The Overtures Tour - Austin Overtures

Our 90 minute tour is the premier Austin sightseeing tour. We have packed this hour and a half with 30 miles of entertaining and interesting information about all there is to see and do in Austin. It’s an Overture of Austin! We provide three tours a day, Monday through Saturday and twice on Sunday.

The map - below - shows our tour route. This 30 mile tour drives past more than 30 major historical and cultural points of interest. In addition to these locations the tour provides an overview of our history and geology. It is entertaining and educational for visitors and new residents as well as Austinites who want to learn a little more about their city.

Austin City Limits - KLRU • Austin Convention Center • Barton Springs • Barton Springs Road • Restaurant Row • Bob Bullock Texas History Museum • Zilker Botanical Gardens • Bremond Block • Brief Geology Lesson • Brief History of Highland Lakes System Map of Tour Route • Brief History of Texas • Camp Mabry • Congress Avenue • Congress Avenue Bridge and Bat Colony • French Legation • Harry Ransom Center • Hill Country views on 2222 and Loop 360 • J. Frank Dobie House • J. Blanton Art Museum • LBJ Presidential Library • Long Center for the Performing Arts • Mayfield Park and Laguna Gloria • Moonlight Tower • Mount Bonnell • O. Henry Museum • UT Performing Arts Center • Santa Rita Oil Rig • Sixth Street • Texas Capitol Building • Texas Governor's Mansion • Texas Memorial Museum of Science and History • Texas State Cemetary • The Drag • Town Lake and Auditorium Shores - Palmer Events Center • Travis County Court House • Umlauf Sculpture Garden • University of Texas at Austin • UT Royal Memorial Stadium • The Warehouse District • Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve • Visitors Center • Zilker Park