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Alamo Plaza in San Antonio
Phone: 210 225-1391
San Antonio takes its name from Mission San Antonio de Valero. Established in 1718, this mission became the symbol of freedom and independence throughout the world. On March 6, 1836, 189 Texas patriots met Mexican General Lopez de Santa Anna. All 189 died, and the Texas fight for freedom had just begun. Mission San Antonio de Valero is the Alamo, "The Cradle of Texas Liberty." Admission is free. Donations help maintain the grounds.
Open Mon-Sat 9 am - 5:30 pm; Sun. 10 am - 5:30 pm. Closed Dec. 24-25
The
Alamo.org
P.O. Box 2599
San Antonio, TX 78299
Phone: (210) 225-1391)
Remember the Alamo
Wikipedia page for the Alamo
555 Funston
San Antonio, TX 78209
Phone: 210-207-3250
A working garde, reflects a part of Texas history. 33 acres of colorful, lush vegetation, native Texas exhibits. All walkways accommodate handicapped. Fee for admission.
See website or call for hours of operation
Main entrance - 2800 block of N.
Broadway
3700 N. St. Mary's
San Antonio, TX
A 343 acre showplace including 3.5 mile miniature railway, stables, rustic stone bridges and winding walks, Sunken Gardens and aerial skyride. The San Antonio Zoo is located in this park.
318 East Houston Street
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: 210-247-4000
Recently relocated back to the heart of downtown San Antonio, Buckhorn is still going strong. Along with the massive animal and horn collection and historic bar, the Buckhorn has added entertainment, an old-fashioned arcade and shooting gallery, western memorabilia and cowboy art. Fee for admission. The Texas Ranger Museum is also located here.
Open daily at 10 am.
Between Market & Durango on
Alamo St.
Mailing address:
200 E. Market St.
San Antonio, TX 78205
Site of the 1968 World's Fair, the Tower of the Americas, art galleries, theaters, museums, rides and amusements and the Institute of Texan Cultures are among the features. No admission to grounds.
Open daily 10 am - midnight
At the Witte Museum in San Antonio, TX
3801 Broadway
San Antonio, TX 78209
Phone: 210-357-1900
More than 20,000 items of memorabilia, including a detailed scale model of the 5 ring circus. Tom Thumb's carriage and oil paintings.
This collection was originally held at the San Antonio Public Library but in 2001, the exhibit was closed. Eventually, the collection was moved to the Witte Museum in San Antonio as per instructions in the Hertzberg Will.
More information on this collection
801 E. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd.
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: 800-776-7651
26 ethnic & cultural groups are featured here. 36 screen multimedia show four times daily presents events, places and faces of Texas.
Check the website for hours of operation and admission fees
Office of Historic Preservation phone: 210-215-9274
A 25 block area on the south bank of the San Antonio River. Originally setled by German merchants, today zoned as the state's first historic district. Many mansions are restored and being restored. The San Antonio Conservation Society at 107 King kWilliam Street provides a walking tour.
West Commerce at Santa Rosa
Phone: 210 207-8600
The largest Mexican market outside Mexico. The historic site of San Antonio's municipal market and center of frequent Hispanic festive cultural activities.
Open daily 10 am - 6 pm
6000 N. New Braunfels
San Antonio, TX
Phone:
210 824-5368
Private art collection and home left by Marion Koogler McNay to become a museum of modern art for San Antonio and Texas. Collection contains Gothic and Medieval, Post-Impressionism, early New Mexican arts and crafts collections.
Free admission. - Please call ahead for hours of operation
200 W. Jones Ave.
San Antonio, TX
Phone:
210 978-8100
Turn-of-the-century brewery turned art museum houses extensive permanent collections of Pre-Columbian artifacts, Spanish Colonial objects, Latin American Art, Chinese procelains and Greek and Roman Antiquities, 17th-19th century European art and 18th-20th century American paintings. Traveling exhibits.
Fee for admission; Please call ahead or check the website for hours of operation
3903 N. St. Mary's
Street
San Antonio, TX 78212
Phone: 210 734-7184
Internationally famous. One of the largest animal collections in the United States, over 50 acres housing over 3,000 specimens, over 600 species represented. Best known for its African animal collection, one of the largest and most varied in the world.
Fee for admission; Please call ahead or check the website for hours of operation
HemisFair Plaza
San Antonio, TX
Phone: 210 207-8615
750 ft. symbol of unity for the Western hemisphere. Ride in the glass elevator to the observation deck.
Fee for admission; Please call ahead or check the website for hours of operation
3801 Broadway
San Antonio, TX
78209
Phone: 210 357-1900
San Antonio landmark founded in 1926. This regional museum of history and natural science includes award-winning, hands-on exhibitions. A walk-through diorama illustrates the flora, fauna and wildlife of the state in "Texas Wild: Ecology Illustrated." The culture and cave paintings of the ancient inhabitants of the Lower Pecos area of Texas are the focus of "Ancient Texans." The Hertzberg Circu Collection is also housed at the Witte.
Fee for admission; Please call ahead or check the website for hours of operation
807 Mission Road
San Antonio, TX 78210
Phone: 210 229-5732
The oldest unrestored church in the United States. Massive twin towers show traces of the brightly colored designs used to attract the Indians to the missions. Open daily 9 am - 6 pm. Summer; Winter hours - 8 am - 5 pm
9101 Graf Road
San Antonio, Texas 78214
Phone: 210 229 5734
Mission San Francisco de la Espada
10040 Espada Road
San Antonio, Texas 78214
Phone: 210 627-2021
Both smaller than the other compounds, only the church structures remain. Beautifully simple architecture and decorative statues of cornstalk pith set them apart from the larger more imposing missions. Restoration is an on-going project at all of the missions.
Have you ever dreamed of going on an African Safari? Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch makes that dream come true - TEXAS style. In the comfort of your own automobile, view and feed exotic species from seven different countries as they roam freely. Petting zoo & picnic areas around the Visitor's Center. Don't forget your camera. Open daily.
Directions: Take I-35 north, exit #175 (FM3009) Natural Bridge Caverns Road & follow the signs.
26515 Natural Bridge Caverns Rd
San Antonio, TX 78266
Phone: 830-438-7400
Phone: 210 438-7400
Plaza Theatre of Wax
301 Alamo Plaza
San Antonio, TX 78205-2605
Phone: 210 224-9299
Themed galleries with more than 500 one of a kind exhibits from the collection of Robert Rilpley. The Plaza Theatre of Wax presents more than 225 lifelike wax figures from Hollywood, Horror, History and Religion.
Call or check the website for prices and hours.
World largest marine life park . Rides & exhibits including The Great White, the only inverted steel roller coaster in Texas. Also featured are Shamu and other killer whales. Water fun area and three acre Shamu's Happy Harbor for kids. Tropical birds and the largest zoological population of mysterious hammerhead sharks in North America.
Directions: Between loop 410 and loop 1604, Ellison Dr./ Westover Hills Blvd. Off State Highway 151
Phone: 210 523-3611
1731 S. San Marcos, #826
San Antonio, Texas
Phone: 210 492-4144
60 minute downtown Trolly Tour - get off & r3eboard at any of our seven Trolley Hop Locations. Stops at the Alamo, Hemisfair Park, Riverwalk, La Villita, Main Plaza & Market Square. NEW stops - Mission Conception and Lone Star Brewery.
Tours depart from the Alamo Visitor Center next to the Alamo.
Los Patios - San Antonio's Other Riverwalk
On Loop 410 between Starcrest and Harry Wurzbach
Phone: 210 655-6171
Open daily.
La Villita - Historic Arts Village
Santa Anna's troops stayed here. Downtown, historic La Villita (little town) is a center for arts and crafts. Restored adobe buildings house shops with unique and original works of art, fine jewelry, antiques, fashions, plants and delicious food. Many major annual events bring thousands of tourists and locals to the area. Open 10 am - 6 pm daily
Directons: On Alamo Street across from HemisFair plaza and The Convention Center
Phone: 210 207-8610
Administrative Offices
IBC Bank Building
130 East Travis, Suite 550
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Offices: 210-554-1000
Box Office: 210-554-1010
NBA Basketball
Alamodome
100 Montana
San Antonio, TX
Phone: 210 224-9600 for game information.
Six Flags Fiesta Texas Theme Park
17000 W Ih 10
San Antonio, TX 78257-9503
Phone: 210-697-5050
Stinson Chapter
1234 99th St.
San Antonio, TX 78214
Phone: (210) 977- 9885
The Texas Air Museum, with its three
locations, at Rio Hondo in the Rio Grande Valley near Harlingen; at Slaton,
near Lubbock; and at Stinson Field in San Antonio, presents the history of flight
from the early days of aviation to the present. Here you will see some of the
world's rarest aircraft, including the largest exhibit anywhere of scarce German
Focke-Wulf FW-190's
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