Tops in Texas: Readers Choice Awards

Texas Highways magazine recently conducted a poll regarding Texas favorites. Below is summary of favorites (top 10) from the Texas Hill Country.

FAVORITE TEXAS VACATION DESTINATION

2. Hill Country
8. Fredericksburg
10. TIE: Corpus Christi; New Braunfels

FAVORITE ANNUAL FESTIVAL OR EVENT

4. Wurstfest, New Braunfels
8. Octoberfest, Fredericksburg
10. TIE: Dickens on the Strand, Galveston; Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo; Kerrville Folk Festival, Kerrville; Main St. Arts Festival, Fort Worth; mayfest, Fort Worth; Watermelon Thump, Luling; Wurstfest, West

FAVORITE B&B or HISTORIC LODGING

4. Fredericksburg (several locations)
9. Landmark Inn, Castroville
10. TIE: Ant Street Inn, Brenham; Gruene (several locations); Hotel Galvez, Galveston; New Braunfels (several locations); Stockyards Hotel, Fort Worth

FAVORITE PLACE TO WATCH THE SUNSET

1. Oasis, Lake Travis
6. Hill Country, Enchanted Rock

FAVORITE CHEAP TOURIST THRILL

2. Tubing the Guadalupe River
8. Hill Country Wildflowers

FAVORITE RESTAURANT FOR BARBEQUE

1. Cooper's Bar-B-Que, Llano
3. The Salt Lick, Driftwood

FAVORITE WACKY ATTRACTION

7. Schlitterbahn, New Braunfels

FAVORITE RESTAURANT FOR BREAKFAST

1. Blue Bonnet Cafe, Marble Falls

FAVORITE RESTAURANT FOR TEX-MEX FOOD

4. Mamacita's, Kerrville, San Marcos, Fredericksburg

FAVORITE PLACE TO VIEW SPRING WILDFLOWERS

1. Hill Country
3. Fredericksburg
4. Willow City Loop, Gillespie County
5. Llano
8. Burnet

FAVORITE SWIMMING SPOT

3. Guadalupe River
4. Frio River
5. Comel River, New Braunfels
6. Garner State Park, near Concan
8. Krause Springs, near Spicewood
9. Schlitterbahn, New Braunfels

FAVORITE SCENIC DRIVE

1. Hill Country
2. FM 337, and the area around Camp Wood, Leakey, Vanderpool, and Concan
3. Texas 16 (especially from Llano to Fredericksburg, and on to Kerrville, Medina and Bandera)
6. Willow City Loop, Gillespie County
8. Devel's Backbone (FM 32), Comal Country
9. US 281 (especially north of San Antonio, through Blanco, Johnson City, Marble Falls, Burnet, and Lampasas)

BEST PLACE TO WALK/HIKE/COMMUNE WITH NATURE

2. Lost Maples State Park
3. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
5. Hill Country
9. TIE: Brazos Bend State Park, Garner State Park; Pedernales Falls State Park
10. TIE: Guadalupe River State Park; River Walk, San Antonio

FAVORITE SMALL TOWN

1. Fredericksburg
2. Gruene
3. Wimberley
6. Boerne
9. Bandera