Guadalupe River · Gruene, New Braunfels, Texas
Historic Gruene river view inn to reserve in any season
from$410for two sharing, 2 nights, $205 per person
This stay is a Gruene river view inn on the Guadalupe: two nights in a room that looks out over the water, in the old district of New Braunfels. Our office in Austin checks your dates with the inn, writes up one quote, and once you agree, asks the inn to hold the room in your name.
It works in any month of the year, and it is about an hour's drive from west Austin, which makes it an easy Friday departure after work.
- River
- Guadalupe River
- Town
- Gruene, New Braunfels, Texas
- Where you sleep
- River-view room at a historic inn
- Nights
- 2
- Drive from the office
- 51 mi, 1 hr 2 min
- Season
- All year
- From, for two
- $410
A river-facing room in a historic inn above the Guadalupe
You sleep in a room with a river view at a historic inn, a room the inn prices for two people sharing. The inn runs its own front desk, so you register there when you arrive, settle the bill with the inn directly, and deal with its staff for anything about the room itself.
Outside the door is the Guadalupe, and around it the older streets of Gruene. The inn charges $25 a night for a third guest in the room; if you plan to bring one, tell us in the request and the quote will show it.
Gruene inn weekend, priced and unpriced
Gruene inn rate already counts
- 2 nights for two sharing: river-view room at a historic inn
- Every charge the lodge makes mandatory; it lists none beyond the nightly rate
Paid separately, to the inn or along the way
- Texas hotel tax and any local hotel tax, added by the lodge at checkout
- Driving there and back in your own car
- Meals, groceries and anything bought on the river
- Tubes, boats and park entry from local outfitters or parks
- A third guest in the room, which the inn charges $25 a night
from$410for two sharing, 2 nights, $205 per person
The figure is two nights at the inn's published $205 nightly rate for a room two can share, with no mandatory fees, which comes to from $410 for two, or from $205 per person. Hotel taxes are added by the inn at checkout and are shown apart in the quote, and the final amount is confirmed in writing for your dates. Our planning and the quote are free to you; the inn pays the office a commission once your stay is over.
A steady Guadalupe summer at Gruene
The Guadalupe at Gruene belongs to the spring-fed group in our catalog. The nearest USGS gauge, 08168500, gives a May median of 218.3 cubic feet per second (cfs) for 1996 to 2025, and an August median of 153.3 cfs.
Put another way, August keeps about 70% of what the river carries in May. That is a steadier summer than any of the rain-fed rivers we plan for, though it still depends on what the springs and the weather deliver in a given year.
Gruene in cool months, when the town is the reason
We plan this inn all year. In warm months most people come for the river; in cooler months the town and a quiet room by the water are reason enough. Rain has been thin across the region this fall, and several nearby rivers are running well under their usual October level, so we make no promise about the water. The written quote says how the Guadalupe is running in the week you choose.
Inn terms and two tax lines, answered in writing
The quote names the inn, the exact nights, the room, the price for those dates with Texas state hotel tax (6%) and local hotel tax set out on their own lines, and what the inn's policy says about canceling. Nothing is held until you answer it in writing.
Our figure starts from the rate the inn published on 30 October 2026. Inns change rates by date, weekday and demand, so the number for your real dates can be higher or lower, and the quote is where it becomes firm.
51 miles south, slower on Friday afternoons
Gruene lies about 51 miles from the office, roughly 1 hour 2 minutes by the usual route on an open road. The drive runs south from the city to New Braunfels, and Friday afternoons tend to be slower, so leave room in the plan.
Ask about a weekend at the inn in Gruene
Send us the month you have in mind, how many are coming and what you want from the river, and we will check the inn for those nights. The request form takes messages 24/7, free of charge, and no room is held until you answer the quote. You can also look at the full set of river stays across the Hill Country or read the seven steps from request to check-in.
A request that arrives after 1 p.m., or on a Sunday or Monday, gets its written answer by 4 p.m. on the next phone day.
Phone Tuesday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Central. (512) 478-2163
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