Runner's Paradise
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 9/13/05
Love the location on Town Lake. There are miles of paths for jogging by the lake, under bridges, over bridges, softly undulating for a good work out. If you get bored with running, you can rent boats or Kyaks and go boating on the week ends. While you're at it you can watch crews rowing, other boats, ducks, geese, and believe it or not, bats.
Yes, BATS. The Congress Street Bridge just West of the Hotel is designed with bat shelters underneath and you can watch thousands of bats leave their nests to begin foraging for insects every evening. Makes the lake a lot more pleasant, too. I've never been bitten by mosquitoes there.
The central location is ideal for visiting the shops on sixth street or getting to appointments in the city. the presence of I 35 next door is key to visitig other cities in Central Texas, as well as Dallas and San Antonio.