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Whether you are a frequent visitor or planning your first trip. let us help you make your next Big Bend area vacation memorable.
On our site you'll find a number of resources aimed at making your visit filled with activity (or leisure if that's your goal). Hike Big Bend National Park or Guadalupe Peak. Raft the Rio Grande. Scuba dive in Balmorhea. See the newly restored Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine. Hop the border in Del Rio. Or, visit one of our 13 area State Parks.
We have even included a relocation guide for those of you who want to turn a visit into a lifetime. Yes, the Big Bend region has much to offer. Enjoy your time in this beautiful corner of the world.
Nestled in a valley between the Davis, Glass and Del Norte Mountains, Alpine is convenient to all the attractions of the Big Bend Region. It offers one of the most agreeable climates in the whole state of Texas: warm, sunny winter days and cool summer nights. The shops and galleries of Alpine offer an impressive array of fine art, local arts and crafts, cowboy gear and apparel, local rocks and gems, and Mexican imports.
Alpine hosts many exciting events such as Alpine’s Gallery Night Art Walk, the Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering, and the Cinco de Mayo Festival. Alpine’s restaurants and cafes will surprise and please the sophisticated palate with southwestern fusion, organic steaks, Tex-Mex platters and good old fashioned Bar-B-Que.
Click here for full list of all that Alpine has to offer!
Big Bend is one of America's largest national parks, and the only one to contain an entire mountain range – the Chisos – within its borders. Dedicated in 1944, the park is nestled in the bend of the Rio Grande River, along the Texas and Mexico border, where outstanding examples of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology invite nature enthusiasts from around the world.
Seemingly forbidden but profoundly beautiful, Big Bend National Park contains geological marvels, historic and
prehistoric treasures and an amazing diversity of plant and animal life across its dramatic range of elevations. From
its lowest point of 1,850 feet in Rio Grande Village to Emory Peak at 7,825 feet, the park presents dramatic changes
in climate, with temperatures in the mountains normally 10 to 20 degrees cooler than in the low desert.
Click here for full list of all that Big Bend National Park has to offer!
Knowing squeeze marfa is being privy to a special culinary secret. Look for the sandwich board on the sidewalk across from the southwest corner of the Presidio County Courthouse in Marfa, Texas, and enter the alley-esque courtyard, reminiscent of many a European “close”. There you’ll find a superbly out-of-place sandwich shop and smoothie joint with a full selection of Vollenweider chocolates, hot chocolate, coffee and teas.
Start your day out right with the Acai Breakfast Bowl, featuring pure açai berry, pomegranate, blackberry, blueberry, bananas, apple juice and granola. For lunch, consider, from the expansive menu of sandwich choices, a Flying Dutchmen - smoked turkey, gouda, tomato, spinach, mayonnaise and mustard.
Throughout the day enjoy a wide selection of “squeezes”, smoothies and “creamsicle sodas”, made from just about any combination of fruit and/or vegetable you can dream up. They are open Tuesday through Saturday 9am to 4pm and you can find a full menu and more information online at www.squeezemarfa.com
They are also part of the www.GoTexanRestaurandRoundUp.com from Sept. 28th - Oct. 2nd and will feature The Texan sandwich at a reduced price!
