Fredericksburg, Texas

Texas Hill Country's answer to a wine weekend. Founded in 1846 and settled by German immigrants, Fredericksburg still has a beer garden on Main Street, and it is the usual starting point for the region's wineries. For a morning with a view, Enchanted Rock, a pink granite dome about 17 miles north that rises some 425 feet above the land around it, makes a short, steep climb with wide Hill Country views from the top. Wildflower season, roughly mid-March through April, fills weekends and rooms book up quickly, so a midweek trip or a fall or winter weekend is calmer.