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Cambria Hotel Austin Downtown

68 East Ave, Austin, TX, US
https://www.cambriahotelaustin.com/
$199 A NIGHT-CAMBRIA ROOM BLOCK IS SOLD OUT! YOU CAN BOOK A $199 A NIGHT ROOM AT THE FAIRFIELD MARRIOT AUSTIN DOWNTOWN 76 East Ave | Austin, TX 78701, IMMEDIATELY NEXT DOOR, ONLY STEPS AWAY

Here is the link to make reservations: Book your group rate for IABDM/FAIRFIELD

In addition, here are nearby walkable restaurants and things to do in Austin to add to a know before you go:

Walkable Restaurants:

• Bangers – German-inspired BBQ
• Cantina 512 – Mexican Food *website is currently down
• Emmer & Rye – Fine Dining
• Salvation Pizza – American food
• Anthem – American Food
• Food Truck Park with w/various options
• Iron Works – BBQ
• Moonshine – Farm to table
• Electric Shuffle – Restaurant with w/shuffle boards

Activities:

• Holey Moley – Putt Putt Golf
• Broken Spoke – Oldest Dance Hall in Austin. ( Dancehall opens at 7:15 PM Tues-Sat & Two Step lessons Wed-Sat)
• Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar – Pete’s started as a one-man band on Austin’s 6th Street in 1992, complete with peanuts on the floor. Now, after 30 years in the biz, he’s a seasoned party starter whose sing-along experience has grown into a national phenomenon known for getting guests figured up night after night.
• Bat Bridge or Bat Cruise – Check out Austin’s 2.1 million Mexican Freetail bats that fly out every evening at sunset (Mar-Sept). Either view them from the Congress bridge observation deck or purchase a seat on a bat cruise.
• Shopping on South Congress
• Live Concert at Austin City Limits Live –
• Comedy at Mothership (Joe Rogan’s Comedy Club) located on 6^th St
• Rainey St – Various homes that were converted into bars and restaurants. Just steps from the hotel
• Continental Club – One of the premier live music venues presenting bands like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Paul Ray and the Cobras, Joe Ely, Bill Carter and the Blame, and many more onstage back in the late 70s through the early 80s. Known as a historical landmark is the premier roots rock, traditional country and blues, rockabilly, and garage rock club in the country.
• Austin’s Hike & Bike Trail at Lady Bird Lake –  10 Mile Hike and Bike Trail around the Lady Bird Lake in downtown Austin.
• Texas Capitol Tours – Take a tour of our Texas Capitol
• Bob Bullock Museum – Over 9 million visitors from across the world have explored the Bullock Texas State History Museum to see what makes Texas, Texas.
• LBJ Presidential Library – Situated on a 30-acre site on the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas, the Library houses 45 million pages of historical documents, 650,000 photos, and 5,000 hours of recordings from President Johnson’s political career, including about 643 hours of his recorded telephone conversations. The iconic ten-story building was designed by award-winning architect Gordon Bunshaft and features a Great Hall with a stunning four-story, glass-encased view of the archives collection. A centerpiece in the Great Hall of the LBJ Library is the photo-engraving mural by artist Naomi Savage. Approximately 100,000 visitors from around the world visit the LBJ Library exhibits each year.
• Speakeasy: Austin is known for its secret bars and speakeasies around the area
  • Firehouse Hostel Lounge – Cocktails behind bookshelves
  • Midnight Cowboy – Located on the famous 6th Street and formerly a brothel masquerading as a massage parlor known as “Midnight Cowboy Modeling Oriental Massage,” Midnight Cowboy is one of the oldest speakeasies in Austin, Texas. Rather than hide the building’s dark history, we have chosen to embrace it. Midnight Cowboy offers prohibition-style decor, a secret entrance, old-school cocktails, and a haunted history. We are an intimate, reservations-only lounge.
  • Garage Bar – A swanky bar located inside a parking garage. Don’t knock it until you try it 😊.