Capital Metro has a weekend bus route that provides passengers with a safe, easy way to travel between Austin's many cultural, historic and outdoor attractions. Bus route 470, also know as "Tour the Town," runs every 30 minutes on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and on Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Tour the Town starts at the LBJ Library on the University of Texas campus, winds through campus, past the Capitol, and through downtown. From there, the route crosses the Congress Avenue bridge into South Austin, travels the length of Barton Springs Road to Mopac, and finally loops back up Congress, through downtown and back to the UT campus.

Museums along Tour the Town include the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, the Texas Memorial Museum, Mexic-Arte Museum, the Austin Museum of Art, Austin Children's Museum and the Umlauf Sculpture Garden. Passengers who find themselves hungry or thirsty will appreciate Tour the Town's drive past restaurants, coffee houses and bars along the drag at UT, down Sixth Street, and through "restaurant row" on Barton Springs Road. For those who want to enjoy Austin's outdoors, Tour the Town will make stops at Zilker Park and its Botanical Gardens, the Austin Nature Center and Barton Springs Pool.

One-way fare for Tour the Town is the same as for other fixed route services: $0.50 per passenger, or for just $1 you can ride all day. Read more at http://www.capmetro.org/riding/tourthetown.asp