Only in Texas could you walk into a hotel fitness center and see a genuine cowhide mechanical bull casually placed between the elliptical machines and the free weights. Along with our new friend Brutus the Bull, the Travaasa Austin also offers two-step dance classes and a Road-Rules-style challenge course in an effort to give guests the Lone Star experience. If only the hotel came with a saloon full of cowboys, we'd be all set for summer.

Brutus at the Fitness Center at the Travaasa Austin

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