San Antonio and Ranch stay

Fly into San Antonio, pick up your hire car, and drive to your hotel for four nights on a room-only basis. This 390-room hotel is close to San Antonio’s iconic River Walk. The 1 King Classic Rooms are kitted out with  a coffee maker, safe, television, Wi-Fi, air-conditioning, hairdryer, and room service. On-site facilities include: a heated rooftop pool with comfy loungers and seating, restaurant, two bars, coffee shop, fitness centre, lounge, spa, and reception. Explore the UNESCO-listed The Alamo with its gardens and marble-granite sculpture featuring heroes Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie. Wander through the Pearl Brewery District and take in Museum Reach, San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio Zoo, Witte Museum, and DoSeum Children’s Museum. Go shopping at Pullman Market, the Historic Market Square, and Pearl Farmers Market. Enjoy Natural Bridge Caverns’ natural wonders and San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.

Drive to Bandera in Texas Hill Country – the “Cowboy Capital of the World” – for a four-night full-board stay. This real working ranch is where longhorn cattle, Spanish goats, and pigs are raised; real cowboys work the horses and compete in rodeos, and meals are always home cooked. The Double/Twin Rooms have a bathroom, air-conditioning, and vented heat. On-site is a large pool with hot tub, indoor and outdoor dining areas, a seasonal fishing pond, gift shop, and front porch space for relaxing. 

Try hiking, catch-and-release fishing, basketball, volleyball, pickleball, horseshoes, table tennis, tetherball, and cornhole. Experience the ranch’s hiking trails, hunt for fossils and arrowheads, check out the century-old barn and Range War Cemetery, or relish indulgent massages. Enjoy drives through Lost Maples State Natural Area, Bandera’s seasonal rodeos, music and dancing at Kickback Korner and 11th Street Cowboy Bar, and visits to Frontier Times Museum and Bandera Natural History Museum.