{"id":2217,"date":"2018-06-27T12:04:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T16:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-staging.reservations.com\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2019-06-06T10:01:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T14:01:31","slug":"family-fun-in-austin-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Fun in Austin, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2217\" class=\"elementor elementor-2217\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dcaeac5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dcaeac5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1aa28f\" data-id=\"f1aa28f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1da99d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1da99d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Take a Trip to the Capital of Texas<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba621d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ba621d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Austin is a place filled with mystique, but it\u2019s easy to say that the city is a welcoming and extraordinarily open place. Ranking as one of America\u2019s best places to live in, Austin\u2019s rising skyline is proof that it\u2019s no longer a sleepy college town. There are lots of things to see and events to experience in town, plenty of which are fun for the whole family!<\/p><p>Within the limits of the city you\u2019ll find a great park system that offers biking and hiking trails, apart from a wonderful spring-fed pool at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/department\/barton-springs-pool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barton Springs<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bba632f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bba632f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebea0be\" data-id=\"ebea0be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08016ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08016ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Driskill<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9c3b67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9c3b67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Completed in 1886, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2mF7mec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Driskill<\/a> stands at the oldest operating hotel in Austin, and one of the best known hotels across Texas. This beautiful historic hotel tried to be on the cutting edge of trends, including an electric bell system, steam heating, and gas lighting. To ensure that the hotel would not be susceptible to fire damage, all the walls were built 18 inches thick, and two layers of iron put down between each floor.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fd03f6\" data-id=\"1fd03f6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07bbeba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"07bbeba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/driskill3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2221\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/driskill3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/driskill3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/driskill3-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/driskill3-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b6e868 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b6e868\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5c2430\" data-id=\"f5c2430\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26565d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26565d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Additionally, the hotel offered a separate &#8220;ladies&#8217; entrance&#8221; in order to allow female guests to safely get to their rooms, avoiding the crass male gaze of those congregated in the lobby. Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/driskillhotel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Driskill<\/a> offers a beautiful environment fit for couples and families alike. Watch out though, it&#8217;s supposedly said to be haunted with quite a few spirits, including the original owner himself!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a3b9273 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a3b9273\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-05c81f4\" data-id=\"05c81f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ba6c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"96ba6c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shutterstock_484204813.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2222\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shutterstock_484204813.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shutterstock_484204813-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shutterstock_484204813-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shutterstock_484204813-600x398.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8f7e66\" data-id=\"c8f7e66\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73e5a62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73e5a62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bat Fest 2018<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4318351 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4318351\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.org\/event\/bat-fest\/329226\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bat Fest<\/a> takes place every August on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.batcon.org\/index.php\/our-work\/regions\/usa-canada\/protect-mega-populations\/cab-intro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress Avenue Bridge<\/a> near Downtown. This year it will be held on August 18. The festival is to celebrate the world&#8217;s largest urban bat colony that takes up residence under the bridge during the summer months. Enjoy multiple stages for live music, arts &amp; crafts, costume contests and more while you wait for the flight of over a million <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexican_free-tailed_bat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mexican Free-Tailed Bats<\/a> at dusk.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8586835 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8586835\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63d85a8\" data-id=\"63d85a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82194e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82194e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bullock Texas State<br>History Museum<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82b8782 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82b8782\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestoryoftexas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum<\/a> has a mission to tell &#8220;the Story of Texas.&#8221; The museum opened in 2001, and offers three floors of interactive exhibits. On the second floor of the museum, a special effects theater presents visitors with a journey through the history of Texas, narrated by a Sam Houston type character. The Bullock museum also has an IMAX theater that seats 400.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cff465\" data-id=\"7cff465\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeeacc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eeeacc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shutterstock_185784287.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2223\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shutterstock_185784287.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shutterstock_185784287-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shutterstock_185784287-768x711.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shutterstock_185784287-600x556.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Outside the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1aee9d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1aee9d1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a4c880\" data-id=\"0a4c880\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cc3ee8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4cc3ee8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shutterstock_508871614.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2225\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shutterstock_508871614.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shutterstock_508871614-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shutterstock_508871614-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shutterstock_508871614-600x449.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Aerial View of Barton Springs Pool and Austin Skyline<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-940c57d\" data-id=\"940c57d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3fd29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e3fd29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Barton Springs<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77fdd7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77fdd7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Located within <a href=\"http:\/\/zilkerpark.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zilker Park<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/department\/barton-springs-pool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barton Springs Pool<\/a> has a steady flow of refreshing spring water, pumping through it constantly, which makes it an ideal outdoor recreational destination year round. It plays host to many different types of water recreation including kayaking, tubing, and swimming.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d356eac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d356eac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40ab785\" data-id=\"40ab785\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5102098 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5102098\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reservationscom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/Reservations.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1556743005999000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHbTYADKhp61r7FsVwMV0BMdfZ6OQ\">Reservations.com<\/a> on Twitter<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Take a Trip to the Capital of Texas Austin is a place filled with mystique, but it\u2019s easy to say that the city is a welcoming and extraordinarily open place. Ranking as one of America\u2019s best places to live in, Austin\u2019s rising skyline is proof that it\u2019s no longer a sleepy college town. There are [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-right-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"loftocean-featured-post":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_ids":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_urls":"","loftocean_post_format_video_id":"","loftocean_post_format_video_url":"","loftocean_post_format_video_type":"","loftocean_post_format_video":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_type":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_url":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_id":"","loftocean_post_format_audio":"","loftocean_post_format_quote_text":"","loftocean_post_format_quote_byline":"","loftocean_post_format_link_text":"","loftocean_post_format_link_url":"","ceramag_post_header_style":"","ceramag_enable_background_video":"off","ceramag_show_in_top_slider":"off","ceramag_post_background_video_start":"0","ceramag_post_background_video_end":"0","loftocean_page_background_video_id":"","loftocean_page_background_video_url":"","loftocean_page_background_video_type":"","loftocean_page_background_video":"","ceramag_background_video_start":"0","ceramag_background_video_end":"0","ceramag_single_page_hide_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[426],"tags":[531,530],"class_list":["post-2217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-travel","tag-family-trip-to-austin","tag-family-trip-to-texas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Family Fun trip to the Capital of Texas Austin - Runaway Suitcase<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Austin, the capital of Texas likes to keep it weird, but also offers plenty of family friendly favorites. Austin is a place filled with mystique, Ranking as one of America&#039;s best places to live in, Austin&#039;s rising skyline is proof that it&#039;s no longer a sleepy college town.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Family Fun trip to the Capital of Texas Austin - Runaway Suitcase\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Austin, the capital of Texas likes to keep it weird, but also offers plenty of family friendly favorites. Austin is a place filled with mystique, Ranking as one of America&#039;s best places to live in, Austin&#039;s rising skyline is proof that it&#039;s no longer a sleepy college town.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Runaway Suitcase\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reservationscom\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-06-27T16:04:07+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-06-06T14:01:31+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shutterstock_1104548120.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"569\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Reservations Com\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@reservationscom\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@reservationscom\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Reservations Com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Reservations Com\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ddaba85da6b5c9507fca33ed1a35229c\"},\"headline\":\"Family Fun in Austin, Texas\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-27T16:04:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-06T14:01:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/\"},\"wordCount\":460,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shutterstock_1104548120.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"family trip to austin\",\"family trip to texas\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Family Travel\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/\",\"name\":\"Family Fun trip to the Capital of Texas Austin - Runaway Suitcase\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shutterstock_1104548120.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-27T16:04:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-06T14:01:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"Austin, the capital of Texas likes to keep it weird, but also offers plenty of family friendly favorites. Austin is a place filled with mystique, Ranking as one of America's best places to live in, Austin's rising skyline is proof that it's no longer a sleepy college town.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shutterstock_1104548120.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shutterstock_1104548120.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":569},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Family Fun in Austin, Texas\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Runaway Suitcase\",\"description\":\"Welcome to the Runaway Suitcase. A Blog by Reservations.com\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Reservations.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/runaway-suitcase-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/runaway-suitcase-logo.png\",\"width\":1331,\"height\":320,\"caption\":\"Reservations.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reservationscom\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/reservationscom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reservationscom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/reservations.com\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/reservationscom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCZmBXxs3zcJubOV2XpLhTsQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ddaba85da6b5c9507fca33ed1a35229c\",\"name\":\"Reservations Com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f3c4520c3c0f9a2b70bbdbba8a10d55?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f3c4520c3c0f9a2b70bbdbba8a10d55?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Reservations Com\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/author\/rcomsocial\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Family Fun trip to the Capital of Texas Austin - Runaway Suitcase","description":"Austin, the capital of Texas likes to keep it weird, but also offers plenty of family friendly favorites. Austin is a place filled with mystique, Ranking as one of America's best places to live in, Austin's rising skyline is proof that it's no longer a sleepy college town.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Family Fun trip to the Capital of Texas Austin - Runaway Suitcase","og_description":"Austin, the capital of Texas likes to keep it weird, but also offers plenty of family friendly favorites. Austin is a place filled with mystique, Ranking as one of America's best places to live in, Austin's rising skyline is proof that it's no longer a sleepy college town.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/","og_site_name":"Runaway Suitcase","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reservationscom\/","article_published_time":"2018-06-27T16:04:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-06-06T14:01:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":569,"url":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shutterstock_1104548120.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Reservations Com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@reservationscom","twitter_site":"@reservationscom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Reservations Com","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/"},"author":{"name":"Reservations Com","@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ddaba85da6b5c9507fca33ed1a35229c"},"headline":"Family Fun in Austin, Texas","datePublished":"2018-06-27T16:04:07+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-06T14:01:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/"},"wordCount":460,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shutterstock_1104548120.jpg","keywords":["family trip to austin","family trip to texas"],"articleSection":["Family Travel"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/","url":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/","name":"Family Fun trip to the Capital of Texas Austin - Runaway Suitcase","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shutterstock_1104548120.jpg","datePublished":"2018-06-27T16:04:07+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-06T14:01:31+00:00","description":"Austin, the capital of Texas likes to keep it weird, but also offers plenty of family friendly favorites. Austin is a place filled with mystique, Ranking as one of America's best places to live in, Austin's rising skyline is proof that it's no longer a sleepy college town.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shutterstock_1104548120.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shutterstock_1104548120.jpg","width":1000,"height":569},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/family-travel\/family-fun-in-austin-texas\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Family Fun in Austin, Texas"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/","name":"Runaway Suitcase","description":"Welcome to the Runaway Suitcase. A Blog by Reservations.com","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Reservations.com","url":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/runaway-suitcase-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/runaway-suitcase-logo.png","width":1331,"height":320,"caption":"Reservations.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reservationscom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/reservationscom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reservationscom\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/reservations.com","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/reservationscom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCZmBXxs3zcJubOV2XpLhTsQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ddaba85da6b5c9507fca33ed1a35229c","name":"Reservations Com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f3c4520c3c0f9a2b70bbdbba8a10d55?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f3c4520c3c0f9a2b70bbdbba8a10d55?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Reservations Com"},"url":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/author\/rcomsocial\/"}]}},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2217"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4785,"href":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217\/revisions\/4785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reservations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}