Day Trips® from Austin: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler (Day Trips Series) - Softcover

Finch, Jackie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1493065815 ISBN 13: 9781493065813

Publisher: Globe Pequot, 2022

Synopsis

For local travelers looking for an experience in their own backyard, Day Trips® from Austin is the essential guide to things to see and do around Austin―from Waco's Texas Ranger Hall of Fame to Museum of Handmade Furniture in Braunfels. With a population of nearly 700,000, and a metro area of 1.7 million and growing, America's #1 College Town (Travel Channel) is an ideal starting point for these and other activities:

* Do something sweet: Visit Blue Bell Creamery in Brenham to see the making of ice cream and you can enjoy a free scoop at the tour's end.

* Do something wonderful: Take a ride on a miniature train for a tour of Texas's largest petting zoo, and have your mind bent in the Anti-Gravity House at Wonder World in San Marcos.

* Do something outdoorsy: Vacation at one of the many dude ranches that dot the landscape around Bandera for horseback riding, cookouts, fishing, hiking, and even country-western dance lessons.

About this title

About the Author

John Bigley and Paris Permenter are a husband and wife team of travel writers. Longtime residents of Central Texas, they make their home in the Hill Country west of Austin, near Lake Travis.
John and Paris have authored 32 guidebooks including Day Trips from San Antonio and Insiders’ Guide to San Antonio. Paris and John also publish www.TexasTripper​.com, which focuses on travel across the Lone Star State, PawZaar.com, featuring global style for pet lovers, and www.DogTipper​.com, filled with tips for dog lovers.
Both John and Paris are members of the prestigious Society of American Travel ​Writers. For more on the couple’s writing and travels, see www​.parisandjohn​.com.

From the Back Cover

Need a day away to relax, refresh, renew? Just get in your car and go! This thoroughly revised and updated new edition of Day Trips from Austin is your guide to hundreds of exciting things to do, see, and discover in your own backyard. With full trip-planning information and tips on where to eat, shop, and stop along the way, you can make the most of your time off and rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip. Explore places you never knew existed, many free of charge, and most within a two-hour drive of Austin.Do something sweet: Visit Blue Bell Creameries in Brenham to see the making of ice cream and enjoy a free scoop at tour's end.Do something wonderful: Ride on a miniature train that takes you through the state's largest petting zoo, and have your mind bent in the Anti-Gravity House--both at Wonder World in San Marcos.Do something outdoorsy: Vacation at one of the dude ranches that dot the landscape around Bandera for horseback riding, cookouts, fishing, hiking, and even country-western dance lessons.

Edition details

• Publisher: Globe Pequot
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1493065815
• ISBN 13: 9781493065813
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 262