Where to stay in Austin right now, from a local writer and expert

Austin is a city of contrasts, a place where you can just as easily spend time sinking craft beers and buying vintage dresses as you can getting wholesome with a day based around a hiking trail. And that’s not to mention the more traditional vacay past times like booking into a high-end restaurant or doing the whole Sunday morning museum trip thing. The most important thing is to get a handle on the different facets of this disco ball of a place, both so you can base yourself in the area that’s best for you, and so you can explore the rest at your total leisure (even if that just means spending it in the spa).

To point you in the right direction, like any helpful local would do, we’ve pulled together a guide to Austin’s different neighborhoods with some notes on where to eat, drink, visit and stay when you’re in each part of town. From mozzarella-addled Korean food to an Austinite’s favourite brunch spot, we’re passing on all our secrets.

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This guide was written by Texas-based writer James Wong. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines. This guide includes affiliate links, which have no influence on our editorial content. For more information, see our affiliate guidelines.