Page 4 - Visit Fayette | 2017 - 2018 Visotors Guide

ith our mild weather, fall and winter are great times
to get out and explore in Fayette County, and you’ll
Wfind no shortage of adventures awaiting here. This
year’s cover story is on a local duo who have tranformed the lodging
experience of Fayette County. Meanwhile, the rest of this 68-page
guide would be a great road-map for an adventure here which you
can read while staying at one of those charming accomodations.
Fayette County sits less than an hour and a half from
three of Texas’ largest cities – but Fayette County feels a
fayetteville • 6 world away from Houston, Austin or San Antonio.
With carefully preserved European roots, charming small
town squares and a rural landscape of rolling hills to hardwood
forests, Fayette County is like no other place in Texas.
Here you’ll find:
• The historic Painted Churches around Schulenburg
• La Grange with its historic courthouse, a bustling town square, the
Texas Quilt Museum and the Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center
round top • 19 • The antiquing meccas of Round Top, Warrenton and Carmine
• Fayetteville, which is quickly becoming
la grange • 26 a center for the arts and artists
• The historic railroad town of Flatonia
And there’s so much more.
Whether you are a visitor or a local, we hope this guide makes
you feel excited about everything Fayette County has to offer.

carmine • 20 – Jeff Wick, Editor
The Fayette County Record

schulenburg • 54

ON THE COVEROVER
ON THE C
F Fayetteville’s Hospitality Queens Joan ayetteville’s Hospitality Queens Joan
Herring and Mary Quiros welcome visitors y Quiros welcome visitors
Herring and Mar
to their new hotel, The Grand Fayette.
Cover photo by Michael Hart
flatonia • 58
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