Hotels & Places to Stay in Austin
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Hotels and resorts from downtown to the lake, picked by neighborhood so guests end up near what they came for.
Miraval Austin Resort & Spa
An all-inclusive wellness retreat on 220 acres above Lake Travis where days fill with equine therapy, sound baths and farm-to-table meals, and phones stay zipped in sleeves.
Thompson Austin
Sleek 31-story downtown tower a few blocks off Sixth Street, with a rooftop pool deck, The Diner Bar downstairs and rooms that look straight down San Jacinto.
tommie Austin
Thompson's compact, cheaper sibling in the same building, with small design-forward rooms, a grab-and-go coffee bar, and access to the pool upstairs without the Thompson price tag.
The Driskill
Cattle baron Jesse Driskill's 1886 Romanesque grande dame on Sixth Street, where the leather-and-longhorn Driskill Bar still hosts live music and LBJ once courted Lady Bird.
Kimpton Hotel Van Zandt
Music-themed Kimpton at the top of Rainey Street with a fourth-floor pool, nightly live sets at Geraldine's, and free evening wine hour before the bungalow bars fill up.
Hotel Saint Cecilia
Liz Lambert's hidden 14-room estate behind a hedge off South Congress, with turntables in every room, a heated pool under live oaks, and a glowing SOUL sign.
Hotel San José
The 1936 motor court that Liz Lambert turned into Austin's original boutique hotel, with a bamboo-shaded courtyard bar, Jo's Coffee next door and a tiny pool locals still sneak into.
Austin Proper Hotel
Kelly Wearstler's layered, tile-and-terracotta design hotel in the 2nd Street District, with a fifth-floor pool deck, The Peacock Mediterranean grill and Goldie's cocktail lounge.
Fairmont Austin
Accor's 37-story glass tower connected by skybridge to the convention center, with a seventh-floor pool terrace, Rules & Regs pool bar and Fulton's steakhouse overlooking Waller Creek.
Four Seasons Hotel Austin
The lakefront classic where the lawn rolls down to Lady Bird Lake, bat-watchers gather on the terrace at dusk, and the Lobby Lounge remains the city's power-breakfast spot.
The LINE Austin
A 1965 brutalist tower on the lake reworked by Sydell Group with a long lakeside pool, Arlo Grey by Kristen Kish and a ground-floor Veracruz All Natural taco window.
W Austin
The glassy 2nd Street tower attached to ACL Live at the Moody Theater, with a WET Deck pool, Away Spa and a Living Room bar that fills before every show.
Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa
Four championship golf courses, a Mokara spa and a resort pool complex spread across the Hill Country edge of Westlake, fifteen minutes from downtown but a world quieter.
Lake Austin Spa Resort
A 40-room all-inclusive destination spa on the water where the day is paddleboarding at sunrise, a LakeHouse Spa treatment at noon and gardens-to-table dinner at dusk.
Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa
A 405-acre family resort on the Colorado River east of town with a lazy river, waterslide, trail rides through the loblolly pines and s'mores at the fire pits every night.
Commodore Perry Estate, Auberge Resorts Collection
A walled 1928 Italianate estate on ten acres near Hyde Park, restored by Ken Fulk with a garden pool, Lutie's restaurant and a mansion you can book like an Italian villa.
South Congress Hotel
New Waterloo's concrete-and-wood hotel in the thick of SoCo, with a rooftop pool, Café No Sé downstairs and Maie Day steakhouse, all within stumbling distance of Continental Club.
Carpenter Hotel
A 1948 carpenters' union hall turned 93-room hotel a five-minute walk from Barton Springs, with a shaded pool, Carpenters Hall restaurant and the Hot L coffee bar out front.
Hotel Magdalena
Bunkhouse's mass-timber lake-house of a hotel on Music Lane, built around a terraced pool and Summer House on Music Lane, steps from the South Congress shops.
Hotel Ella
The 1900 Goodall Wooten mansion west of campus, restored as a 47-room hotel with a cabana-lined pool, Goodall's Kitchen and a lawn that fills on UT game weekends.
Colton House Hotel
A quiet adults-only 80-room hotel at the south end of Congress with a lush courtyard pool, a small honor-system bar and free bikes for riding up to the SoCo strip.
Lakeway Resort and Spa
A hillside resort over Lake Travis with three pools, a swim-up bar, a full spa and a marina, where sunset from the Vista Bar patio is the whole point.
Hotel Viata
An Italian-villa-styled hotel tucked into the hills off Loop 360, with a terraced pool, in-house spa and quick access to Barton Creek Greenbelt trailheads.
Renaissance Austin Hotel
The Arboretum's atrium-lobby tower, handy for the Domain and northwest tech campuses, with an indoor-outdoor pool and Amaya's Taco Village a short drive away.
The Otis Hotel Austin, Autograph Collection
A campus-edge hotel with a rooftop pool, the Acre 41 restaurant and rooms that put you two blocks from the Drag and a short walk to DKR stadium.
Austin Marriott Downtown
A 31-story convention-district hotel with the Zanzibar rooftop pool bar on the 31st floor, Corinne restaurant and easy walks to Rainey Street and the lake trail.
JW Marriott Austin
The 1,012-room convention giant at Second and Congress, with a fifth-floor pool deck, Corner Restaurant and the Burger Bar, and every downtown venue within ten minutes on foot.
The Loren at Lady Bird Lake
A 108-room hotel-residence directly on the hike-and-bike trail, with a rooftop infinity pool over the lake, Nido restaurant and a spa that borrows Barton Springs' calm.
Hotel ZaZa Austin
Maximalist Texas glam in the 2nd Street District, with themed Magnificent Seven suites, a fourth-floor pool with cabanas and Group Therapy bar for pre-show cocktails.
Heywood Hotel
A seven-room 1925 bungalow on East Cesar Chavez, run like a stylish friend's guesthouse with loaner bikes, local coffee and the East Side's bars and taquerias out the door.
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