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Quick City Spin

Benefits the Downtown Austin Alliance Foundation

Quick Details

  • Start Times: 10:15 AM and 11:00 AM – Only on Saturdays
  • Duration: 30 minutes (non-stop, no bathroom break)
  • Departs: From SFC Farmers Market Republic Square
  • Extras: Receive discounts through our Pink Tag Partner Program
  • Benefit: 50% of each ticket sale is donated to the Downtown Austin Alliance Foundation’s work in Republic Square Park.
Adult
$15
Child *
$15
Adult Discount **
$15

Quick City Spin from SFC Farmers Market at Austin’s Historic Republic Square Park

This is our 30 minute experience is in our panoramic bus (or as we like to call it, the Texas Sized Convertible). This is the ideal pre-brunch activity, the best thing to kill time while your family shop and a fun new way to see the city! We will be dashing past our downtown Austin favorites.

And, if shopping isn’t your thing, it’s also great way kill time while your family shops the market.

AO Tours Austin has partnered with the Downtown Austin Alliance Foundation to give half of all ticket proceeds from this experience to the Downtown Austin Alliance Foundation for work in
Republic Square Project

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Who is this tour good for?

This is great for local and guests to Austin alike, but it’s especially good for those visiting the SFC Farmers Market Republic Square or looking for something quick and fun to do in downtown Austin on Saturday mornings.

Blond woman with pink hat and floral mask on tour
Black AO Tours Austin Panoramic Bus in front of Federal Courthouse in Austin, Texas
a group of people sitting in the AO Tours Austin Panoramic Bus as it passes under buildings
a person standing in front of a building
Passengers lauging and smiling on AO Tours Austin Panoramic Bus with the top down. Orange and gray fence on the left.
a group of people walking down a street next to a tree
A woman pointing at a mural on the side of a building.
a group of people walking around at SFC farmers market downtown Austin
Older style building early in the morning. Street is wet. Sky is blue with some clouds
View of Paramount Theatre in Austin Texas
View of a building with white walls and blue blocks. With the words
a statue of a woman lighting a cannon on a city street
Blond woman with pink hat taking a photo of the Texas Capitol
Round building with a big bronze star in front
a large building
Mosaic mural made up of orange, yellow, purple, blue, brown, and white tiles. Clock tower and buildings next to it. Clear blue sky.
Two passengers looking out the side of the AO Tours Austin Panoramic Bus with the top down. Trees and fence in the background.
Austin painted mural on side of a building. Taller buildings in the background. People waiting to cross the street at the corner.
a close up of a busy city street. Historic hotel building. Person waiting to cross the street and people crossing the street.
a person wearing a pink hat sitting in AO Tours Austin Panoramic Bus with face mural in the background
a group of people walking around at SFC farmers market downtown Austin
What you will see*

We’ll depart from the Historic Republic Square park, head through 2nd Street District, loop around the world famous Austin Central Library, get a peek at our beautiful Lady Bird Lake.

Then we’ll head up Congress Avenue passing by the Mexic-Arte Museum, Historic Paramount Theatre, the Contemporary Austin, the Old Bakery and Emporium, and to the Texas State Capitol.

From the Capitol we’ll head up to the University of Texas at Austin Campus,
passing by the infamous Texas Chili Parlor and the humble Austin Scottish Rite Theater.

We’ll dart down our very own MLK Blvd past the Texas State History Museum
and the Blanton Art Museum before heading to the Historic East Side.

We’ll zip past Franklin’s BBQ, The African American Cultural Center, Historic Victory Grill,
Nickel City, Hillside Pharmacy and much more.

From there we’ll loop around the Texas State Cemetery before heading back into downtown along 6th street.

We’ll pass all that is “Dirty Sixth Street”, the historic Driskill Hotel, and through the Warehouse District before stopping back at the SFC Farmers Market Republic Square.

*Subject to change due to events or closures