day trips from austin

hi

i,m going to austin and would like to visit san antonio for a day, possibly two days if nescessary , is this feasable, i%26#39;m not sure of the distance? i%26#39;m not intending to hire a car so would be relying on public transport. also recommendations for other places that are suitable for daytrips from austin would be appreciated

day trips from austin

If you are not planning to hire a car, day trips from Austin will be difficult, if not impossible. There has been much discussion on these forums about transportation options from Austin to San Antonio and back without a car, and the consensus seems to be that you can do Amtrak (rail) and hope that it is running on schedule, or take a Greyhound bus. The Amtrak takes three and half hours (from 7:00pm until 10:25pm) for what would be an hour and a half drive at most. The train is very often late getting to Austin, and thus late getting to San Antonio. There are several more options if you travel by Greyhound bus and it does get you there a bit faster. Here is the website for Greyhound -- http://www.greyhound.com/home/

Any other day trips would really require a car. We just don%26#39;t have the public transportation system here in Texas that you would see on the East Cost of the United States or in Europe.

day trips from austin

totally agree with the previous post - San Antonio is a one hour drive from Austin but I%26#39;m sure a bus would take a bit longer - the only ';day trip'; I can think of from Austin (if you drink wine) would be to hire a limo to do a tour of the Texas vineyards in the Hill Country west of Austin - yes, we do have quite a lot of vineyards here in Texas which people seem to forget about

You really should see San Antonio. Hire a car and make the drive. It is just over an hour, Interstate highway all the way to downtown San Antonio, where you can park the car and spend the entire day walking and using the trolley. Even if you have never driven on the ';wrong'; side of the road it should be quite easy to manage...nothing like driving in London or Los Angeles.