 If you like to walk, run or bike, you are in the best possible place to enjoy our beautiful city through its trails. The City of Austin has developed one of the finest trail systems in the nation. Currently, over 50 miles of well-surfaced scenic paths follow natural greenbelts into all areas of the city, making an excellent trail accesible to all. A host of joggers are regulars on the Town Lake Trail because of its visual beauty. Some prefer paths that follow picturesque creeks; others seek the serenity of primitive trails in undeveloped areas. |
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 Barton Springs Pool Celebrating a 90-year partnership with the city of Austin this year, Barton Springs has become one of the city’s most prized possessions. Austinites owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. A.J. Zilker who deeded Austin the 35 acres that started it all back in 1918.
For the last nine decades central Texans have refreshed themselves in this natural spring-fed pool that remains a brisk 68 degrees year-round. It is now the largest natural pool in the United States in an urban setting, reaching more than 900-feet long. But Barton Springs’ appeal goes beyond the refreshing dip in the heat of Austin’s summer; many enjoy its chilly charms even on the coldest days of winter. |
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 The very best way to see Austin?s bat colony take off while floating up and down Town Lake is by taking a cruise on the paddleboat tour at sunset offered by Capital Cruises. They are available both weekdays and weekends; all you have to do is arrive 20-30 minutes before sunset at their dock on the south shores Town Lake right next to the Hyatt Hotel between Congress and South First Streets; reservations are recommended.
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 Historical Marker Unveiled! Austin's quintessential and best known Historical Music Club was awarded a Historical Marker by the City of Austin August 19th, 2006. The Armadillo World Headquarters was open at the southeast corner of Barton Springs Road and South First Street from August of 1970 through New Years Eve of 1980. During the time it was open, it featured thousands of bands and tens of thousands of musicians, including Willie Nelson, a young Bruce Springsteen, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and pretty much anybody else that you could name that was playing and touring in the 1970?s. |
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 Austin is lucky to have available to us one of the coolest ways to tour the city?by using the Segway personal human transportation device. Remember not so long ago, when it first burst on the scene, proclaimed as ?IT? and promoted as something that was going to be bigger than the internet? Well, it fell short of all that hype, but it is still the coolest way to see downtown Austin and can go anywhere that people are able to walk.
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 A bit of Deutschland in Austin.
Unlike San Antonio and much of the eastern Hill Country, Austin wasn't strongly influenced by immigrants from Germany during the nineteenth century. But nonetheless, the Capital City benefits from a number of important Germanic contributions and connections. A concise architectural tour is a handy way to experience the Teutonic side of Austin. Your journey begins on East César Chávez Street and ends at Scholz's. |
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 You KNOW that you have seen them driving on downtown streets and floating on Lake Austin, but do you know what those giant-wheeled, awning-topped things full of screaming and singing tourists are doing in our town? Or what the heck they are?
They are the amphibious vehicles known as the Austin Ducks.
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