Start from 33 curated places around Davenport, IA, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Duck City Bistro
An intimate downtown bistro that has been the Quad Cities' go-to special-occasion dinner for years, with a chef who often comes out to walk you through the specials. The menu leans seafood and steak with French technique, and the room is dim and grown-up.
Me & Billy
A buzzy downtown kitchen and bar named for the building's old days, with a sprawling cocktail list and a menu built around shareable American plates. The ribeye and pork tenderloin sandwiches are what regulars order, and the bar program gets real attention.
Trails & outdoors
Duck Creek Trail
A flat paved ribbon that runs the length of Davenport alongside Duck Creek, threading through a chain of parks. It's the city's everyday running, biking, and stroller route, easy and shaded for most of its length.
Mississippi River Trail
The paved riverfront path that runs along the Mississippi through downtown, past LeClaire Park, the ballpark, and the band shell, with the river open and unwalled the whole way. It's the flattest, most scenic short walk in the city.
Things to do
Putnam Museum and Science Center
One of the oldest museums west of the Mississippi, now a Smithsonian-affiliated mix of natural history, regional history, and hands-on science exhibits, with a giant-screen theater. It's the rainy-day default for families and museum people alike.
Adler Theatre
A restored 1930s Art Deco movie palace downtown, now the 2,400-seat home of the Quad City Symphony, Ballet Quad Cities, and the touring Broadway series. The lobby and auditorium alone are worth the price of a ticket.
Landmarks & sights
Figge Art Museum
The glass-skinned Chipperfield building on the riverfront is the Quad Cities' anchor art museum, with a deep Grant Wood and Midwestern regionalist collection plus one of the country's strongest holdings of Haitian and Mexican Colonial art. The top-floor galleries give you the river through floor-to-ceiling glass.
Vander Veer Botanical Park
A formal Victorian botanical park laid out in the 1880s, with a glass conservatory, a sunken rose garden, and the Grand Allee, a long fountain-lined promenade that anchors the whole place. It sits in a leafy historic district just north of downtown and is free to wander.