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Plan a Trip to Austin
Live music, barbecue, tacos, and swimming holes
Austin is Texas’s laid-back, creative capital — live music every night, legendary barbecue and breakfast tacos, spring-fed swimming holes, and a bat bridge at dusk.
BEST TIME
March–May and September–November
TYPICAL BUDGET
$800–$1,800 per person for a long weekend
Top things to do in Austin
- Live music on South Congress and 6th Street
- Franklin-style Texas barbecue
- Swim at Barton Springs
- Bat bats at Congress Avenue Bridge
- Lady Bird Lake kayak
- Breakfast taco crawl
A sample Austin itinerary
1
Music & Q
Barbecue lunch, South Congress, and live music.
2
Outdoors
Barton Springs, the lake, and the bat bridge.
3
Tacos & tunes
A taco crawl and a 6th Street night.
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Good to know
💡 Get to the famous barbecue joints before 11am — the best cuts sell out by early afternoon.
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