Tour Ideas: Have a Look Around
When work is done, there's still a lot to do in Austin. The Austin CVB can help you arrange for organized tours for your attendees, or you can put together some itineraries of your own including our famous live music, delicious food, outdoor activities and more.
General Austin Tours
- Historic Walking Tours
Discover where the weird began with informative, free walking tours of historic Congress Avenue and East Sixth Street, the Bremond Block or Texas State Cemetery. Self-guided tour brochures are also available at the Visitor Center. - Austin Overtures Sightseeing
Specializes in providing Austin in 90 Minutes — a narrated Austin sightseeing tour that familiarizes you with over 30 of Austin's major historical, cultural, significant points of interest in just 90 minutes. This daily scheduled tour with satellite activated narration gives you a comprehensive overview of Austin. Tour departs from the Visitor Center. - Austin Duck Adventures
Hop aboard Austin Duck Adventures' amphibious vehicles for a unique tour along city streets and past historic sites — and right into Lady Bird Lake. Tours leave from the Visitor Center daily. - Austin Cosmic Cowboy Tour
Discover historic downtown sites, take in views of Lake Austin, listen to live music and enjoy local food and drinks. Tour departs from the Visitor Center. - National Instruments: A pioneer in virtual instrumentation, NI delivers hardware and software-based automation and measurement tools from its north Austin headquarters. By appointment only. Please call the Tourism Office at 512-583-7200 to schedule.
- Boggy Creek Farm
This five-acre urban organic farm is located — astonishingly — just a few miles from downtown (additional farming land located in nearby Gause, Texas). Popular Wednesday and Saturday morning markets at the farm begin at 9 a.m., with one-hour tours available by appointment. Please call the Austin tourism office to schedule: 512-583-7200 - Millberg Farm
This certified organic farm utilizes permaculture techniques to grow peaches, pecans and various heirloom vegetables. Located just south of Austin in Kyle, with tours available November-May by appointment. Please call the Austin tourism office to schedule: 512-583-7200 - The Austin Farmers' Market is a project of the nonprofit Sustainable Food Center, offering seasonal produce grown within 150 miles of Austin, along with fresh-baked breads, free-range eggs, natural meat and cheese and much more. The weekly Saturday and Wednesday markets, located downtown and at the Triangle respectively, are popular gathering spots for the entire Austin community.
- Sunset Valley Farmers' Market
This weekly open-air market at the Toney Burger Center in South Austin offers fresh foods, live music, kids' entertainment and much more in a lively festival atmosphere. Open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Sunset Valley Farmers' Market was voted by Eating Well magazine as one of the top five such markets in the country.
- Whole Foods Market
Founded in 1980 as one small store in Austin, Whole Foods Market is now the world's largest retailer of natural and organic foods. Tours of the 80,000-square-foot downtown flagship store and Culinary Center can be prearranged. Please call the Austin tourism office to schedule: 512-583-7200 - Central Market
This amazing culinary experience offers aisles overflowing with top-quality produce, more than 200 varieties of fresh seafood, top-quality meats, a European-style bakery, cooking classes and much more. Classes and tours by appointment only. Please call the Austin tourism office to schedule: 512-583-7200
High Tech Tours
Nicknamed "The Silicon Hills," Austin is headquarters for some of the nation's largest high-tech firms — including many software developers, custom computer equipment manufacturers, bioscience firms and more. Certain firms open their doors for visitors with advance permission, including:
Agricultural and Market Tours
Austin is not just the state capital — we're also the center of a large agricultural region. Many local farms and markets are open for visitors from all over, with guided tours by pre-arrangement.
