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Downtown Austin

Nightlife http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/downtown/downloads/downtown_hotels.pdf

500ft

Conference Hotel Hike and bike trail (both sides) View of downtown across river

Nightlife

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/downtown/downloads/e6th_2page.pdf 500ft ~ 160m Conference Hotel

Nightlife (cont.)

• Around 200 nightclubs, bars, restaurants

within 1 mile of hotel

• Entertainment districts

– 6th street: 20-something crowd – 4th street: 30-something crowd – 2nd street: 35+ something crowd – South Congress (2 miles away, new hip area south of the river)

Lady Bird Lake Trail

• Popular for jogging, running, walking 6+ miles
• 4 blocks from conference hotel

Lady Bird Lake Trail goes around both sides of lake Conference Hotel

Texas Capitol

• Made of pink granite, larger than US Capitol
• Nice grounds with several monuments
• Free tours
• 5 blocks from conference hotel

Barton Springs

• Spring fed pool, 300m x 30m
• About 1.2 miles from hotel
• Open 5am – 10pm

Zilker Park

• Huge park, playground, Umlauf sculpture

garden, botanical garden

• About 1 mile from conference hotel

Other Outdoor Activities < 2 miles

• Canoing on Barton Creek
• Kayak Lady Bird Lake
• Mountain Bike the Barton Creek Greenbelt

Waterskiing on Lake Travis

• Ski boat rentals
• Party boats
• About 15 miles west

Texas Wine Country

• Approximately 20 wineries < 85 miles
• Several towards historic Fredericksburg

San Marcos Outlet Mall

• About 20 miles south of hotel
• 200+ outlet stores, shopping!!
• Prime Outlets

– Neiman Marcus, Giorgio Armani General Store, Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store, Coach, Crate and Barrel Outlet, Pottery Barn Outlet, bebe O, Tommy Bahama, etc.

• Tanger Outlets

– Samsonite, Wilsons Leather Outlet, Kenneth Cole, Old Navy Outlet, Polo Jeans Co., etc