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Guide

RV park or campground directory profile near Medina, Bandera County.

Story

Long before the Alamo, Spanish soldiers, presidios, Indigenous alliances, imperial rivalry and independence movements shaped Texas. The 1813 Battle of Medina was the violent climax of that earlier military world.

Guide

RV park or campground directory profile near Lakehills, Bandera County.

Destination

A Medina River Hill Country town where cowboy heritage meets public river swimming, tubing and paddling, with music, horseback riding and access to rugged country west of San Antonio.

Destination

Castroville is a Medina River town west of San Antonio where Alsatian settlement history, preserved nineteenth-century architecture, a large historic district, Landmark Inn and riverfront parks create one of Texas's most distinctive European-heritage small-town visits.

Destination

The 19th-century complex served travelers and residents as a tavern, store, hotel and mill along the Medina River. An overnight stay can turn a historic-site visit into part of the experience while introducing Castroville's distinctive Alsatian heritage.

Painted church

A 1911 red-brick Gothic Catholic church in Medina County with a dedicated 21-slide decorative-painting research group in the Buie Harwood archive and a continuing active parish community.

Painted church

An 1870 limestone Gothic Revival church at the heart of Castroville's Alsatian Catholic community, with a church-documented painted interior and independent decorative-painting research in the Buie Harwood archive.