<p>We stayed last year at the Omni in downtown Austin. Our room faced S toward 6th St and the amplified music from roof-top bars was a problem on Saturday night. Sixth St on a Saturday night is wall to wall (mostly underaged) students bent on drinking. While that may be where some of the 50,000 students are, you may not want your student to think that’s all that’s going on at UT.
Walk down Guadalupe - but don’t think that all students have tatoos just because there are several parlors there. High school kids seem to love Guadalupe… WhichWich is a good spot for a quick lunch.
Non-college activity: The most enjoyable thing we did that weekend was the Segway tour! Zipping around downtown, circle the capital building, back by the bridge and the bats, then back to the start in the growing dusk… much more fun than I had anticipated. A bit like skiing, a bit like motor scootors.</p>