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Area Attractions
So Much To Do...
Come enjoy all Eastern Texas has to offer! From fine dining to a plethora of outdoor activities, you will never be bored - unless you want to be!
Aransas Pass and Rockport, Texas
Visitor Information
Beaches
- Bask in the sun on Texas' first certified "Blue Wave" beach / certified "Clean" by Clean Beaches Council of Washington D.C.
- Take the ferry across to Mustang Island (Port Aransas)
- Rockport Beach is just up the road
- Buckets of Shells and Sand-dollars, Shrimp & Oysters
Fresh Seafood
- Fulton Oysterfest — 1st Weekend in March
- Rockport Seafair — Columbus Day Weekend Area Shopping
- Shrimporee — June
Area Shopping
- WaterStreet Market — Open-air courtyard filled with extraordinary shops
- Aransas Pass downtown — Small shops unique small town draw
- Rockport holds some of the best day shopping trips a girl could ask for
- PILAR Extraordinary Treasures From Around the World
- Many Day Spas available for relaxing
Restaurants
- Fresh Seafood — shrimp off the boat and onto the BBQ!
- Enjoy our friendly, small town atmosphere
Entertainment
- Fireworks and Air Show — 4th of July Weekend
- Annual Kite Flying — Labor Day Weekend
- Gamble on the Texas Treasure Cruise Ship at Port Aransas
- Celebration of Lights — 1st Saturday in December
- Holly Days Festival — 2nd Weekend in December
- Texas Maritime Museum
- Aransas Pass Aquatic Center — Huge Twisting Turning Body Slides, ropewalk, diving boards, kiddy pools and much more
- Day Sailing Trips — Take a 37' Catamaran out with a local captain
- 22nd Annual Polka Festival — February
- Wurstfest 10 Day German Salute to Sausage — November
- WestFest — Labor Day Weekend
- Bay Cruises and Sightseeing 400 passenger paddle-wheeler
- Windsurfing, Kite-surfing, Surfing Lessons Available
- 34th Annual Rattlesnake Races & Carnival — March 18th & 19th
- USS Lexington
- Kayaks trails, fishing, birding and just having fun — There are many kayak rental locations in the area.
- Gospel Festival, Rockport — January
- Rockport Sports & Classic Auto Show — March
Birding & Nature Exploration
Fishing and Marine Life
- Relax on our picturesque bays
- Fish at the best Bay and Gulf Fishing spots in Texas! — Guided fishing trips available in the area for redfish, trout, sheephead, drum, flounder and more
- Deep-Sea fishing Trips Heading 60+ miles off Shore!
- Texas State Aquarium
- Diving Trips / Scuba Lessons
- Dolphin Watch — Nature Tours Aboard a Floating Marine Science Lab
Local Art
- Stroll Art Galleries and participate in Workshops
- Rockport, Texas — One of the top 100 small art towns in America!
- Rockport Art Festival — July 4th weekend showcases 120 artists and artisans from across the nation.
- Art Museum of South Texas
- Corpus Christi Festival of the Arts — March
- Historic Old Patricio — March
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