destination drives from SA
These are the side trips my family takes when going down to SA from Dallas:
Power Shoppers, if you want a easy, 50 mile destination drive, go to San Marcos to the Outlet malls.
From Wikipedia:
The San Marcos Outlet Malls are two discrete outlet malls, the Prime Outlets and Tanger Factory Outlet Center, and are located on Interstate Highway 35 in San Marcos, Texas. Combined, the two adjacent malls have more than 350 stores[1][2], and an excess of 1,000,000 sq ft.[3] During peak seasons, shoppers at the malls can reach numbers that effectively triple the population of San Marcos.[4]
In 2006, ABC's The View named the Prime Outlets the third-best place to shop in the world.[1]
http://www.touringtexas.com/fburg/
75 miles away in Fredericksberg, Fredericksberg is known for its German community with great german sausage. Since it is in the Texas Hill Country, the drive is very picturesque, and the wine making rivals California!
Fredericksburg is one of the most popular tourist towns in the state of Texas. Fredericksburg has over 100 unusual shops featuring arts and crafts, antiques, gifts, clothing, jewelry, novelties, and more. You will find plenty of shopping in Fredericksburg, Texas. The main street of Fredericksburg is full of quaint shops and the side streets of Fredericksburg offer more of the interesting tourist shopping.
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