Texas Through Our Eyes

BBQ, wide open spaces, and Lone Star charm. Honest travel guides with real prices, local tips, and the spots most visitors miss.

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22 Destinations

6 Regions

2005 First Visit

268K+ Square Miles

Explore Texas by Region

From the desert mesas of West Texas to the Gulf Coast beaches, every region has its own personality.

🎸 Central Texas 4 destinations

Austin, Waco, and the beating heart of the state

🍇 Hill Country 3 destinations

Rolling hills, wineries, and small-town charm

🌊 Gulf Coast 5 destinations

Beaches, bay fishing, and coastal sunsets

🏙️ North Texas 3 destinations

Dallas, Fort Worth, and big-city culture

🏜️ West Texas 5 destinations

Big Bend, desert skies, and wide open spaces

🤠 Panhandle 2 destinations

Palo Duro Canyon, plains, and cowboy country

All Destinations

Every guide includes honest recommendations, real prices, and practical tips from someone who has actually been there.

Central Texas

Austin

Live music on every corner, breakfast tacos that will ruin all future breakfast tacos, and a tech boom that has made it one of the fastest-changing cities in America

~$150/day

Central Texas

New Braunfels

German Heritage and River Fun

~$100/day

Central Texas

San Antonio

The River Walk, the Alamo, the best puffy tacos in the state, and a Mexican-American cultural heritage that runs deeper here than anywhere else in Texas

~$120/day

Central Texas

Waco

Heart of Texas Heritage

~$100/day

Hill Country

Enchanted Rock

Sacred Pink Granite Dome

~$80/day

Hill Country

Fredericksburg

German settlers built this Hill Country town in 1846 and left behind excellent sausage, Oktoberfest, and the foundation for one of Texas's best wine regions

Gateway to Padre Island National Seashore — 70 miles of undeveloped barrier island, an aircraft carrier museum, and some of the best windsurfing in the country

~$110/day

Gulf Coast

Galveston

Texas's Victorian beach town on a barrier island — Pleasure Pier, the Strand's historic district, fresh Gulf seafood, and the most accessible beach from Houston

~$130/day

Gulf Coast

Houston

NASA's Mission Control, the most ethnically diverse city in America, a world-class museum district, and a Vietnamese food scene that would make Saigon jealous

~$140/day

Gulf Coast

Port Aransas

The Real Texas Beach Town

~$120/day

Gulf Coast

South Padre Island

The southernmost point of Texas — spring break legend, excellent birding at the World Birding Center, and the most Caribbean-blue water the Gulf Coast produces

~$130/day

North Texas

Dallas

The arts district is legitimately world-class, the food scene has finally caught up with the ambition, and the Cowboys still play like they own the whole state

~$150/day

North Texas

Fort Worth

The real cowboy city — a working stockyards district, the finest American Western art collection on earth, and a cultural scene that Dallas can't quite match

~$120/day

North Texas

Grapevine

Christmas Capital of Texas

~$120/day

West Texas

Big Bend

A million-acre national park where the Chihuahuan Desert meets the Rio Grande, the Milky Way is so bright it casts shadows, and the nearest cell signal is an hour away

~$100/day

West Texas

El Paso

Where Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico converge in a border city of real binational character — Juarez is a walk across the bridge, and the green chile is outstanding

~$110/day

West Texas

Guadalupe Mountains

Highest Point in Texas

~$80/day

West Texas

Marfa

A West Texas high desert town of 2,000 people with more art per capita than most cities — Donald Judd's permanent installations are alone worth the 5-hour drive from Austin

Gateway to Palo Duro Canyon

~$90/day

Panhandle

Palo Duro Canyon

The Grand Canyon of Texas — 120 miles long, 800 feet deep, completely unexpected in the Panhandle plains, and home to the Texas outdoor musical every summer

~$80/day

Why Trust This Guide?

First visited in 2005

Big skies, BBQ joints, and Austin after dark.

I am Scott, and I have been exploring Texas since my first visit in 2005. Every destination on this site is somewhere I have actually visited. You will find real prices, honest opinions, and practical tips -- not recycled content from a press release. If a place is overhyped, I will tell you. If a hidden gem deserves more attention, you will hear about it here first.

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Been There

Every guide is based on real visits, not desk research.

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Real Prices

Actual costs from recent trips so you can budget accurately.

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Local Picks

The spots locals love, not just the tourist traps.