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Texas

        Stars

        Featuring the International Quilt Festival/Houston
        Dates: November 4 – 10, 2018
        Price: $1,650 double occupancy, $600 additional single

        Accommodations
        Day 1 – 3:  Menger Hotel, San Antonio, TX
        Day 4 – 6:  Westin Galleria, Houston, TX
        Arrival and Departure

        Tour begins in San Antonio, TX & ends in Houston, TX.
        Return transportation to Houston’s George Bush
        Intercontinental Airport (IAH) is included.

        Highlights and Inclusions
        – Full Time Tour Manager
        – Six Nights First Class Accommodations
        – Welcome Meeting
        – Admission to International Quilt Festival/Houston
        – Sneak Preview Admission
        – San Antonio Mission Tour
        – El Mercado Mexican Market
        – Visit to the Alamo                         The Alamo, San Antonio
        – San Antonio Riverboat Cruise
        – Fredericksburg, TX
        – Old Town Spring Shopping
        – Creations Quilt Shop                         DAY 1  Welcome to our historic downtown San Antonio hotel, just a short walk to
        – Texas Quilt Museum                           adobe shops offering local antiques and art, as well as river cafes serving traditional
        – Old Town Spring                              foods. Later, meet your Tour Manager and travel mates at our Welcome Meeting.
        – Farewell Dinner
        – Signature Shopping Bag                       DAY 2   “Remember the Alamo” with our guide as we learn about Davy Crockett
        – Baggage Handling                             and Jim Bowie at the historic fort. Then explore San Antonio where perhaps you’ll
        – 8 Meals: 6 Breakfasts, 2 Dinners
                                                       board an elegant horse-drawn carriage, browse in curio shops, or stroll the Riverwalk.
        Call 1.800.346.9820                            Visit a Mexican market where you’re serenaded by Mariachis while visiting over fifty
        www.CountryHeritageTours.com                   shops of ethnic handcrafts, art, jewelry, and pottery. Later, board our private river
                                                       taxi for an excursion down the Paseo Del Rio, cruising under a canopy of cypress
                                                       trees and arched footbridges.   B

                                                       DAY 3   This morning, we’ll visit the area’s favorite quilt shop! Here shelves and
                                                       cabinets are filled with fabrics, including Texas prints and hand-dyed and marbleized
                                                       fabrics, and antique spool cabinets overflow with specialty buttons, trims, notions,
                                                       and patterns. Later, we’ll travel to the Bavarian village of Fredericksburg to see the
                                                       “gingerbread” houses and explore the shoppes of fine crafts and bakeries that
                                                       specialize in strudels and German pretzels.   B    D
















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