Castroville, TX, is a small town with French heritage and is nestled on the bank of the Medina River, just 22 miles west of the city, making it an excellent getaway from San Antonio. The town ...

In contrast with much of West Texas, there were no forts in the valley during the American Indian Wars. Although U.S. 90 goes through Castroville and San Antonio, the Upper Medina River region ...

Castroville proves that. What's there: The Little Alsace of Texas, founded in 1844 by Henri Castro, dwells on the past in the best of ways. Settlers came to the Medina River Valley from Alsace ...

“Everybody’s friendly anywhere you go,” says Castroville ... Republic of Texas who brought several families to settle about 20 miles west of San Antonio along the Medina River.

S.C. Gwynne MEDINA RIVER AT CASTROVILLE As we followed the green ... Guadalupe and smallmouth bass (as well as a good shot at Texas’s only native cichlid, the wildly colored Rio Grande perch ...

and “Texas, Our Texas ... Inn on the banks of the Medina River. Built in 1849 as a home, it became a hotel four years later. On this spring night, Castroville’s streets feel closer to ...