The Gazebo
A domed iron gazebo wound with wisteria, with lawn seating that faces the water.
- Size
- 15 × 15 ft gazebo on the lawn
- Then
- The Event Center
Live on Lake TravisOn the bluff above
Hudson Bend from Arkansas Bend Park · photo by Memer15151, CC BY-SA 4.0, relit liveOn the bluff above
Lake Travis.
Weddings under the oaks, forty-four rooms for your guests, and the sun going down over the water. Scroll to spend the day.
9:00 amMorning on the bluff
Spend the day on one hill.
Ceremony on the lawn, dinner in the ballroom, your guests asleep a short walk away, and nobody needs to drive anywhere.
Vintage Villas opened in 1996 as a bed and breakfast on six acres in Hudson Bend, high above the Arkansas Bend of Lake Travis. The event spaces came in 2000. Today it's a 44-room hotel built for weddings, retreats and long weekends, with catering and the bar handled in-house.
6Acres on the bluff
44Guest rooms
3Villas
299Guests, at most
1996Welcoming since
10:30 amGetting ready
Wake up a short walk from the aisle.
Forty-four rooms in three villas, each styled after a corner of Texas, with rooms named for its towns, a two-room suite and a lobby of its own. Book the whole hotel for your wedding party, or just a weekend on the lake.
- I
East Texas
Hardwood floors and classic furniture, looking over the Arbor. Home of the Longview Suite.
- II
Central Texas
Hill Country character in the middle of the grounds.
- III
South Texas
Home to the dining room and the Colorado meeting room.
Check availabilityQueen, double queen and king rooms. Kings have garden tubs and private balconies.
1:00 pmPick the day
Pick a date. We'll find the light.
Choose your date and guest count. We work out the sunset over the lake that evening and build your day around it, so the vows land just before golden hour. The rest of this page follows your date.
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Sunset and the light on this page are calculated from the sun's real position over Hudson Bend on Central time. Times and the room block are a starting point for the conversation, not a quote. Ceremonies move indoors if the weather turns.
· Guests arrive
Drinks on the lawn, the lake below.
The ceremony
Vows, facing the lake.
The Arbor
An open-air arbor on ten-foot limestone columns, looked over by the East Texas villa.
- Size
- 20 × 40 ft, 14 ft ceiling
- Then
- The Travis Room
Golden hour
Every evening, the bluff does this.
Dinner, then dancing
Inside as the lights come on.
The Event Center
Dark wood floors, vaulted ceilings, iron chandeliers and picture windows on the west side, opening to a brick patio under a live oak.
- Ballroom
- 4,800 sq ft
- Patio
- 3,500 sq ft, under the oak
The Travis Room
Upstairs: a vaulted ceiling, picture windows, a chandelier and a balcony over the grounds.
- Room
- 2,000 sq ft, second floor
- Also for
- Rehearsal dinners, retreats
Late · The last dance
Then a short walk to bed.
TomorrowCome see it
Tours by appointment.
4209 Eck LaneAustin, Texas 78734, in Hudson Bend on Lake Travis. Twenty-five minutes from downtown.