5 stops on the route
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Historic 6th Street
6th Street, Congress to Red River
Dirty Sixth: Victorian storefronts, neon and live music spilling into the street.
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The Driskill Bar
6th and Brazos
Leather chairs, a stained-glass dome and live music. The classy stop on a night out.
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Good to know
- Starts
- Rainey Street. We can pick you up at your hotel instead.
- Finishes
- West 6th
- Distance
- 3 to 4 miles, plus time at each stop.
- Guests
- Up to three per cab. Bigger groups ride together in more cabs.
- Price
- From $260 per cab. See all tour fares, or build a custom tour.
Rider guide
The route, timing and talking points for the rider giving this tour. Guests are welcome to read along. About 85 minutes at stops, plus riding time.
- Friday and Saturday nights add $20 an hour after sunset. Riders don't supply alcohol; guests can drink in the cab, no glass.
- Route: Rainey Street, north to Red River, west along 6th (on foot through the barricaded blocks), the Driskill, then West 6th.
- Agree the fare before the ride. Austin requires it, and the fare has to be posted in the cab.
- Up to three guests per cab, everyone over six in a seat.
- Don't ride on the Capitol grounds or UT campus roads (state property) or on hike-and-bike trails. Narrate from the street.
- The Pfluger Bridge and the sidewalks beside the Lady Bird Lake bridges are fine to ride.
- Weekend nights, 6th Street is barricaded: don't enter without APD permission. Stage at Brazos or Red River.
- Don't supply alcohol. Guests can drink in the cab, no glass.
- Ride the route yourself before leading it, and check anything marked 'check' in the talking points.
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Rainey Street
about 15 minWhere to stop: Weekend nights Rainey closes to cars, with drop-off at the ends; pedicabs are a natural fit. Use the Cesar Chavez end.
- The houses date from the 1880s to the 1930s; the district has been on the National Register since 1985.
- The first bar, Lustre Pearl, opened in 2009. Now nearly every house is a bar or patio.
- Great contrast shot: little porches in front, 50-story towers behind.
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Red River Cultural District
about 20 minWhere to stop: Stage on Red River at the edge of the closed blocks and walk guests in.
- Stubb's started as C.B. Stubblefield's barbecue joint and became one of the city's best outdoor venues.
- The Vaughan brothers and countless others came up in clubs along this street.
- Check the night's lineups before the tour and point out who's playing.
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Historic 6th Street
about 20 minWhere to stop: Barricaded weekend nights, and pedicabs can't enter without APD permission. Stage at Brazos or Red River and hand off on foot.
- One of the best-preserved Victorian commercial streets in Texas.
- The Ritz, the old theaters and saloons date to the 1800s.
- Weekend nights it closes to traffic and becomes a giant block party.
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The Driskill Bar
about 20 minWhere to stop: Drop at the Brazos entrance and hold the cab on Brazos.
- Upstairs in the 1886 hotel; one of the few downtown bars with a dress-up feel.
- Good place for the group to catch their breath between Rainey and Red River.
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West 6th
about 10 minWhere to stop: Easy curbside drop on 6th west of Lavaca.
- Quieter, more upscale bars and patios.
- Good last stop, closer to the hotels west of Congress.
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