1. West Austin Park

8.0
1317 W 10th St., Austin, TX
Parque · Old West Austin · 17 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: A fenced-in area is located on the southwest corner of the park. It features a couple of terraces for dogs to bound through.

2. 6th Street

Austin, TX
Estrada / Rua · 64 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: East Sixth Street has plenty of bars, but if it's live music you're after - and you should be; this is the Live Music Capital - go around the corner to Red River Street.

3. Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge

8.2
1 Congress Ave (over Colorado River), Austin, TX
Ponte · Downtown Austin · 122 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: Driving across the Congress Avenue Bridge, you'd never know the world's largest urban bat colony (1.5 million at summer peak) lives under it ... unless you show up at sundown to see them.

4. Hotel San Jose

9.1
1316 S Congress Ave (James St.), Austin, TX
Hotel · Bouldin Creek · 92 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: Adjacent to the popular coffee shop Jo’s sits the San Jose, which oozes charm and comfort. You’ll love the SoCo scene and the upscale decor.

5. Hancock Guest Cottages

1009 E 43rd St, Austin, TX
Pousada · Hancock · 1 dica

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: Not only will you feel like home, but you’ll feel like you’re in Texas. This eclectic home even has a yard with some chickens.

6. Omni Austin Hotel Downtown

7.6
700 San Jacinto at 8th Street, Austin, TX
Hotel · Downtown Austin · 86 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: With 375 higher-end hotel rooms and a heated rooftop swimming pool, the Omni is a good place to stay, whether it’s for business or pleasure.

7. Four Seasons Hotel Austin

8.8
98 San Jacinto Blvd (at E Cesar Chavez St), Austin, TX
Hotel · Downtown Austin · 78 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: Austin’s Four Seasons is located right on the lake, yet is walking distance to most of Austin’s downtown attractions (except, maybe when it’s 100 degrees outside).

8. The Driskill

8.9
604 Brazos Street, Austin, TX
Hotel · Downtown Austin · 169 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: This is the granddaddy of luxury hotels in Austin. Located right at Sixth Street and Congress Avenue, the Driskill has been showing off the best side of Austin since 1886.

9. Plum Creek Golf Course

8.4
4301 Benner, Kyle, TX
Campo de Golfe · 3 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: A very nice course cut out around a development in Buda. Just enough for a challenge for serious golfers, but wide enough fairways for your once-in-a-while player.

10. Jimmy Clay & Roy Kizer Golf Courses

8.2
5400 Jimmy Clay Dr (Stassney Lane), Austin, TX
Campo de Golfe · 7 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: The best of the Austin-owned courses, Clay and Kizer are right next to each other but offer vastly different experiences. Clay is tree-lined and Kizer is water-lined. Either way, pick your hazard.

11. Hancock Golf Course

7.3
811 E 41st St, Austin, TX
Campo de Golfe · Hancock · 5 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: This old, nine-hole course in the heart of North-Central Austin has a wicked par 5, a reachable par 4 and a lot of people taking mulligans. Great fun for a short round.

12. Terravista Club

7.6
4211 Teravista Club Dr (University Blvd), Round Rock, TX
Campo de Golfe · 5 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: Rolling hills and five different tees will challenge any golfer. Some stunning views from atop the courses well-manicured hills and tee boxes.

13. Disch-Falk Field

1300 E. Martin Luther King Blvd. (at Comal St.), Austin, TX
Campo de Beisebol de Faculdade · University of Texas-Austin · 15 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: The Longhorns baseball team plays in a stadium that would be the envy of most professional minor league clubs. Head to the Disch if you want to hear the “ping” of an aluminum bat

14. Whole Foods Market

8.9
525 N Lamar Blvd. (btwn W 5th & 6th), Austin, TX
Mercearia · Downtown Austin · 404 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: Anyone who visits Austin should see the Whole Foods flagship store. After all, it started here. All kinds of food, beer, natural beauty and health goods and tiny restaurants dot the headquarters.

15. BookPeople

9.4
603 N Lamar Blvd (at 6th St.), Austin, TX
Livraria · Downtown Austin · 122 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: Indie bookseller since 1970, BookPeople is a winner of Bookstore of the Year by Publisher’s Weekly. Employee-written reviews, a coffee shop and tons of book signings and events make it a must-see.

16. Waterloo Records

9.4
600 N Lamar Blvd (at W 6th St), Austin, TX
Loja de Discos · Old West Austin · 76 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: The music store hosts frequent in-store performances of big name and up-and-coming musicians. Waterloo Records is a must destination during South by Southwest and Austin City Limits Music Festival.

17. University Co-op

8.6
2246 Guadalupe St (23rd St), Austin, TX
Livraria da Faculdade · West University · 23 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: Located on The Drag, the flagship University Co-op provides not only textbooks and school supplies for the more than 50,000 students who attend the UT, but also branded clothing, memorabilia and more.

18. The Blanton Museum of Art

9.0
200 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd (at Congress Ave), Austin, TX
Museu de Arte · University of Texas-Austin · 74 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: This University of Texas museum offers traveling exhibitions, programs and activities and a permanent collection of more than 17,000 worldwide works. Closed on Mondays. Free admission on Thursdays.

19. Cactus Cafe

8.2
2247 Guadalupe Street (at 24th), Austin, TX
Casa de Shows · University of Texas-Austin · 17 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: Found inside the Texas Union Building, the Cactus Cafe is a true music-listeners venue. See the next big singer-songwriter in this intimate venue.

20. Circle C Ranch Metropolitan Park on Slaughter Creek

8.7
6301 W. Slaughter Ln., Austin, TX
Trilha de Caminhada · Circle C Ranch · 7 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: The perfect amount of shade for the kids and the parents combined with plenty to do. One of the few half-dome jungle gyms in Austin (remember those?)

21. Central Market

9.3
4001 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX
Loja Gourmet · 151 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: Parents can eat a sandwich and sip iced tea (or a glass of wine) while the little ones attack the well-shaded playground.

22. Brushy Creek Lake Park

9.4
3300 Brushy Creek Rd (at Parmer Ln), Cedar Park, TX
Parque · 26 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: A 90-acre park that not only has a great playground, but also a water playscape. Perfect for a hot Texas summer day.

23. The Grove At Southpark Meadows

7.2
9500 IH 35 S SRV SB Suite E-450 (Slaughter), Austin, TX
Parque · Southpark Meadows · 11 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: Live music on the weekends, water jets to cool off and a huge, shaded playground surrounded by restaurants with patios.

24. Mustang Island State Park

8.0
17047 State Hwy 361, Port Aransas, TX
Praia · 19 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: Central Texans who want to take a short drive to a beautiful beach can look no farther than Mustang Island. Port Aransas is at the northern end, and a roadway to Padre Island is on the southern tip.

25. National Museum of the Pacific War

9.3
340 E Main St, Fredericksburg, TX
Museu de História · 24 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: Built in Adm. Chester Nimitz' hometown, this history-rich museum takes hours to go through. The new George H.W. Bush Gallery opened on Dec. 8, 2009, and includes 33,000 feet of exhibition on its own.

26. The San Antonio River Walk

9.3
San Antonio River, San Antonio, TX
Calçadão · Alamo Plaza · 334 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: One story below downtown San Antonio, the River Walk is lined with restaurants, bars and shops. The first restaurant on the River Walk opened in 1946.

27. The Driskill

8.9
604 Brazos Street, Austin, TX
Hotel · Downtown Austin · 169 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: Built in 1886 as the showplace of a cattle baron, the hotel stands as a landmark of Texas hospitality. The luxury hotel is close to the Capitol, Convention Center and entertainment districts.

28. French Legation Museum

7.3
802 San Marcos St, Austin, TX
Museu de História · Central East Austin · 16 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: The historic residence was built by the French diplomat Alphonse Dubois de Saligny to the Republic of Texas in 1840-41. It became a museum under the Daughters of The Republic of Texas in 1956.

29. Treaty Oak

Baylor St. (btwn 5th St. & 6th St.), Austin, TX
Parque · Old West Austin · 2 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: This tree is the last of the Council Oaks, a grove of 14 trees that served as a meeting place for Comanche and Tonkawa tribes. In 1989, the tree was poisoned with herbicide, almost killing it.

30. Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon

8.0
5434 Burnet Rd (btwn Shoalmont Dr & Lawnmont Ave), Austin, TX
Boteco · Allandale · 36 dicas e avaliações

Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman: There’s a bar. There’s a band. There’s a pool table converted into a chicken coop with a numbered plywood floor. Head there on a Sunday, buy a $2 ticket and watch as Sissy the chicken picks a number.