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BuzzFeed.com lists Fredericksburg as one of "14 Tiny Texas Towns That Are Totally Worth The Trip" and The CultureTrip.com says Fredericksburg is one of "The 10 Most Beautiful Towns In Texas". Fredericksburg is one of the most popular tourist towns in the state of Texas.  Fredericksburg has over 400 bed & breakfast inns, over 100 unusual shops featuring arts and crafts, antiques, gifts, clothing, jewelry, novelties, and more.  You will find plenty of shopping in Fredericksburg, Texas.  The main street of Fredericksburg is full of quaint shops and the side streets of Fredericksburg offer more of the interesting tourist shopping.

The Fredericksburg-Stonewall area has become known as the Peach Capital of Texas. Benjamin Lester Enderle, Gillespie County Surveyor and a math and science teacher at Fredericksburg High School, is known as the Father of the Hill Country Peach Industry when he planted five peach trees and began selling the fruit in 1921. Enderle worked to develop several varieties of peaches, including the Hale, Burbank, Elberta, and Stark varieties. He eventually had 5,000 producing peach trees on 150 acres. Growers claim the phenomenal taste is due to the area having the right combination of elevation, sandy soil, and climate to produce flavorful clingstone and freestone peaches. The fruit ripens from May through August, and consumers can either buy picked fruit, or pick their own from dozens of local farms and fruit stand through the Spring and Summer months.

Over the last couple of decades, vineyards have been popping up all over central Texas. There are now over 60 vineyards and growing fast (pun intended). Be certain to check out our comprehensive winery/brewery page for a list of all of the wineries and breweries in the Texas Hill Country.

Fredericksburg is a town famous for its bed and breakfast inns.  They also have cabins for rent and motels in the area of Fredericksburg.  Fredericksburg is one tourist town you will not want to miss in Texas. 

Local Tourist Attractions

Check out nearby Austin's, the Live Music Capital of the World, music scene.

The Rio Frio Landmark Oak - Rio Frio 

Visit nearby San Antonio's theme parks: Six Flags Fiesta Texas and SeaWorld San Antonio.

Sunset Bat Flights - Concan 

Visit Wonder World, a theme park also known as the 1st show cave in Texas, in nearby San Marcos.

State Parks

Enchanted Rock State Natural Area - Fredericksburg, TX
Hike up the massive pink granite dome rising above Central Texas has drawn people for thousands of years. But there’s more at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area than just the dome. The scenery, rock formations and legends are magical, too!

Garner State Park - Cancon, TX
This park has 1419.8 acres of recreational facilities in northern Uvalde County. There are 10 water acres along the Frio River.

Lost Maples State Natural Area - Vanderpool, TX
This area has 2174.2 scenic acres in Bandera and Real Counties, located north of Vanderpool on the Sabinal River. Lost Maples has about 200,000 visitors on an annual basis.

Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area - 6 miles NE of Rocksprings
See this unique collapsed cavern. Tours available to the public.

Things to Do

Play a round of golf at the newly-renovated Lady Bird Golf Course, named after former First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson. Located at 341 Golfers Loop, Fredericksburg, TX 78624

Visit one of the many local Farmers Markets and Peach Stands.

Check out the Marketplatz (Market Square) in dowmtown Fredericksburg.

Scenic Drive - Hill Country Trail Explore the Sabinal River Canyon along RR 187.

Local Museums

Pioneer Museum - Fredericksburg, TX
Do you think you have what it takes to live in the 1840s? Without smartphones, Facebook, cars, plumbing...?

Vereins Kirche Museum - Fredericksburg, TX
This building is a replica built in 1934 (the original was torn down in the late 1890s), but the Vereins Kirche was the original church, school and fort for the heart 120+ souls that founded Fredericksburg in 1846.

National Museum of the Pacific War (home of the Admiral Nimitz Museum) - Fredericksburg, TX
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, commander of the US Pacific Fleet in WWII, was born in Fredericksburg on February 24, 1885. The museum is considered of the one finest museums celebrating the war in the Pacific.

Briscoe-Garner Museum - Uvalde
Named after Texas Govenor Dolph Briscoe and President Franklin Roosevelt's first Vice President, John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner . 

Sabinal Canyon Museum - Utopia
Pioneer farm implements and household items, geological and Indian artifact exhibits.

The Real County Historical Museum - Leakey
Celebrating the heritage of Real County for over 100 years.

Lone Star Motorcycle Museum - near Vanderpool
A collection of motorcycles dating from 1910's to the 1980's.