Austin Travel Forum

I am planning a day trip to Austin... and suggestion ?

I am thinking of the Lake, hot spring... what else?

how about visiting park in Austin..what do you think?

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Barton Spring swimming pool... its ICY even in August.

Where are you coming from, and how long are you planning for your "day" to be?

I am driving in from San Antonio..which is not far. Current plan is to ther early morning and leave late evening...

Any suggestions?

I would check the Austin Chronicle's Web site, www.austinchronicle.com, to see if anything special is going on the day you're going to be there. Zilker Park (where Barton Springs is located) is lovely, but I'm not really an outdoorsy type so I don't really know where the hiking trails and all that are. When I'm not deployed, I live about an hour north in Killeen, so when I'm in Austin during the day it's usually to go to either one of the malls, South Congress or the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (which I believe they have a property in San An, so you might not want to spend your time in Austin doing that).

Have fun!