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Live Music, Bats and Barton Springs

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2 daysIdeal stay₹15,220From / night₹4,280Food / dayFreeEntry

Texas's capital and its liveliest small city: live music on Sixth Street and South Congress, the pink-granite State Capitol, swimming in spring-fed Barton Springs Pool, kayaking on Lady Bird Lake, and, from March to October, a million and a half bats streaming out from under the Congress Avenue Bridge at dusk. SXSW fills the city every March. Radha Madhav Dham, a large Hindu temple and ashram, is just south of the city; Austin is easy for vegetarians away from the barbecue joints. Hot summers.

Highlights

  • Bats at dusk from the Congress Avenue Bridge (March-October)
  • Texas State Capitol tour
  • Swim at Barton Springs Pool
  • Live music on South Congress
  • Kayak on Lady Bird Lake
  • Radha Madhav Dham

Things to do

  • Texas State Capitol tourMorning · 1h 30m
  • Barton Springs Pool and Zilker ParkAfternoon · 3h
  • Congress Avenue Bridge bats at duskApr–OctEvening · 1h
  • Live music on South Congress and Sixth StreetEvening · 3h
  • Kayak on Lady Bird LakeMorning · 2h

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When to go

Best time: March – May, October – November

  • SXSW, Austin — South by Southwest fills Austin for about ten days in March with film, music and tech; rooms sell out a year ahead and triple in price.