San Antonio is home to the San Antonio Spurs, one of the NBA’s most successful franchises over the past 15 years, with five NBA Finals appearances and four NBA Championships since 1999.
The Alamo is considered THE most popular visitor attraction in all of Texas! San Antonio and the Alamo played a critical role in the Texas Revolution.
San Antonio is a bright and sunny city where the sun shines three hundred days a year and the average temperature is in the range of 70 degrees.
The San Pedro Park is America’s second oldest park. It is a green city with urban parks that covers more than 11,000 acres. It also has sixty-eight miles of bike and urban hike trails.
This urban city sports the unique and mystical River Walk. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that it is situated below street level and is entirely lined by shops, night spots and restaurants.
The concentration of high-tech companies has led the former American Airlines flight between Austin and San Jose, California to be dubbed the “nerd bird.”
The Colorado River runs through downtown Austin; however, the river is dammed so residents call it Lady Bird Lake. The name is in honor of Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady of the United States who was a resident of the city.
Home to one of the largest college universities in the nation, the University of Texas at Austin has the fifth largest single-campus enrollment in the nation. Famous UT Alumni include: First Lady Laura Bush, daughter Jenna Bush, Matthew McConaughey, Renee Zellweger, Farrah Fawcett, and Roger Clemens.
Austin has about 19 million visitors each year and total annual visitor spending is around $3.5 billion. Visitors flock to this city for a great deal of reasons, but a couple of this highest contributing factors are Texas Longhorn college football games, Austin City Limits music festival (ACL) and Formula 1.
The highest point in Austin is Mount Bonnell at 785 feet. From the top you will find breathtaking views of beautiful Lake Austin.
Austin is a booming tourist center, attracting more visitors than some iconic places such as the Eiffel Tower.
Austin is home to 1.5 million Mexican free-tail bats, which live in narrow deep openings under the Congress Avenue Bridge. Every evening around sunset, from March to October, the bats fly from their home under the bridge to search for food. The nightly show is one of the most popular tour attractions.
Austin is one of the sunniest cities in America, getting on average about 300 days of sunshine per year.
The Austin, Texas state capitol building is the largest state capital in the U.S. Made from Texas pink granite, the dome of the building stands seven feet higher than that of the nation’s capital in Washington, D.C.
