stay overnight and get some great historic hotels that are over a century old,” O’Riley says. “We’ve got mountain biking trails and even some cozy winter getaways at future cabins.”

She says the guide is aimed at those who come in from other states, and those who are natives. “Out-of-state travelers tend to spend more time here, spend more money, but we love the in-state travel as well. To technically count as a traveler, you only have to go 50 miles or more in one direction, so lots of opportunities to be in-state tourists,” she says. The guide includes a preview of coming attractions. “There’s a new mountain biking trail coming this fall in Mason City. Clear Lake has the great new surf ballroom and a music enrichment and immersive center coming and Cedar Falls just opened a great riverfront water park,” she says. “So lots of new things happening every year. So people who say there’s nothing to do here, we’d like to prove them wrong.” The Iowa Travel Guide is free.

2025 Iowa Travel Guide

“You can order it online at traveliowa.com. We’ll happily ship it to you fore free,” O’Riley says. “There’s also an online version available on the website as well if you can’t wait to get the printed guide in your hands.” O’Riley says they dub each new guide very year the best one they’ve ever done, and that holds true for this year as well.