News & Updates

Tea set with purple flowers

Tea and Tales is an event at Zuber’s which evolved from a conversation my daughter and I had several years ago. We have enjoyed taking advantage of every opportunity we have had to “take tea” at a tea house, tea room, or tea event in the area. I took Jaclyn to her first tea at … Read more

Something that I enjoy sharing at Zuber’s, is an event called “Tea and Tales”. My daughter and I have always enjoyed finding tea rooms or tea shops to have an afternoon tea.  When we purchased Zuber’s, Jaclyn “suggested” to me that the Wagon Wheel Room would be a perfect place to host an afternoon tea.  … Read more

Something I’ve always thought about doing, is writing a children’s book.  I love children’s literature and am drawn to that section of any book store!  I look at a book and think “How could I use that book in class?”  A relatively new type of not only children’s book but also book for adults is … Read more

Like it or not, the seasons are changing!  There definitely is a difference in the weather.  We went from hot and humid, to chilly, and this week two very humid days leading up to lower temperatures and rain soon to come.  Is this our “Indian Summer”? In the colonies, fall means Oktoberfest (among other things).  … Read more

brown and blue model cars

Pack your bags and head down the road to the Amana Colonies! Don’t know what to see or do?  We would be happy to help you plan your visit to the colonies! In our “Things To Do” drop down, we have included several links that list upcoming events and special activities which can help you … Read more

wine glasses and a bottle of wine

When you come to stay at Zuber’s, you can expect that there will be a sweet treat out from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., and that there will be a buffet style breakfast in the morning from 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Sometimes you’d like to have just a little more ‘something’.  We have several … Read more

7th Night Free

This year we have been offering a rewards/”Thank You” type of program for guests who stay with us multiple times during the year!  We know we have some regular guests who stay several nights during the year, and we are pleased to be having more and more guests who choose to come to the Amana … Read more

Zuber's Homestead Hotel

We are excited to have our new website up and running!  It has been several months in the transition from the old site to this new one, but now we are settling into this new site. I invite you to take a few minutes to go through this new site and see the changes.  Over … Read more

Inside of woolen mill

In my last post I asked if you had ever noticed that the village of Homestead is the only village in the 7 colonies that does not have the name of Amana in the village name?  The reason for that is because the village of Homestead was already established before the Amana people came to … Read more

amana map

I am excited to share about a new event we’re having at Zuber’s!  As we are in the midst of a week of WINTER weather – in a few weeks hopefully you’ll be looking for something to go do to “get away from it all”.  We have just the thing to do for a weekend!  … Read more