A place for new traditions
Christmas doesn’t have to follow the same script every year. Here you can keep the traditions you love, start a few new ones of your own and spend the season in a way that feels right for you this year.
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A Christmas getaway in Texas, on your own terms
This Christmas, give yourself the holiday you actually want. At Lake Austin Spa Resort, the season brings boats lit up on the lake, fireside evenings, cocoa cruises and a traditional Christmas dinner, without the shopping lists, the hosting or the expectations.
Spend it with the people you love, or on your own. Your all-inclusive stay on the shores of Lake Austin, in the Texas Hill Country of Austin, Texas, covers every meal and snack and a full holiday schedule, so the only planning left is deciding how you’d like to spend each day.
Christmas at Lake Austin
Stay two nights or more this holiday season and save 20%, with a $200 nightly allowance to spend on LakeHouse Spa treatments, private wellness sessions, and lake and boat outings. Available for stays through January 3, 2027.
Book the Holiday Offer
Time to look after yourself
Trade the season’s lists and obligations for treatments at LakeHouse Spa, nourishing meals you don’t have to cook and quiet hours by the water. Give yourself the gift of rest this Christmas and go home restored.
Connection, without the pressure
Come alone, as a couple or with the people you love. With 40 rooms, the resort feels like a small community at Christmas, with company when you want it and space when you’d rather have it.
On the lake
Watch the boats glow during Rock The Boat Lake Lights, sip cocoa on a lake cruise and join the Christmas morning lake outing, with kayaks ready whenever you’d like quiet time on Lake Austin.
Mind and body
Between the festivities, try gratitude meditation, sound bathing, breathwork, gentle yoga or restorative stretching, plus floating meditation and warm-water fitness in the heated Pool Barn.
Creative and festive
Get into the holiday spirit with culinary demonstrations, decorating workshops and winter watercolor painting, then make handmade gifts, bath balms and nature-inspired art to take home or give to someone you love.
Reflection
As the year draws to a close, letting-go rituals and intention-setting sessions give you space to look back on the past twelve months, honor what’s changed and decide what you’d like to carry into the new year.
Evenings
As the sun sets over the lake, gather by the fire for conversation and live acoustic music, join a book discussion or a game of Mahjong, then end the night with starlight s’mores.
Outdoors
Start the day on a guided Hill Country hike or a nature walk, then pause for lakeside mindfulness by the water. Crisp winter air and open skies make an easy, unhurried start to a holiday morning at the resort.
Christmas dinner by the lake
Every meal and snack is part of your stay, and on Christmas the kitchen serves a traditional holiday dinner to share around the table, with a choice of pink peppercorn-crusted Texas prime rib, pan-seared sea bass or smoked king trumpet “scallops”, then crème brûlée or red wine poached pear. On New Year’s Eve, dinner opens with a caviar cone and ends with a dessert buffet, with lobster bucatini and dry-aged New York strip among the mains. Arriving earlier in the season? Thanksgiving brings post oak smoked turkey, honey-glazed ham and all the sides, served family style.
If you’re traveling alone, dining here is easy and sociable, with the choice of a shared table or a quiet one of your own.
A Christmas treatment at LakeHouse Spa
LakeHouse Spa stays open on Christmas Day, so a massage or facial can be part of the day itself, before an afternoon by the water and Christmas dinner in the evening.
This season’s treatment is the Warm Ginger Scrub, Wrap & Massage, and the holiday offer’s nightly allowance can go toward it.
Plan your Christmas getaway
With just 40 rooms, the resort stays calm and personal over the holidays. Book two nights or more through January 3, 2027 to save 20%, with $200 a night to spend on LakeHouse Spa, private wellness, and lake and boat outings.
Offer valid for stays of 2 nights or more through January 3, 2027. Guests receive $200 per night of spa and personal experiences allowance to apply to spa, private wellness, lake and boat outings. Blackout dates may apply. Offer valid based on availability.
Book Your Christmas StayChristmas at Lake Austin FAQs
Yes. LakeHouse Spa is open on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
Yes. A traditional Christmas dinner is part of your all-inclusive stay, with a choice of pink peppercorn-crusted Texas prime rib, pan-seared sea bass or smoked king trumpet “scallops”.
Yes. Thanksgiving dinner is part of your all-inclusive stay, with post oak smoked turkey breast, smoked honey-glazed ham or stuffed acorn squash, served family style with all the sides, and LakeHouse Spa is open on Thanksgiving Day.
Yes. Stay two nights or more through January 3, 2027 and save 20%, with a $200 nightly allowance for LakeHouse Spa, private wellness, and lake and boat outings. Blackout dates may apply, and the offer is subject to availability.
Yes. Many guests travel solo over the holidays, and the holiday program makes it easy to meet people at your own pace, with plenty of space for quiet time too.
Yes. Many guests dine solo, and you can choose a shared table or a quiet one.
Yes. The Pool Barn is heated, with water-based programs running through the holidays.
All meals and snacks, the resort’s calendar of speakers and experiences, lake equipment and a wide range of wellness activities, at no extra charge.
On the shores of Lake Austin in the Texas Hill Country, at 1705 S. Quinlan Park Road, Austin, Texas 78732.
Yes. Dogs are welcome at Lake Austin Spa Resort, with a non-refundable $300 pet guest fee per room.
Overnight and spa guests must be 16 or older, and guests aged 16 to 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
A $1,000 deposit per person is required at booking. Cancellations or changes made 21 days or less before arrival forfeit the deposit; those made 22 days or more before arrival are refunded.