AUSTIN GUIDE LIBRARY

The Giles Group’s Guides to Austin

Local perspective on the neighborhoods, places, and experiences that make Austin worth knowing.

Austin is a city you come to know one neighborhood, one favorite place and one local recommendation at a time. Our Austin Guide Library brings together the resources we find ourselves sharing most often with clients, friends and people getting to know the city.

Whether you’re moving to Austin, exploring a different part of town or simply looking for somewhere great to eat this weekend, consider this your starting point.

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Moving to Austin?

Start with the Austin Relocation Guide.

Austin can feel very different from one neighborhood to the next, and finding the right fit goes far beyond listings and commute times.

Our Austin Relocation Guide brings together the neighborhoods, lifestyle considerations, and local insight that can help you get a clearer sense of where you may feel most at home.

Whether you are moving from across Texas or across the country, this is where we’d start.

Looking for the good stuff?

The Insider's Guide to Austin

Our Relocation Guide helps you understand where to live and what to expect when making Austin home. This one is for everything else.

Parents in town for the weekend? Friends visiting? One free Saturday and no idea where to start? This is our running list of the restaurants, shops, swimming holes, music rooms and local rituals we actually recommend.

It isn’t exhaustive, and it isn’t trying to be. You won’t find every barbecue joint in Austin. You’ll find our favorites.

Explore Where to Live

FIND YOUR AUSTIN

Austin can change quickly from one neighborhood to the next, and the differences go well beyond what you see on a map.

Our Area and ZIP Code Guides are designed to give you the context we would want you to have before narrowing your search. Explore architectural styles and home values, typical price points, on-market and private-market activity, nearby restaurants and nightlife, parks and recreation, commute and transportation considerations, and the overall feel of daily life in each area.

The goal is to give you a clearer picture of not only what is available, but what living there actually looks like.

78701

Downtown Austin

High-rise living, Lady Bird Lake, restaurants, entertainment and life at the center of the city.

Explore 78701

78702

East Austin

Neighborhood character, acclaimed restaurants, creative culture and some of Austin's most distinctive pockets.

Explore 78702

78703

Central + West Austin

Established neighborhoods, central access and some of Austin's most enduring residential character.

Explore 78703

78704

South Central Austin

An unmistakably Austin mix of neighborhoods, outdoor spaces, restaurants and longtime local favorites.

Explore 78704

78746

West Austin & West Lake Hills

Hill Country surroundings, established communities and convenient access to the heart of Austin.

Explore 78746

78756 + 78757

North Central Austin

Established neighborhoods, local destinations and convenient access to both Downtown and North Austin.

Explore 78756 + 78757

EXPLORE HOW TO LIVE

Life Beyond the Address

Where you live is only one part of building a life in Austin.

Our lifestyle guides are designed around the places and experiences that become part of your routine, from the clubs and courts where you spend your weekends to the restaurants, parks, wellness spots, and local favorites you return to again and again.

More Austin is coming.

The Giles Group Austin Guide Library is always growing.

We're building new resources around the questions we hear most often from clients, friends and fellow Austinites.

Coming to the Library:

A curated look at the places we go to reset, from destination spas and restorative treatments to wellness studios and fitness favorites.

A guide to Austin’s private clubs, membership communities and amenities.

Parks, playgrounds and family-friendly destinations worth knowing.

Off-leash parks, trails and dog-friendly places around Austin.

A curated look at the places, people, properties, and resources that make our local horse community so special.

Whether you’re already living the equestrian life or just starting to explore it, we can’t wait to share it with you.

More Austin-area ZIP codes, communities and pockets worth exploring.

A practical resource for navigating Austin rentals and getting established in the city.

We Don’t Just Know Austin Real Estate.
We Know Austin.

We know Austin through the way we live it, work in it, and experience it with our clients every day. From neighborhoods and market nuances to the places worth knowing, that local perspective shapes how we help people make Austin their own.

That perspective shapes how we work. We pay attention to what matters now, what may matter later, and the questions that are easy to miss when you are getting to know a city or considering a new part of it.