This is the san antonio hill country chapter from lonely planet's texas guidebook. Tourism has been good to san antonio and the sprawling city reciprocates with a wide variety of attractions to keep everyone entertained. The naturally beautiful hill country is known for its wildflower lined roadways, charming small towns, gorgeous wineries and, yes, hills. Pay your respects at the alamo, the historic shrine to the men who fought for texas' inde pendence maps take a spin around the worn wooden floors at gruene hall, the oldest dance hall in tex as transport settle in for a no stress day of drinking cold beer and listening to live music in lucken bach restaurants accommodation coverage includes san antonio around san antonio, natural bridge caverns, guadalupe river state park, new braunfels, gruene, san marcos, hill country, drip ping springs, johnson city stonewall, fredericksburg, luckenbach, bandera, boerne, wim berley, kerrville.