Austin Travel Forum

Hi All,

Would appreciate any guidance on places to stay for Austin City Limits in September. Looking for something with easy access to the festival.

Best,
Jamey

One of the best motels in the world is the Austin Motel. You'll have to walk a little bit, but not too far. Trust me on this - it will be the most happening scene in town.

There aren't any hotels near the park and the free shuttle pick-up is located at 4th and Guadalupe. It would be a hike from the Austin Motel but it is one of the hot spots in Austin. The San Jose Hotel http://www.sanjosehotel.com/ is located close to the Austin Motel. It is also one of the hot spots in Austin. It draws a big crowd for happy hours and on Friday/Saturday nights. Both of these places are located on the south side of the river (down town proper is on the north side).

You will want to stay somewhere close to the downtown area. There are several hotels to chose from, but a lot of them are full at this point. Go to www.austintexas.org to see some hotels that are offering hotel deals during ACL, there is an ACL link on the front page. You can also search the website under hotels to see a listing of the hotels in the downtown area. Like the other person said, the shuttle is downtown at Republic square park on 4th street, so any hotel in the downtown area should be pretty close. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that both the San Jose Hotel and Austin Motel have been sold out for months, those hotels are very popular. But, you can still get rooms at some of the other ones. Ejoy the festival!

I was also going to recommend Austin Motel and Hotel San Jose on S. Congress. Zilker is maybe a little over a mile away from those hotels. I used to live on S. Congress, and my roommate walked from our old apartment to Zilker last year and said it wasn't too bad. If you get too tired at the end of the day, it's a really cheap cab ride back to the hotel, too.

As others have said, there is a shuttle service from downtown. It shouldn't be an issue getting to the shuttle from any of those hotels (Hilton, Radisson, etc.).