If you’re looking for a great place to stay while you’re exploring the Hill Country, it’s hard to imagine anything better than a bed-and-breakfast in the very appropriately-named town of Comfort, Texas.

Strategically located within a half-hour’s drive of more well-known Hill Country towns like Fredericksburg, Kerrville, Bandera and Boerne, Comfort bills itself as an “antique town,” fully equipped with its own charming historic district and unique shops.

Comfort is situated in the beautiful valley where Cypress Creek runs in to the Guadalupe River, and the location was used by Indians long before the first German settlers arrived in 1852. The town was laid out by Ernst Hermann Altgelt in 1854, and soon became a center for the “Freethinkers,” a group of idealistic intellectuals who rejected all religion but stressed education and non-violence. The first school was built in the 1850s; the first church was built almost forty years later.

Comfort was a major force in the development of Kerr and Kendall Counties; it was August Faltin of Comfort who financed Charles Schreiner’s first store in Kerrville, and in 1860 Comfort was considered the center of pro-Union and anti-slavery activity in Texas. Before Kerr County was split (close to Comfort, which is now on the western edge of Kendall County), Comfort and Kerrville were rivals competing to become the county seat. In the middle of the 20th century, Comfort’s Adolf Stieler gained fame as the “Angora Goat King of the World,” and Comfort, though still not officially incorporated, remains the second-largest town in Kendall County.

This rich history is reflected in the charming downtown historical district, which includes several wonderful bed-and-breakfasts. The Meyer B&B began as a stage stop in 1857, serving travelers along the Old Spanish Trail. Over the years, it has been expanded several times, and now includes more than 20 rooms and suites in nine unique b ...

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