Austin Travel Guide - Beautiful local attractions and Special Events

Austin is the 15th largest city in the whole of U.S and is often regarded as the heart for great activity. Austin is a beautiful city and is filled with many great attractions and historically significant monuments and has a great number of special events taking place all year round to promote tourism. There are a number of things you can check out and do while in Austin, Texas. The great seat of learning the University of Texas is located here.

Austin, Texas on Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas

Here is a list of fun things you can do while visiting Texas:

- When in Austin check out the Austin zoo, one of the greatest experiences you can ever have, where you get to interact and pet the animals which are usually rescued and not hunted or trapped in.

- You can also check out the Zilker Park which is located at Barton Springs boasts of housing the Barton Springs pool and regularly organizes like the Green Garden Festival and the Austin Cactus and Succulent show and sale and it also boasts of large play area where you can really lose yourself.

Zilker Park home page

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/zilker/

- You can also check out the Hill Country Flyer which is a weekly train ride which tours around the plush scenic beauty of the Texas hills which is a very different approach to tourism.

Austin Steam Train

http://www.austinsteamtrain.org/

- You can also have a cruise experience with the Capital Cruises which takes you on a boat and gives you the opportunity to check out the dwellings of bats and their habitat.

Tourist attractions at Austin

http://www.austinwebpage.com/tourists.htm

List of things to do in Austin

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g30196-Activities-oa20-Austin_Texas.html