Other than the Austin area or College Station, there isn't much witin 1.5 hours. A couple of years ago we did a long weekend in Gruene which is a little over 1.5 hours (stayed at the Gruene River Inn).
If you had said kids I was goingto recommend Glenrose.
Every Effin hotel in Austin is booked for the weekend! That's where we wanted to go! Apparently they are hosting some south by southwest film or music festival or something and they have the whole damn city rented!
We did Fredericksburg two years ago and were looking for something a little different.
Anyone know of a spa/resort within about two hours of Temple they would recommend???
i think its called lost pines, but i'm pretty sure it is a marriot in bastrop. it is similar to the san antonio resort and marble falls resort, but newer.