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Hauntings in the Heart of Austin: An 8-Stop Downtown Ghost Walk from the Driskill Hotel
604 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701
Research updated August 2026
Age
Not specified by the operator
Cost
$
Austin Ghost Tour: Hauntings in the Heart of Austin, $20 per ticket (advertised by the operator as a summer special). Pricing per the operator's own site.
Access
Limited Access
A roughly 1-mile downtown Austin walking tour visiting 8 stops from the Driskill Hotel to Capitol Square; the operator states it is not wheelchair accessible.
Equipment
Photos OK
The Driskill Hotel (1886), downtown Austin · Downtown Austin's Capitol Square area
Nitty Gritty City Tours of Austin runs several downtown walking tours, including a general history tour (The Story of Austin), a Wild West-themed pub crawl, a true-crime walking tour (Austin Ripper 1885), and its Austin Ghost Tour: Hauntings in the Heart of Austin, which departs from the Driskill Hotel, a landmark 1886 hotel long associated with Austin ghost-tour routes. The company carries a strong review presence on Tripadvisor and GetYourGuide, where its tours are rated highly for guide storytelling.
Sources
The operator advertises the tour as visiting "8 haunted sites in downtown Austin," starting at the Driskill Hotel and ending near Capitol Square. Specific stop-by-stop legends are not detailed on the operator's public tour page beyond the Driskill's reputation as one of Austin's most storied haunted hotels.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing material, not documented history independently verified for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tour covers, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
A roughly 1-mile, 1.5-hour downtown walking tour covering 8 reportedly haunted sites, beginning at the Driskill Hotel and ending near Capitol Square. Runs Friday and Saturday at 8:00pm; $20 per ticket.
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Meeting point and featured stop; one of downtown Austin's best-known reportedly haunted hotels.
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