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Featured🥾 Hiking TrailsAnn and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail
The 10-mile loop around Lady Bird Lake — Austin’s favorite run, walk and bike.
📸 Visitor must-do ideas
First time in Austin? Start with these can’t-miss classics.
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Featured🏛️ Museums & GalleriesBullock Texas State History Museum
The Story of Texas in three floors of exhibits plus an IMAX theater.
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Featured🏁 Racing & MotorsportsCircuit of The Americas
Home of the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix, MotoGP, concerts and karting.
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Featured🎡 Attractions & LandmarksCongress Avenue Bridge Bats
Up to 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats emerge at dusk, roughly March–October.
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Featured🏊 Pools & Swimming HolesHamilton Pool Preserve
Jade pool under a collapsed grotto and 50-foot waterfall — reservations required.
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Featured🍺 Breweries & DistilleriesJester King Brewery
Farmhouse ales and wood-fired pizza on a sprawling Hill Country ranch with goats.
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Featured🦸 Costume ShopsLucy in Disguise with Diamonds
Austin’s legendary costume shop — rentals and sales for Halloween and every theme party.
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Featured🪩 Nightlife DistrictsRainey Street District
Historic bungalows turned bars — Austin’s favorite bar crawl street.
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Featured🎸 Live Music VenuesStubb’s Bar-B-Q & Waller Creek Amphitheater
Barbecue plus one of the best outdoor stages in the Live Music Capital.
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Featured🌳 Parks (State, County & City)Zilker Metropolitan Park
Austin’s 350-acre front yard — home of ACL Fest, kite fest, the Trail of Lights and Barton Springs.
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Featured🏊 Pools & Swimming HolesBarton Springs Pool
Spring-fed pool that stays around 68°F all year.
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Featured🤠 Dance Halls & Honky-TonksBroken Spoke
Classic Texas dance hall since 1964 — two-step lessons and chicken-fried steak.
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Featured🍽️ RestaurantsFranklin Barbecue
The legendary brisket worth the line — Michelin Bib Gourmand pitmaster Aaron Franklin’s East Austin smokehous…
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Featured🤠 Dance Halls & Honky-TonksGruene Hall
Texas’ oldest continually operating dance hall (1878) in the historic Gruene district.
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Featured🍽️ RestaurantsLa Barbecue
Michelin-starred brisket, beef ribs and chipotle sausage from an East Austin favorite.
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Featured💦 WaterparksSchlitterbahn New Braunfels
World-famous waterpark using the spring-fed Comal River.
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Featured🎸 Live Music VenuesThe Continental Club
Legendary SoCo dive since 1955 — rockabilly, roots and happy-hour sets.
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Featured🍽️ RestaurantsThe Salt Lick BBQ
Hill Country icon with an open pit, family-style platters and BYOB picnic tables under the oaks.
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👻 Haunted Houses & Ghost ToursAustin Ghost Tours
Lantern-lit walking tours of downtown’s most haunted buildings.
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🛶 Lake & River AccessComal River (Tubing)
Spring-fed, crystal-clear float through town (and the famous tube chute).
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🏛️ Museums & GalleriesLady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Botanic garden of native Texas plants — spectacular in bluebonnet season.
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🛶 Lake & River AccessLady Bird Lake (Paddling)
Kayak or paddleboard past the skyline — no motorboats allowed.
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🍽️ RestaurantsMoonshine Patio Bar & Grill
Southern comfort food in an 1850s building — the Sunday brunch buffet is famous.
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🎡 Attractions & LandmarksMount Bonnell (Covert Park)
Short climb to Austin’s classic sunset view over Lake Austin.