IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Travel Nav

America’s healthiest cities

Follow us on

More photos

from Food & Wine
San Francisco, California See more

See more of America’s healthiest cities at F&W

Best of Travel Videos

  • Austin, Texas
  • Newport, Rhode Island
  • San Francisco, California
  • Portland, Oregon
  • Seattle, Washington
  • Austin, Texas
    Austin, Texas

    With the 351-acre Zilker Metropolitan Park and 200 biking, hiking and running trails, green space is abundant in Austin. Lush championship golf courses are also a big draw for visitors -- Barton Creek Resort has four on its property alone. Stay at the Lake Austin Spa Resort (pictured), where the calendar is packed with sporty activities like yoga and paddleboarding. For dinner, forge the state’s famous barbecue in favour of seafood at Uchi, where chef-owner Tyson Cole makes a case for eating fish. (Courtesy of Lake Austin Resort)

Austin, Texas

With the 351-acre Zilker Metropolitan Park and 200 biking, hiking and running trails, green space is abundant in Austin. Lush championship golf courses are also a big draw for visitors -- Barton Creek Resort has four on its property alone. Stay at the Lake Austin Spa Resort (pictured), where the calendar is packed with sporty activities like yoga and paddleboarding. For dinner, forge the state’s famous barbecue in favour of seafood at Uchi, where chef-owner Tyson Cole makes a case for eating fish. (Courtesy of Lake Austin Resort)

Latest articles and features

BBC Travel content is produced in partnership with Lonely Planet. Lonely Planet is a unit of BBC Worldwide. The information supplied by BBC and its partners was accurate at the time of publication. BBC accepts no responsibility for any loss resulting from this information. Verify critical information before travel.

BBC © 2013 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.