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  Texas, known as the Lone Star State, is the second largest state in the United States, with many different landscape features from canyon lands in the Big Bend area of the west, to the piney woods, hills, prairies and Lakes, plains and the Gulf Coast. This diversity offers a wide variety of outdoor recreation from hiking, swimming, boating, fishing and hunting, as well as camping, sailing and deep-sea fishing, just to name a few. Travelers looking for value will find it in Texas in the form of all-inclusive vacations.
  
  

Lake Austin Spa Resort

• Lake Austin Spa Resort is a 40-room resort and spa located in the city of Austin. It offers all-inclusive spa vacation packages as well as day spa packages. Each room contains a front porch, hair dryer, cotton robes, spa slippers, LCD television with DVD player, Internet access, telephone, refrigerator, and safe. The resort has its own executive chef who prepares three healthy meals a day. Other amenities include a spa, a steam room, hot tub and sauna. The resort also has an herb garden, yoga deck, pool, and state-of-the-art fitness center. Resort guests can take any of the approximately 20 classes offered every day or attend health-related workshops. Visitors can also attend live music concerts, or take classes on topics such as jewelry making, poker, astronomy or painting. Being in Austin, the fourth largest city in Texas, guests can take some time away from the spa to visit Austin's museums, fine dining restaurants and nightlife with live shows and music.
  
  Lake Austin Spa Resort
  1705 South Quinlan Park Road
  Austin, TX 78732
  512-372-7300
  lakeaustin.com
  
  

WB Ranch

• WB Ranch is located in Whitney, Texas, approximately 80 miles south of Dallas/Fort Worth on the Brazos River. The ranch has 27 rooms and can accommodate 77 guests. Each room has an Internet connection, phone with voicemail, television, private bath and hickory furniture. The hotel amenities include a billiard table, fireplace, swimming pool, hot tub, and gourmet meals. Activities include fishing, golf, archery, bingo, hiking and hunting, plush horseback riding, boating and cooking. A 90-minute drive north of Whitney, guests will find shopping, dining, amusement parks and museums as well as nightclubs with shows and live music.
  
  WB Ranch
  139 Private Road 214
  Whitney, TX 76692
  800-927-2624
  wbranch.com
  
  

Cibolo Creek Ranch

• Cibolo Creek Ranch is located in the Chinati Mountains in the Big Bend region, and provides meals as part of the room cost. Sitting on 30,000 acres, the ranch has 32 rooms, all furnished with a traditional Mexican décor and architecture, and featuring a fireplace. The hotel offers a hot tub, spa, swimming pool, recreation facilities and a lake. Guests can explore the fully functional longhorn cattle ranch, go horseback riding, hunting, hiking, boating or relax in the spa. The ranch is also close to the Big Bend Parks, the McDonald Observatory, Chinati Hot Springs and the ghost town of Shafter.
  
  Cibolo Creek Ranch
  HCR 67 Box 44
  Marfa, TX 79843
  432-229-3737
  cibolocreekranch.com