Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Things to do in Austin - Austin Relocation Guide Information

From the Austin Relocation Website - Tips on things to do in Austin, TX.! (Just a few to start)

www.AustinRelocationGuide.com

Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas

Alamo Village – 2700 W Anderson Lane
Alamo Lake Creek – 13729 Research Blvd
Alamo South Lamar – 1120 S. Lamar
Ritz Downtown – 320 E. 6th
Alamo Slaughter – 5701 W. Slaughter Lane
512-476-1320
www.drafthouse.com
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas are a movie buff’s dream come true. Constantly changing movies and themes, sliding easily from one eclectic genre to another the Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas succeeds where other independent movie houses failed. Films include independent releases, Anime, the latest from Hong Kong, spaghetti western nights, midnight movies, and of course, the ever-popular Mr. Sinus Theatre – an experience unto itself. There’s even UT football on the big screen. Ever true to their motto: Dinner – Drinks – Movies – Events, the Alamo Drafthouse is a popular Austin entertainment destination.

Antiquing

South Congress, From the Congress Avenue Bridge south to Post Road
Looking for the perfect afternoon of shopping for antiques as you stroll along the avenue? Look no further than South Congress, with its variety of antique and what-not shops, and little eateries nestled in between.

Aquarena Center

921 Aquarena Springs Drive, San Marcos
512-245-7570
www.aquarena.txstate.edu
Aquarena Center provides people of all ages with the ability to recognize Spring Lake as an unique freshwater ecosystem through interpretative interactive experiences that engages the audience in an exploration of interconnections between all living things and water.

Austin City Limits (ACL) Music Festival

Zilker Park
2100 Barton Springs Road
512-505-4483
www.aclfestival.com
This annual, three-day, Autumn musical event brings home the city’s nickname as the Live Music Capital of the World by presenting a vast array of artists from the local to international stages. In all, ACL Festival hosts more than 130 acts playing rock, indie, country, folk, electronic and more on Zilker Park’s eight stages, with over 70,000 fans attend the festival each day. Its carnival-like atmosphere, which is reminiscent of Woodstock, also provides patrons with food and art, most of which is from local vendors.

Austin Duck Adventures

1605 W. 5th Street
512-4-SPLASH
www.austinducks.com
Make a splash, and enjoy the best touring on both land and lake! Austin Duck Adventures offers the best of both land and water worlds as you tour downtown on wheels and see the State Capitol, the Governor’s Mansion, the Bob Bullock State History Museum, Congress Avenue and 6th Street before taking to the lake in a revamped amphibious vehicle – a British Alvis Stewart.

Austin Overtures, Inc.

512-659-9478
www.austinovertures.com
Tour Austin in 90 minutes! Owners Dow and Mary Davidson want you to know and love Austin as much as they do. Drive around the Capital City in their big fuchsia pink van, and see more than 30 Austin historical and cultural points of interest on the 30-mile tour route. Dow’s interest in all things historical keep the tour lively and interesting, and he narrates the tour with son Graham, all to the music of local band The Fence Cutters. Purchase tickets for this eclectic and entertaining tour at the Austin Convention Center and Visitors Bureau in downtown Austin. GPS technology will be added which will track the Austin tour and allow the taped tour narration to perfectly sync with the van’s actual location.

Austin Steam Train Association

Corner of Hwy. 183 and FM 1431
Business office- 610 Brazos St., Ste. 210
512-477-8468
www.austinsteamtrain.org     
All aboooooard! Step into another era as you leisurely travel aboard the Hill Country Flyer, one of several steam powered excursion trains operated by the Austin Steam Train Association. The central Texas steam train travels deep into the Hill Country and returns to Cedar Park, while another, shorter route offers a two hour excursion to Liberty Hill and back.http://www.austinrelocationguide.com/2012/What-to-do-in-Austin/

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