Castroville ★ 3.8
Castroville, the Little Alsace of Texas, was settled by Alsatians in 1844, with Haby's Alsatian Bakery turning out strudel, stollen and coffee cake.
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Fredericksburg ★ 4.4
Fredericksburg is the heart of Texas Hill Country wine country, with over fifty wineries on Wine Road 290, German restaurants and summer peach stands.
Gruene and New Braunfels ★ 4.2
The historic Gruene district pairs Texas's oldest dance hall, Gruene Hall, with the Gristmill Restaurant in a converted cotton gin by the Guadalupe River.
Lockhart ★ 4.5
Lockhart is the official Barbecue Capital of Texas, where Black's has smoked brisket since 1932 alongside Kreuz Market and Smitty's meat-market pits.
Seguin ★ 4.4
Seguin is home to Burnt Bean Co., named the number-one barbecue joint in Texas by Texas Monthly, a downtown pit a short drive east of San Antonio.
Boerne ★ 4.0
Boerne is a Hill Country town with German-Texan restaurants along its Hill Country Mile and the Saturday Herff Farm farmers market, a short drive northwest.