Places to Explore In The Hill Country

Bandera

Dust off your chaps, loosen your saddle cinch, and stay a while. In Bandera the mythic tales of rodeos, ranches, and the "cowboy way" are...

• 4 Restaurants
• 3 Hotels
• 6 Things To Do

Boerne

Just a few years ago Boerne was a quiet little town with a smattering of shops and small-town restaurants. Even though it had easy access...

• 9 Restaurants
• 5 Hotels
• 17 Things To Do

Burnet

During most of the year, Burnet is a sleepy little town best known as a stop for people heading south from the Dallas area or...

• 0 Restaurants
• 1 Hotels
• 1 Things To Do

Comfort

At first glance, Comfort resembles a lot of quiet Hill Country towns. It has the standard Dairy Queen and a small main street with historic...

• 6 Restaurants
• 3 Hotels
• 5 Things To Do

Dripping Springs

• 5 Restaurants
• 1 Hotels
• 8 Things To Do

Enchanted Rock State Natural Area

Protruding from the earth in the form of a large pink dome, Enchanted Rock looks like something from another planet. This granite formation rises 1,825...

• 0 Restaurants
• 0 Hotels
• 0 Things To Do

Fredericksburg

Fredericksburg is a heavily German-influenced town. The city square is called Marketplatz, there's a "wilkommen" sign hanging from every shop door, and the main B&B...

• 24 Restaurants
• 11 Hotels
• 34 Things To Do

Gruene

Gruene is purely Texan. Ask many Central Texans if they've ever two-stepped in this little town and you'll see a nostalgic gleam in their eye...

• 2 Restaurants
• 2 Hotels
• 8 Things To Do

Horseshoe Bay

Adding to Marble Falls' tourist fame is the nearby resort town of Horseshoe Bay. Tucked into an immense cove on Lake LBJ, the resort began...

• 0 Restaurants
• 0 Hotels
• 0 Things To Do

Johnson City

Johnson City is often described as a great place to stop on the way to somewhere else. Aside from its proximity to some of the...

• 2 Restaurants
• 0 Hotels
• 8 Things To Do

Kerrville

Years ago, Kerrville had the small-town appeal that draws thousands to Fredericksburg and Boerne. With the arrival of the railroad in the late 1800s this...

• 3 Restaurants
• 2 Hotels
• 7 Things To Do

Lake Travis and Lakeway

Lake Travis, the fifth in the series of Highland Lakes fed by the Colorado River, is a refreshing playscape for the Austin and Lago Vista...

• 2 Restaurants
• 0 Hotels
• 0 Things To Do

Llano

The greatest attraction to Llano is the drive out there. Whether you're heading north from Fredericksburg on Highway 16 or east from Mason on Highway...

• 4 Restaurants
• 1 Hotels
• 0 Things To Do

Lockhart

• 5 Restaurants
• 0 Hotels
• 9 Things To Do

Luckenbach

Luckenbach isn't just some fabled Texas town romanticized by classic country singers Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. In fact it's hardly a town at all...

• 0 Restaurants
• 0 Hotels
• 1 Things To Do

Marble Falls

Only 45 minutes west of Austin, bustling Marble Falls has become a popular destination for a quick weekend getaway. Three lakes, Marble Falls, LBJ, and...

• 2 Restaurants
• 4 Hotels
• 4 Things To Do

Mason

You don't just find yourself in Mason; you have to want to get there. Nestled in the rolling hills at the very northwest corner of...

• 1 Restaurants
• 1 Hotels
• 2 Things To Do

New Braunfels

With a name like New Braunfels, it's a safe bet that Germans had a great deal of influence in this town. And in fact, they...

• 6 Restaurants
• 2 Hotels
• 6 Things To Do

San Marcos

San Marcos is the largest town between Austin and San Antonio on I–35. It's home to former President Lyndon B. Johnson's alma mater, Texas State...

• 6 Restaurants
• 1 Hotels
• 6 Things To Do

Stonewall

The tiny town of Stonewall, on the Pedernales River, was a stagecoach stop in 1870 on the San Antonio–Fredericksburg route. Now it is renowned for...

• 1 Restaurants
• 0 Hotels
• 7 Things To Do

Wimberley

Wimberley's windy little roads, shady oak and cypress trees, and compact town square give it the feel of an English village. Established in 1848 with...

• 5 Restaurants
• 5 Hotels
• 10 Things To Do