Boerne, Comfort, and Sisterdale make up the quiet German corner of the Hill Country, where the old buildings never stopped working; they just took up weddings on the side.
6 venues, in no particular order of affection
Texas catering royalty runs this Waring ranch, where the Headquarters Barn seats 350 with room for 1,000 standing; venue rental starts at $2,600 with no food or guest minimums.
On the National Register and on Cibolo Creek, this 1859 Boerne inn rents the 4,500 square foot Kendall Halle from $2,500 and keeps 34 rooms and cottages from $175.
Sisterdale's circa 1890 hall bills itself as the oldest continuously operating opera house in Texas; packages fold in a rehearsal hour, six event hours, and a day of manager, with a B&B on site.
Alfred Giles designed this 1867 Comfort general store, Texas's oldest in continuous operation until a 2006 fire; the restored main hall seats 170 and the koi pond courtyard holds 100.
More than 400 weddings since 2018 on 31 acres near the Guadalupe, where the Umbrella Grove and Living Oak sites seat 300 and the rental day runs 14 hours.
Waterfall backed ceremony sites sit under century old oaks in Spring Branch, with a hall for 220 and casitas for getting ready; from $5,500, typically about $18,500 all told.
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