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10 Things to Do While Visiting Austin, Texas

Austin is a city that is located in Texas. It is Texas’ capital, and has over 701,000 residents. It is also a thriving college town, and is home to the University of Texas at Austin, one of the largest universities in the United States. It is also known as the “Live Music Capital of the ...

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Top Day Spas in Downtown Austin, Texas

Whether you’re traveling Austin for a leisurely vacation or cutting out of work early form your office in the city, you can enjoy a well-deserved spa treatment at one of several day spas in the downtown area. Downtown Austin is home to several locally-owned day spas that offer a variety of organic, skin-soothing facial and ...

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Top 3 Bars in Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas is the live music capital of Texas so it is really hard to pick the Top 3 Bars in Austin Texas out of 150 bars in Austin. Austin residents spend a lot of time going around to different bar scenes depending on the mood and the event. I cannot pick the Top 3 ...

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10 Best Non-Tourist Attractions in Austin, Texas

Austin Dog Parks Off leash dog parks are a huge non-tourist attraction for local residents of Austin, Texas and Austin Parks and Recreation has 12 off leash dog parks for you to enjoy. It is tempting to take your off leash dog to other city non-tourist attraction areas, but you might want to remember that ...

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Best Happy Hours in Downtown Austin

Lambert’s BBQ (401 West 2nd Street, 512.494.1500) Hands down, this is my favorite BBQ spot in Austin, Texas. The Happy Hour is better than most because it’s seven days a week (from 5PM to 7PM), whereas most downtown destinations offer Happy Hour just Monday through Friday. At Lambert’s, you can enjoy $2.00 off all drinks ...

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Unusual Austin Sites and Scenes

There are many fun and unusual things to do in Austin, Texas here are my top 10 attractions that you should be sure not to miss when in Austin. Austin Duck Adventures This tour is a 75 minute sightseeing tour in an unsinkable Hydra Terra Vehicle. The highlights of the tour are the Capital, 6th ...

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First Night: New Year’s Celebration in Austin, Texas

Downtown Austin, Texas comes alive with the yearly Austin First night celebration. Austin is already known as the “live music capital of the world’ and on Austin’s First Night this is no exception to the rule. Every year Austin will setup stages along the streets of downtown Austin, Texas for live shows and performances. Live ...