A MAGICAL VALLEY
The arts, music, and Western culture converge with the natural beauty of the Blanco River and Cypress Creek in this quaint Hill Country town. Whether you believe, as some say, that Wimberley is located on a spiritual-energy-producing vortex, there’s something magical about the Wimberley Valley, home to summer camps, artists, writers, musicians, butterflies, and abundant white-tailed deer. Bed-and-breakfast inns, rustic vacation resorts, private rental properties, and RV parks accommodate visitors year around. Many come for Wimberley Market Days, an arts and crafts event with more than 450 booths, entertainment, and barbecue sandwiches, held the first Saturday of the month from March through December at Lions Field. Fourth of July weekend brings the annual VFW Pro Open Rodeo to town. The EmilyAnn Theatre and Gardens hosts Shakespeare Under the Stars, a renowned summer program for middle- and high-school students who perform a Shakespearean play, make costumes and paint stage sets guided by college interns and theater professionals. There’s a different kind of “theatrical magic” at Wimberley Glass Works on Ranch Road 12, where glass blowers provide free demonstrations in the studio adjacent to the showroom. For watery entertainment visit Blue Hole, popular with swimmers since the 1920s. Shaded by lofty cypress trees, it’s one of the most popular swimming holes in Texas and now part of a 126-acre regional park with trails, bathhouses, ball courts and ball fields, a playscape, an amphitheatre and summer concerts.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the restored 1850s Winters-Wimberley House is home to the Wimberley Institute of Cultures, which hosts lectures, art shows and other events. The hub of town is the Wimberley Square, where art galleries, restaurants, music venues, cafes, boutiques, antiques stores and specialty shops occupy historic structures. Pick up a downtown walking-tour brochure at the Visitor Center, operated by the Chamber of Commerce.
Wimberley boasts a state cultural district designated by the Texas Commission on the Arts. Explore all they have to offer on your next visit!