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What’s New at Texas Hill Country Hotels
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What’s New at Texas Hill Country Hotels

Driving west out of Austin toward Fredericksburg, the road narrows to one-lane blacktop, and the edges of the city’s suburbs gradually give way to a different kind of Texas, one of ranches, old wooden churches, farm stands and wineries.This is the Texas Hill Country, a 31,000-square-mile area of rocky karst hills considered the threshold between the Southeast and the Southwest. As the center of the state’s wine tourism, and with a more temperate climate than the nearby cities, the region has lured visitors for generations, whether for the hiking or the tempranillo wine or to just get away from it all.Figuring out where exactly the Texas Hill Country begins and ends is a task best left to local songwriting legends like Willie Nelson and Lucinda Williams, but over a recent weekend, with Ms....
Photos: Castle Hill Inn
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Photos: Castle Hill Inn

1/16The main building at Castle Hill Inn was built in 1875 for a marine biologist and naturalist at Harvard University. The most prestigious room is the rounded turret suite, a bi-level suite with breathtaking views of Narragansett Bay and the Castle Hill Lighthouse.2/16Grace Kelly Beach is where the famed actress would take a dip while filming “High Society” in Newport in 1956 with Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby.3/16During our tour, we visited The Dining Room, an elegant, curved space that boasts extraordinary views and serves dinner daily.4/16The Terrace Bar, reminiscent of a ship’s hull, has clear vinyl windows that roll up and down so that guests can enjoy the space rain or shine.5/16The lawn is open to the public and has Adirondack chairs that are first come, first served. Visitors ca...