Downtown Austin Walking Tour, Austin, Texas

If you have been following my blog, then you know that the Monthly Adventures Series is all about me exploring the city of Austin, TX through the eyes of a tourist. Finding something fun and unique to Austin each month is what helps be gain a deeper appreciation for living here. One of the best ways to see a city is by walking because you get a completely different perspective as you move more slowly and can take in the details that would likely be missed if traveling by bus, car, or even a bike.

I had the option to create my own walking tour or follow along curated tours using the GPSmyCity app on my phone. This was my first time using the app and I was excited to incorporate some newer tech into one of my adventures! Austin was a great city for me to start using the app because it gave me an opportunity to do a self-paced walking tour, and I had never taken any walking tour around the city prior to this. I could also go to pretty much any city globally that I can think of and utilize this app for taking a walking tour.

For this particular Monthly Adventure, I opted to create my own Downtown Austin walking tour. I wanted to focus on Instagrammable locations for this tour and chose to design a simple route that would offer opportunities to briefly be indoors along the way if desired and not require walking super long distances between stops because it can be uncomfortable walking in the Texas heat. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).