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Practicalities
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Like the rest of the Hill Country, Fredericksburg has no Amtrak service, but Greyhound stops at 758 S Washington. The
CVB
, in the Market Square at 106 N Adams St (Mon-Fri 8.30am-5pm, Sat 9am-noon & 1-5pm, Sun 1-5pm;
; tel 830/997-6523), has details of the budget
hotels
along E Main Street; of these, the pool-equipped
Sunday House
at no. 501 (tel 830/997-4484,
; $100-130) is one of the more luxurious.
Bed and breakfast
is big business in historic Fredericksburg; contact B&B of Fredericksburg, 619 W Main (tel 830/997-4712,
; $35-160). There's
camping
in the Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park, three miles southwest on Hwy-16 S, or in the Enchanted Rock State Natural Area.
Restaurants
and bakeries line Main Street, many of them doing cheap lunch specials.
Dietz Bakery
, at no. 218 (tel 830/997-3250), is the oldest in town, good for tasty breads and biscuits. You can eat more substantially at
Friedhelm's Bavarian Inn
at no. 905 (tel 830/997-6300; closed Mon), which specializes in starchy plates of dumplings and sauerkraut. Other useful information
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