Featuring the Top 30 Things To Do in Austin. This guide organizes tourist attractions, activities, sightseeing, museums, tours, and more for Austin visitors, tourists, and locals alike. Some placements are sponsored. The red buttons open the content directly and the icon next to it opens in a new tab.
Last updated on Sep 17, 2026 by Ivan Collins
Watch 1.5 million bats pour out from under the Congress Bridge — Austin's most popular attraction, and simply a marvel. There are 4 great ways to see them.
Austin's only land-and-water tour rolls past 6th Street and the Capitol, then drives straight into Lake Austin. Tours run 7 days a week.
Gather the girls for Texas-sized fun at one of the only arcades of its kind. The picture perfect playhouse for bachelorettes, birthdays, and bangers of any kind.
Pack your friends into a hearse turned limo and chase the ghost stories behind Austin's most iconic landmarks. These spooky mobile ghost tours start at $49.
See Austin from a private airplane tour — downtown, the Pennybacker Bridge, COTA, and the Hill Country. A view of the city almost nobody gets.
Do you believe in furry tails? Indulge your kitty fix — or adopt your next family member — at Austin's only cat lounge.
Suit up, grab a baseball bat, and go wild on a room full of breakables. Smash cars, splatter paint, and shoot some zombies and release your rage!
This mystical 6th Street museum will blow your mind without leaving a crater in your wallet. Go see for yourself and you'll believe in the Weird too.
Climb above the tree line and zip across forest and water like a modern Tarzan. Some of Austin's best scenery, and easily its bravest photo op.
Every time you shut down a lab, another pops up — do your part in Paniq Room's Cartel Crackdown. Insane Asylum, Wizard Trials, and Pirates of Tortuga await the law-abiding.
Three tours, one twist: the Brunch Bus, the Brew Bus, and the Weird Austin City Tour all come with live music on board. Sign up for a howling good time.
Fire pistols, shotguns, rifles — or a fully automatic Uzi — at a state-of-the-art range with a Safety Officer running your party. Packages start at $79 per person.
Jump inside a free-roam VR world and fight off zombies, space marines, and escape rooms with your own eyes. Become the hero you've been training to be.
Austin's famous Broadway-style show skewers politics with skits, impersonations, and magic. We consider it an annual must-see.
Rent a captained party boat and tie in at Devil's Cove, where the rafted-up dance floor rivals Austin's best night clubs. Lake Travis at its wildest.
Downtown's #1 escape room has 6 adventures, from The Heist to our favorite — Prison Break. Find the clues, complete the mission, and escape if you're good enough.
Kayak Lady Bird Lake at sunset with amazing downtown views — bat-watching tours included. Paddleboards and canoes too.
Hunt the spirits haunting the Bertram Building with a spirit box, EMF detector, REM Pod, and thermal camera. Saturday nights only.
Austin is a magnet for culinary talent escaping the coasts, and our Best Austin Restaurants guide ranks the cream of the crop. Everybody loves to eat.
Ride private from Austin to three celebrated Dripping Springs distilleries and drink in the views along the way. Perfect for birthdays and bachelor/bachelorette parties.
Circle downtown, the UT stadium, and the Hill Country by helicopter — sunset flights included. Prices start at $169 per person.
A close-up magic show inside a magic museum featuring pieces from Harry Houdini himself. Public shows on weekend nights and private shows during the week.
Walking tours of the scandals, true crime, and characters behind Austin's weird and wild reputation. Full of things even longtime Austinites don't know.
Escape a 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea submarine before the air runs out — talk about pressure! Every Novel Escape game is 100% private to your crew.
Ever dreamed you could fly? Swing from the silks, hop in a hoop, and dance till you drop in an aerial class at soFly.
Cruise Lady Bird Lake on a sunset or sightseeing boat cruise with bat watching when they're flying. Kayak tours too.
Austin nightlife has spread far beyond historic 6th Street into districts all over town. Our nightlife guide has the hot spots.
The epicenter of the "Keep Austin Weird" movement packs unique shopping, great restaurants, and live music into one avenue. Still a top attraction.
The boardwalk completed a full 10.2-mile loop along the water in downtown Austin. Walk it, jog it, or ride it.
Quite the opposite of South Congress, but very impressive with total shopping emersion, the Domain in North Austin features the most exclusive brands in the city and a strong resume of restaurants, nightlife, and entertainment.
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