Travel Reference
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May & Jun
The kids are out of school and temperatures are still bearable - mostly.
Dec & Jan
Brush off cabin fever: it's warm enough to get outdoors, even if the trees are
bare.
Best Places to Eat
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Cove (
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Pink Pig (
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Il Sogno Osteria (
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Grape Juice (
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Best Places to Stay
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Hotel Havana (
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Hotel Faust (
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Omni La Mansion del Rio (
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EXPLORING THE HILL COUNTRY
With so many day-trip destinations so close to San Antonio, it's hard to choose between them. If you have some
time to spare, the following route lets you cover a lot of ground. The entire loop can be driven in 4.5 hours, but
how long you decide to linger is up to you.
From San Antonio, head northwest on I-10, stopping for a little antique shopping in Boerne and Comfort.
Continue on to Kerrville and enjoy cowboy art or swimming in the Guadalupe River. From Kerrville, take Hwy
16 to Fredericksburg, the unofficial capital of the Hill Country, and listen to live music under the trees in tiny
Luckenbach.
Next, continue west to the LBJ Ranch, and see JBJ's childhood home in Johnson City. Then head south at
Dripping Springs, passing through Wimberley, and stop in San Marcos, land of the outlet mall. Don't miss Texas'
oldest dance hall in Gruene - a short detour. Just south, New Braunfels invites you to float the Guadalupe River,
then it's just 32 miles back to San Antonio.
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