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Hotel at a Glance: 3-Star Top-Secret Austin Hotel

This 3-star hotel is perched right on the Lady Bird Lake, which puts a whole host of activities right at its doorstep. Visitors can explore the 10-mile hike-and-bike trail that winds around the lake or head out on the water in a kayak or on a stand-up paddleboard. The lake is also a perfect vantage point for viewing the bats that live under the Congress Avenue Bridge—the world’s largest urban bat colony and a distinctly Austin attraction.

• Tour the Texas State Capitol, located only 2 miles from the hotel.
• Grab a drink at the lounge or enjoy classic American food at the onsite restaurant.
• Brush up on presidential history at the Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library, just a 7-minute drive away.
• Explore Zilker Park with its 350 landscaped acres and spring-fed Barton Springs Pool—only 3 miles from the hotel.
• Take a dip in the scenic outdoor rooftop pool (opened seasonally).

Austin, Texas: Proudly Offbeat State Capital and Live-Music Capital of the World

Built in 1888, the pink-granite Texas Capitol building in Austin is the largest state capitol in the country and even taller than the US Capitol in Washington, DC—proof that everything is, indeed, bigger in Texas. Yet Austin stands apart from the rest of the state politically and culturally, a fact that locals seem to revel in. “Keep Austin Weird” is a popular motto here, appearing on bumper stickers and T-shirts. The weirdness manifests itself all over town, where you’ll find a death-metal-themed pizza place, a cathedral made of garbage, and the Museum of Natural & Artificial Ephemerata, which displays an 1893 World’s Fair stereograph and one of Marilyn Monroe’s cigarette butts.

Austin has been dubbed the Live Music Capital of the World thanks to the city’s nearly 200 venues, where bands play everything from blues to punk rock. In fact, Travel + Leisure magazine named Austin one of America’s Best Music Cities, calling it the “mother ship for indie rock and alternative-country types.” Stubb’s Bar-B-Q books some of the bigger acts that come to town, including Johnny Cash and Snoop Dogg. In addition to the live entertainment taking place on a nightly basis, two massively popular music festivals—South by Southwest and Austin City Limits—draw in huge crowds each year.