Rainbow Courts Motel

Staying at the oldest continually operating motel in Texas--you feel like you are almost a time-traveler....this could be in Mayberry! Various styles of units on acres of lawn, shaded adirondack chairs, bird houses, a couple of resident cats. Imagine your grandparents as newlyweds pulling in and staying a few days. It is modest and totally refreshing. Coffee pot in the room but a 30 second walk to the office for complimentaryKeurig coffee, a newspaper, muffins, apples, and the proprietors even provide some nuts, power bars, and biscotti to take in the car or nibble with the bottle of wine you brought with you. A grocery store is 5 minutes down the road. Tasteful antiques, Pottery Barn linens, curiosities and conversation--or solitude. Tennessee Williams stayed here in 1939 and he could have done some work---it's an hour and a half northeast of Austin on a secondary but easy highway. Great place to explore small town real Texas. Drove to Calvert,TX for antiques and people watching. This place is not for you if you need a pool, room service, a flat screen TV or a minibar. OK for well behaved kids. I had a comfy queen bed in a cozy room and a fabulous shower head in the real bathtub---and the A/C kept me comfy in the middle of June. 0h and did I mention $59 a night?

Neighborhood lacks charm but is quiet. Internet access seemed too challenging to bother with.