Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
May & Jun
The weather is hot but bearable, and everything is still green for the most
part.
Sep & Oct
You won't see any fall foliage, but temperatures will have cooled by now.
Best Places to Eat
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Salt Lick Bar-B-Que (
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Amy's Ice Cream (
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Uchiko (
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Salty Sow (
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Güero's Taco Bar (
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Best Places to Stay
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Hotel San José (
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Heywood Hotel (
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Driskill Hotel (
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Austin Motel (
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Adams House (
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Plan Ahead: South by Southwest
If you're planning on coming for the citywide takeover that is SXSW - whether the music
festival, the interactive festival, the film festival, or any combination thereof - planning
ahead can save you a significant amount of money, not to mention a lot of headaches. The
most affordable option is to buy early-bird tickets before mid-September, and the price
goes up approximately once a month until it's showtime. Hotel rooms get booked up
months ahead of time, so go ahead and look into places to stay the moment you think you
might want to go. (If you're not sure, at least make a reservation somewhere that will al-
low you to cancel, lest you end up on someone's floor.)
