Johnson City has always been the kind of place that people discover and can’t stop talking about. Now, one of the country’s most trusted travel publications is doing the talking for us.
Travel+Leisure recently featured Johnson City in a full destination guide, and what they found is exactly what we’ve known all along: this is the real Texas Hill Country. Not a theme park version of it, not a commercialized imitation of it, but the genuine, unpolished, wildflower-lined, wine-soaked, community-rooted, genuine article.
The piece captures something that’s been quietly happening here for a while now. Johnson City has always had the presidential history, the spring wildflowers, and the wide open Hill Country beauty. But it’s also become something more: a town with a thriving food and drink scene, world-class attractions, locally-owned shops worth lingering in, and an authenticity that’s increasingly hard to find anywhere else in the region.
From the award-winning brews at Pecan Street Brewing and the Texas wines on tap at Vinovium, to the hands-on wonder of the Science Mill, to the Michelin star chef slinging food from his orange food truck, and the lavender-scented charm of June Bloom Lavender, Johnson City is holding its own, and then some.
Whether you’re planning your first visit or you’ve been coming here for years, this is a great read. Click the link below to explore the full Travel + Leisure guide to Johnson City, Texas.