Live music, BBQ and Keep Austin Weird. Here is when to go, what a day costs on site and what to see, then Okela composes your itinerary hour by hour.

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When to visit Austin

Best months: March, April, October and November.

What to see in Austin

1. South Congress
   South Congress is Austin's most laid-back avenue, lined with vintage shops, terraces and painted facades.
2. Barton Springs Pool
   A huge natural swimming pool fed by a spring from the Edwards Aquifer, in the middle of Zilker Park.
3. Capitole du Texas
   The Texas State Capitol anchors downtown Austin with its pink granite and a dome taller than the one in Washington.
4. Chauves-souris du Congress Bridge
   On summer evenings, more than a million bats pour out from under a downtown bridge and stream across Lady Bird Lake in a long dark ribbon.
5. Zilker Park
   Zilker Park is Austin's big green space, set where Barton Creek meets the Colorado River, and it is where the city comes to walk, swim, picnic and meet up.
6. Sixth Street
   Sixth Street is the heart of Austin's downtown bar and live music scene, lined with tightly packed nineteenth-century brick buildings.
7. Lady Bird Lake (kayak)
   This calm stretch of water in the middle of Austin puts you right at water level, with the downtown towers rising above tree-lined banks.
8. Mount Bonnell
   Mount Bonnell is one of the easiest viewpoints to reach in Austin, just minutes from downtown, with Lake Austin and the wooded hills spread out below you.

A sample itinerary for Austin, three days

Composed by Okela from the places in its database, with times. Yours takes your dates, pace and group into account.

Budget

Expect about €194 per person per day on site (accommodation, meals, transport and visits), depending on the comfort you choose. Okela shows the price of every step of your itinerary.

My Austin itinerary, hour by hour

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