Groups to host bike tour of Austin Saturday

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Two Austin groups are inviting everyone to enjoy the best that the city of Austin has to offer as spring kicks off.

The Downtown Austin Alliance and Ride Bikes Austin will host the 2024 Arts & Parks Tour on Saturday starting at 11 a.m.

The four-hour tour begins and ends at Republic Square.

DAA said the first 100 people to register will get a 2024 Art & Parks hat and the first 200 to sign in on Saturday will get a free commemorative ride shirt.

According to DAA, you can bike the full tour on your own or walk a similar tour.

Here are the featured stops on the bike tour:

  • Republic Square + Blackbird + 2 “ARTBOX” Murals

  • The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center + Man Who Fell To Earth

  • Mexic-Arte Museum + El Mero Muro Program

  • 301 Congress Porch + Where the Wildflowers Grow

  • Tau Ceti

  • Lance Armstrong Bikeway & Red Line Trail

  • Hillside Theater Mural in Pan Am Park

  • Harvesting Hope at Huston-Tilloston University

  • Rhapsody at Charles E. Urdy Plaza Park

  • Old Bakery & Artisan Emporium

  • Treehouse + Troll at Pease Park

  • Shoal Creek Trail

The 3.19-mile walking tour is concentrated in the downtown area:

  • Republic Square + Blackbird + 2 “ARTBOX” Murals

  • The Beauty of Liberty and Equality

  • Tau Ceti

  • 301 Congress Porch + Where the Wildflowers Grow

  • Mexic-Arte Museum + El Mero Muro Program

  • Brush Square

  • Rumble

  • The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center + Man Who Fell To Earth

  • Old Bakery & Artisan Emporium

  • Curative Mural

  • Wooldridge Square

You can read more about each stop here.

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