What is there to do in Fredericksburg, TX?

The biggest attraction for me is the Museum of the Pacific War - aka the Admiral Nimitz Museum. I plan a days visit there every time we go to Fredericksburg.

Also, a couple of nice restaurants. Try Otto's German Bistro.

Do you hunt? I can do a few hours on main street drinking while my wife looks at the junk. that's about it.

we went with some couples and the guys hunted while the girls shopped and drank nasty hill country wine.

Did this trip about 2 months ago.....full disclosure, my wife and I are not wine drinkers so the tours weren't on our agenda. We struggled to find things to do after the first day of walking up and down the main drag through the shops. We hiked Enchanted twice (actually on the same day....early morning and late evening for the sunset....which was the highlight of the trip). The entire town shuts down around 9 so there's not much in the way of night life

I guess if you enjoy wine it would be a much more enjoyable trip since there are many vineyards to choose from (many of which are impressive). Just not my vibe.

I wanted to check out the museum, on our last day but it closed at 4:00. What I did get to see was impressive....wished I had spent more time there rather than the main drag in the souvenir shops.

Hope this helps

If you don't enjoy going to wineries I can't imagine even going to Fredricksburg, unless you are going out there for Oktoberfest or the Christmas stuff.

Just being AT a winery without even liking wine is wonderful, to me.

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the Christmas stuff.

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they have a really good christmas parade on dec 1st this year

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Museum of the Pacific War - aka the Admiral Nimitz Museum

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I will definitely have to check this out. Right up my alley.

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Do you hunt?

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I did when I was younger. I fell out of it while I was stationed in Florida and just haven't picked it back up since except for the occasional duck hunt with buddies. I never did get into deer hunting though. My dad spoiled me with a very active duck lease when I was young so when he tried to bring me deer hunting, the thought of sitting in a stand and not seeing a single thing for hunts at a time didn't sit well with me.

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I guess if you enjoy wine it would be a much more enjoyable trip since there are many vineyards to choose from (many of which are impressive). Just not my vibe.

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I wouldn't call us wine people by any means but I can appreciate a good wine tour.

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I take Fredricksburg as not a do do do thing. The wine tours for two days or so is great. Do the hop on hop off bus one day. Do further out wineries another day.

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I imagine we will spend part of 1 day walking Main St. just to have a look around. I figure 1 day of wine tours. Now that I know about the museum, that should take part of another day and add in a little bit of hiking should get me to about 2 1/2 days.

Maybe we will cut it to 3 days, come home a day early, and just not tell anyone.

We did a Monday - Friday last year and it's pretty dead during the first part of the week. I would plan to do a Thursday - Monday or Sunday. A lot of the wineries and shops were closed on Monday and Tuesday.

The hop on hop off bus (which is a GREAT option) only runs on Saturday (and possibly Friday).

Otherwise you'd have to book transport.

If you like German style beers hit up Altstadt brewery just east of town.

Hike Enchanted Rock and Pedernales Falls SP

Watch the bats emerge at Old Tunnel SP (depending on what time of year you are there), there is also a short hiking trail there and Alamo Springs Cafe which has very good burgers.

Comfort is a nice little town with lots of old buildings still in use. There are all sorts of shops but I usually just hit Highs Cafe for lunch, crab cakes are good, or Comfort Pizza (order your dough the day before or they may sell out). There is also a distillery there that has a prickly pear spirit but it has limited hours now and is going out of business. There is a winery next door to the distillery that is still open. To get to comfort, you can take Hwy 87 but a nicer drive is to head east out of Fred on 290 (towards Luckenbach) and turn right (south) on Old San Antonio road (towards Old Tunnel SP). Follow that road all the way to Comfort. It will be very narrow and twisty for about 10 miles and then open up a bit at the Sisterdale turnoff. Sisterdale has a little winery and a BBQ joint. There are a bunch of nice drives in the area I can tell you about if interested or just google scenic drives from Fred.

Garrison Bros Distillery is worth a visit. Their whiskey is ok but its on a nice piece of property.

Luckenbach is ok, its pretty cheesy, almost amusement park like, but if there is a band playing it can be fun.

Also, many things are closed Mon, Tues and Wed so the weekends are better. I'll be out there for the eclipse in a couple of weeks on a Saturday and am hoping to hit some places that are always closed when we are there in the first part of the week, which has been the case the last few times we have been there.