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New Braunfels: Where Blue Skies and Best Friends Come Together

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Situated nicely in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, is the city of New Braunfels, where the average temperatures hover between 85 and 90 degrees in June, and blue skies and best friends come together! If you’re dreaming about a guys’ night out or a weekend to get away with the girls, take some time to consider New Braunfels. For a fresh take on some time away with the BFFs or an early summer vacation to blow the dust off, revive your spirit, your friendships, or love life (or both!) a visit to this sizzling setting in the Texas Hill Country might just be in order!

New Braunfels: Where Blue Skies and Best Friends Come Together

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When a night out or weekend with the guys is just what the doctor ordered, don’t hesitate to call the gang, jump in the truck, and drive to New Braunfels for a craft beer tour, or see some local color at the honky tonks and dance halls. And perhaps get out on the Guadalupe River the following day for some tubing on the Comal River! And ladies, when a girls’ getaway comes to mind, New Braunfels, has the perfect setting. It’s a beautiful Texas Hill Country setting with plenty of water recreation opportunities (including access to Canyon Lake, the Guadalupe and Comal Rivers, and even a waterpark!) some good ole’ fashioned southern hospitality and great country charm. It’s going to seem so nice and relaxing, you and your friends won’t want to leave!

New Braunfels: Where Blue Skies and Best Friends Come Together

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Wine connoisseurs will have the time of their lives here as well! Known to bring friends together for year, the love of wine can also spark love affairs, make family reunions sparkle, and generally add a spark of any type to anything! There are over 40 wineries within the vicinity of New Braunfels, making it a winner as far as opportunities for wine tours and tastings. And if beer is more your group’s fancy, New Braunfels is also home to the Texas Hill Country Craft Beer Trail where one can sample some of the best Texas Hill Country hops ever to grace your lips in liquid form. And if you have a group of music lovers, you’re a hop, step, and jump away from historic Gruene Hall, which is just one of many live music venues this city can offer. Featuring top-billed country music acts (such as the surprise concert by Texas’ own, George Strait,) the hall’s schedule of performers is available on their website, updated regularly.

New Braunfels: Where Blue Skies and Best Friends Come Together

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Top off your time away with a meal like your mamma makes (but don’t tell her we told you!) and you’ve got the perfect recipe for guys or girls getaway success. Among the honky tonks, craft breweries, wine bars, and coffee houses (for the tamer crowd) you’ll frequent, is some of the best in steak dinners the Texas Hill Country has to offer (dry-aged for two weeks, and wet-aged another four,) not to mention barbecue deliciousness, and true ‘farm-to-fork’ options, with some of the freshest local ingredients that could go into a meal. Local establishments are there to please, and do so quite handily! Take a look at New Braunfels for an upcoming holiday in the Hill Country, where there’s something for everyone!