GALENA RESORTS
- 8 miles from downtown Galena
- Even numbered units face the parking lot
- Glassed-in indoor pool & hot tub (nice smaller resort)
- No safes in the units
- Odd numbered units face the valley
- Renovating outside of resort in 2017
- Units renovated in 2015
Worldmark Galena (Club Pass Resort)
- 8 miles from downtown Galena
- Glassed-in indoor pool & hot tub
GALENA RESTAURANTS/FOOD
- Big Bill’s Sandwich Shop & Coffee Bar (has tallest sandwich in Illinois) (listed on Only in Illinois)
- Durty Gurts (great shrimp & awesome burgers) (great malts & shakes)
- Embe Eatery & Lounge (best bread pudding)
- Frank O’Dowd’s Irish Pub & Grill (live music & Irish dancers on Friday & Saturday)
- Freddie’s Popcorn (great tasting popcorn) (1086 Main St, Dubuque, IA) (1/2-hour drive)
- Galena Brewing Company
- Gobbie’s Sports Pub & Eatery (great pizza)
- Great American Popcorn Company (have homemade popcorn & fudge) (have ice cream)
- Green Fried Tomatoes
- Happy Joe’s Pizzagrille (NOT recommended) (food mediocre & overpriced) (service was awful)
- Little Tokyo Japanese Restaurant (great lunch menu)
- Otto’s Place
- Poopy’s (excellent breakfast) (Savanna, IL) (45-minute drive)
- Root Beer Revelry (50 types of root beer) (root beer on tap is very good)
- Stella’s Café & Catering (Stockton, IL) (one-hour drive)
- The Rafters Restaurant (Lena, IL) (40-minute drive) (excellent food) (lunch & dinner)
- Victory Café (for breakfast)
- Vinny Vanucchi’s Little Italy (Italian Food) (good food but a little pricey)
GALENA BARS
- Miss Kitty’s Grape Escape (wine & martini lounge)
GALENA ATTRACTIONS/ACTIVITIES
- Amelia’s Ghost Tours
- Annie Wiggins Ghost Tours
- Apple River Fort State Historic Site (only open Wed. – Sun. 9 AM – 5 PM) (Elizabeth, IL) (20-minute drive)
- Barrel Head Winery (9995 Lauderville road, Dubuque, IA) (1/2-hour drive)
- Belvedere Mansion
- Blaum Bros. Distilling Co.
- Chestnut Mountain (winter skiing & scenic views all year)
- Day trip to Dubuque, IA (1/2-hour drive)
- Diamond Jo Casino (nice casino) (Dubuque, IA) (1/2-hour drive)
- Dowling House
- Downtown Galena (old downtown are has many shops & restaurants)
- Field of Dreams (Dyersville, IA) (one-hour drive) (actual field that is in the movie Field of Dreams)
- Galena & U.S. Grant Museum
- Galena Canning Company (BBQ sauces, dips, & jams) (can taste test before you buy)
- Galena Cellars Vineyard (wine tasting - $5 to taste 6 wines)
- Galena Garlic Company (have oil infusions & balsamic infusions you can taste test before purchasing) (homemade spices)
- Galena River Trail (10-mile trail)
- Galena River Wine & Cheese (many different cheeses, can taste test before purchasing)
- Galena Trolley Tours
- Ghost Tours of Galena (the original walking ghost tour) (815-777-9252) (meet at DeSoto House Hotel Lobby)
- Grateful Gourmet (a cooks paradise) (lots of kitchen items for cooking, etc)
- Haunted Galena Tour Company
- Iowa Greyhound Park (Dubuque, IA) (dog races) (1/2-hour drive)
- Linmar Gardens (downtown Galena) (open mid-May through October)
- Main Street Walking Tour with General Grant
- Mississippi Riverwalk (44-mile trail along the river) (Dubuque, IA) (1/2-hour drive)
- National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium (Dubuque, IA) (1/2-hour drive)
- Numerous golf courses in area
- Old Stockade on Cobblestone Street
- Phat Quarters (nice little quilt shop)
- Promise Land Winery (39053 Great River Road, Guttenberg, IA) (1-1/2-hour drive)
- Q Casino (Dubuque, IA) (1/2-hour drive) (at greyhound track)
- Sky Tours Zipline at YMCA Union Park Camp (Dubuque, IA) (1/2-hour drive)
- Stone Cliff Winery (wine tasting - $5 to taste 5 wines) (600 Star Brewery Drive, Dubuque, IA) (1/2-hour drive)
- Sunset Ridge Winery (12615 Highway 52 North, Dubuque, IA) (1/2-hour drive)
- The Cotton Cabin Quilt Shop (quaint little shop) (1075 Main ST, Dubuque, IA) (1/2-hour drive)
- The Old Blacksmith Shop
- Thunder Bay Falls
- Tri-State Trolley
- Ulysses S. Grant Home
GALENA GROCERY STORES
GALENA OTHER INFO
GALENA ADDRESSES
Wyndham Galena / Worldmark Galena
5129 West Longhollow Road
Galena, IL 61036
Phone: 815-776-9020
NOTE: This is information I have compiled from comments posted on this site and other timeshare Facebook sites. I have been to some of these places (with * at end of name) and the others are recommendations from other people.