Austin Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour Guide
Austin, USA
From 1 hour to 2 hours
Art & Culture
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Walking Tours
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Bus & Driving Tours
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History
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City Highlights
Date
Today
April 20, 2025
What You Will Do
Uncover the charm of Austin with this self-guided driving tour. Begin at beautiful Mount Bonnell and wind your way to the lively downtown, discovering skyscrapers, lush green spaces, and quirky shops. Dive into the city’s history, filled with music legends, conflict, and a distinct Texan culture. There's no place like Austin, with its eclectic arts scene, delectable food trucks, and beautiful views.
Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone explores together!
After booking, check your email to download the separate Audio Tour Guide App by Action, enter your unique password, and access your tour. These steps require good internet/Wi-Fi access. From there, follow the audio instructions and the route.
New, extra validity — now yours for an entire year! Use multiple times over multiple trips!
This isn't an entrance ticket. Check opening hours before your visit.
NOTE: This is primarily a driving tour, but also includes a short, quarter-mile walking portion in downtown Austin.
What's Included?
- Easy-to-use app: download Action’s Tour Guide App onto your phone
- Great value: purchase per car, not per person. More affordable than bus or guided tours!
- Engaging storytelling: Uncover unique tales and thrilling history for a memorable journey!
- Perfect narrator: nothing can beat listening to a great voice. Proven with tons of rave reviews!
- Offline maps: no signal, no problem! Works perfectly without cellular or wifi.
- Comprehensive route and stops: See it all, miss nothing, leave no stone unturned!
- Go at your own pace: Start anytime, pause anywhere, enjoy breaks for snacks and photos freely!
- Hands-free: audio stories play on their own based on your location. Easy to use!
What's Not Included?
- Attraction passes, entry tickets, or reservations
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
After booking the tour, search your email for the phrase "Set up your self-guided tour now." Follow these instructions NOW to finish setting up the tour while you have Wi-Fi/data. Do NOT wait until you are onsite.
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Bull Creek District Park
10 minutes
One of the things that made Austin a prime candidate to become the capital of Texas was its place along the Colorado River. This allowed lush greenery to bloom in an otherwise harsh and challenging environment, and the park up ahead showcases exactly that. Note: This 19+ mile-long tour covers the essentials of Austin in 2-3 hours. Buy once, use for one year! Ideal for extended visits and return trips over the next 12 months.
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Additional Information
This activity is operated by Drive with Action
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- How to access: Once you book a tour, you’ll get a confirmation email and text with instructions: • Download the separate tour app by Action • Enter the password • Download the tour MUST DO while in strong wifi/cellular Works offline after download
- How to start touring: Open Action’s separate audio tour guide app once onsite. • If there is just one tour, launch it. • If multiple tour versions exist, launch the one with your planned starting point and direction.
- Go to the starting point No one will meet you at the start. This tour is self-guided Enter the first story’s point and the audio will begin automatically Follow the audio cues to the next story, which will also play automatically. Enjoy hands-free exploring. If you face audio issues, contact support. Stick to the tour route & speed limit for the best experience.
- Travel worry-free: Use the tour app anytime, on any day, and over multiple days. Start and pause the tour whenever you like, taking breaks and exploring side excursions at your own pace. Skip anything you don’t care about or explore bonus content for everything that interests you
- Savings tips: Driving tours: purchase just one tour for everyone in the car
- Buy once, use for one year! Ideal for extended visits and return trips over the next 12 months.
Guide Options
- Audio Guide - English
Customer Reviews
Great self-guided tour!
2023-10-30
It was wonderful!! We learned a lot from the checkpoints that automatically started when we passed that point on the map. I had my 80-year-old grandmother and her friend in the car, so we wanted something where we didn't have to get out and walk around. Even though the final part of the tour is recommended to walk around downtown, we stayed in the car and just pulled over into a parking spot to listen and see the highlighted point of interest. Highly recommend!!
Don't Bother
2023-10-25
Complete waste of our time and resource$, app would not load in an area with ample connectivity and on a new android... portions of audio, parts of a sentence, would come on randomly.
It’s Alright
2023-10-23
The guide gives good driving directions. The I formation is interesting, but is stuff that can be found on Wikipedia. The downtown portion must be done while walking which was not advertised. We chose this “tour” because it was a rainy day. So had to skip what was probably the most interesting part of the “tour.” Admission to the botanical gardens is $8 per person. And the tour route cannot be accessed after leaving their parking lot without driving about half a mile to make a u-turn. The gardens probably would have been worth it had it not been pouring rain.
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