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Three routes to steal or adapt — each with a day-by-day plan, a map of the stops, and the reservations you'll want to book first.

The Fredericksburg Wine Weekend 3 days · Weekend

The Fredericksburg Wine Weekend

Tasting rooms on US-290, a climb up Enchanted Rock to earn your dinner, and a beer at Luckenbach where everybody’s somebody.

  1. Fredericksburg Main St.
  2. US-290 Wine Road
  3. Enchanted Rock
  4. Luckenbach
3 days 60 miles View trip →
The Swimming Holes Loop 4 days · Road trip

The Swimming Holes Loop

Chase the cold, clear water from Blue Hole to Hamilton Pool to a lazy tube down the Guadalupe. Pack a towel and a reservation.

  1. Blue Hole, Wimberley
  2. Hamilton Pool
  3. Guadalupe River
  4. Comal River
4 days 140 miles View trip →
Honky-Tonk & Smoke 2 days · Weekend

Honky-Tonk & Smoke

A long weekend of brisket, two-step, and back-road dance halls — Gruene to Luckenbach with a barbecue stop in between.

  1. Gruene Hall
  2. Smoke break, Driftwood
  3. Luckenbach
  4. Bandera
2 days 75 miles View trip →
The Fall Color Run 3 days · Autumn

The Fall Color Run

Bigtooth maples at Lost Maples, cypress on the Frio, and a Cowboy Capital nightcap — the three weeks a year Texas does autumn properly.

  1. Kerrville
  2. Lost Maples
  3. Garner State Park
  4. Bandera
3 days 210 miles View trip →
A Dark Sky Weekend 2 days · New moon

A Dark Sky Weekend

Time it to a new moon: bats out of a railroad tunnel at dusk on Friday, the Milky Way over pink granite on Saturday.

  1. Dripping Springs
  2. Old Tunnel State Park
  3. Fredericksburg
  4. Enchanted Rock
2 days 95 miles View trip →
The Grand Tour 7 days · The whole region

The Grand Tour

A week-long horseshoe from Boerne to Llano and back — caves, cowboys, wine, granite, barbecue, water, and a dance hall to finish.

  1. Boerne
  2. Bandera
  3. Kerrville
  4. Fredericksburg
  5. Llano
  6. Marble Falls
  7. Gruene
7 days 420 miles View trip →

Build your own? Mix and match — most of these share towns and roads. Start from a destination, pick a few experiences, and string them together.

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