Barton Creek loves the holiday season. It's filled with crisp hill country air, bright stars in the Texas night sky and families on vacation break having the times of their lives. We're so glad to be a part of our guest's memories and look forward to another season filled with warmth and fun. Here are a few things happening at Barton Creek Resort this season.

Winter Spa Treatments

The Spa at Barton Creek
Melt winter worries and warm your core with these seasonal therapies exclusive only to The Spa at Barton Creek.

Peppermint Pedicure
Warm frost-bitten toes in essential oils that help soothe sore muscles and stimulate circulation. Invigorating peppermint granules tingle and thrill tired feet back to revival. A peppermint therapy cream massages more than your holiday spirit, its intense moisturizers buff away winter woes.
50 minutes, $95*

Warmed Cocoa Peppermint Hydrotherapy
Immerse in a velvety warm blend of crushed cocoa beans and exfoliating sugar followed by an indulgent 50-minute massage. Top off this dessert treatment with a whipped peppermint Shea butter blend. Envelop your senses with sweet aromatic fragrances to dissolve holiday stress.
50 minutes, $135*

Reserve your seasonal treatment from The Spa at (512) 329-4550.

*Please note that taxes and gratuities are not included. Winter treatments melt away January 31, 2010.

Spotlight on the Barton Creek Golf Academy

Join our certified award-winning golf instructors for quick tips, demonstrations and information on Barton Creek golf. Let us help you improve your game. Private lessons are also available. Call the Academy at 301-1054 for more information. Click here to see dates of our complimentary 30-minute Demonstration Clinics through December.

Tennis Workouts & Drop-in Clinics

Barton Creek Tennis invites you to drop by the tennis courts and experience acclaimed tennis at the resort. Don’t worry if you didn’t bring a racquet. We have plenty. Please call the Tennis Shop at (512) 329-4008 or click here for more information.

Four Diamond Dining Value

Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays

Give your sweetheart diamonds. Dine on three courses por deux in our award-winning AAA Four Diamond-rated Hill Country Dining Room Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays.
Call 329-7923 for reservations.

$70++ per couple*

*Please note that taxes and service charge are not included. Dinner is for two people. Appetizer and dessert are shared plates. Restrictions may apply. Please call (512) 329-7923 for full details. Promotion not available 12/24, 12/25 and 12/31.

Holidays at the Resort

The holidays are right around the corner and Barton Creek can hardly wait! We're getting ready for another holiday season filled with family activities and events for our most treasured presents, our guests. Join us for family bingo, S'mores, arts & crafts hour, story time, family movies, nature hikes, game rooms, scavenger hunts and much more including a visit from Santa. Call a reservation specialist for your holiday reservations at 866-572-7369.

Camp Barton Day Camps

Holiday Buffet Dinner
Christmas Eve & Christmas Day
6:00pm to 9:00pm, Hill Country Dining Room

Holiday Menu:

Carved Pecan Wood Smoked Prime Rib of Beef, natural pan jus and apple horseradish cream
Grilled Raspberry Chipotle Glazed Turkey Tenderloins
Candied Walnut Wild Rice, “risotto style”
Carved Traditional Country Ham, Dijon apple cider sauce
Cajun Redfish Pontchartrain, shrimp & crab ragout
Sautéed French Green Beans, lemon honey almonds, grape tomatoes & shitake mushrooms
Maple Pecan Whipped Sweet Potatoes & Roasted Garlic
Rosemary Yukon Potatoes
Lobster Bisque Soup, cognac essence
Poached Shrimp & Snow Crab Claws, traditional condiments
Fresh Fruit Salad, Chantilly cream and marinated brandied cherries
Baby Spinach Salad, burgundy poached pears, crumbled Roquefort, candied pecans & warm cranberry bacon vinaigrette
Chopped Romaine Salad, sweet corn relish, jalapeno cheddar croutons & chipotle ranch dressing
Oven Dried Mushroom & Tomato Salad, mozzarella, aged balsamic vinegar & fresh basil
Winterland Desserts featuring: a Warm Apple Strudel with cinnamon eggnog sauce and our famous White Chocolate Bread Pudding with vanilla bean sauce.

Live pianist entertainment. Please call the Hill Country Dining Room for reservations at (512) 329-7923. Adults $58.95++, children 6- 12 years $22.95, children five and younger are $1 per year of age.

Masquerade! New Year’s Eve at Barton Creek

New Year's Eve Celebration
Thursday, December 31, 9:00pm – 1:00am

Celebrate Auld Lang Syne in 2009 and welcome 2010 at the extravagant Barton Creek Resort & Spa. The magnificent Royal Ballroom and Wildflower Atrium set a magical scene with splendid views overlooking the rolling Texas Hill Country under a big Texas night sky. Resort guests begin the last evening of the year with fine dining dinner reservations in the Hill Country Dining Room and then countdown the final hours in true style complete with entertainment by Third Language, a high-energy five piece band, a coffee & pastry display, champagne toast and balloon drop.

Hill Country Dining & Party Admission
Prix Fixe New Year’s Eve Menu:

Welcome Drink
“Celebrate,” a strawberry white chocolate mimosa with dusted mint

Appetizer

She Crab Bisque Soup, stone ground grit scone,

brown butter buttermilk jam grilled scallion compote

Salad

Baby Romaine Salad, Caesar vinaigrette,

Kobe beef carpaccio, kalamata olive powder,

25-year balsamic vinegar, arugula pesto wafer

Entrée Choice
Roasted Porcini Mushroom Beef Wellington,

lyonnaise gratin, herbed veal steak sauce, warm asparagus salad, roasted tomato coulis
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Parmesan Crusted Turbot,

lobster reduction, peekytoe crab & lemon risotto celery root slaw

Dessert
Dark Chocolate Pistachio Dacquoise

Dinner reservations are required and available from 7pm to 11pm

by calling (512) 329-7923. Dining room entertainment is provided by the Jacque Vilman Duo.

$140++ per person.

Party-only pricing is available from only $60 per person.

Looking for something a little less formal? Try dinner in the 8212 Wine Bar & Grill.

Rockin’ Kids New Year’s Eve Party
Thursday, December 31, 2009, 7:00pm – 1:00am,
Don’t hang out with the parents this New Year’s. Rock out with kids your own age at one of the coolest parties around. Camp Barton camp counselors host games and activities to keep the party going all night long including S’mores, Laser Tag, movies, games, Wii® , Xbox 360, Playstation 3, music, kids buffet, balloon drop and much more! Kids ages four to 16 years are welcome. Please call Ryan at 329-4009 for NYE reservations. Children less than four years old are invited to join our Kids Club.

Camp Barton New Year’s Camp
Saturday, January 2 & Sunday, January 3
9:00am – 1:00pm, $45 per camper; 9:00am – 3:00pm, $65 per camper
Are you feeling a little stuffy indoors? Does the weather make you feel ho-hum? Enroll in an action-packed day at Camp Barton and blast away those winter blues! Call Ryan at (512) 329-4009 for details.

Football Kickoff Party in Bartons Lounge

Join us in Barton's Lounge for half-priced appetizers and drink specials during the games!

Ask about our special rates available to AAA,
Private Club, Signature Gold & ClubCorp members!

Escape to Barton Creek Resort & Spa for the ultimate Texas weekend getaway - nestled on 4,000 acres of rolling hills. Experience the grace of our AAA Four Diamond resort, where luxury is unparalleled and service unmatched.