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San Antonio Historic City Tour: Afternoon
4.7
85 Ratings
San Antonio
This intimate group tour constitutes Part 2 of a comprehensive exploration of San Antonio, encapsulating its 300-year history, architectural highlights, and cultural crossroads. Apart from featuring more than 30 attractions in the Museum Reach and Mission Reach, this tour also makes 3 pit stops.
This intimate group tour constitutes Part 2 of a comprehensive exploration of San Antonio, encapsulating its 300-year history, architectural highlights, and cultural crossroads. Apart from featuring more than 30 attractions in the Museum Reach and Mission Reach, this tour also makes 3 pit stops.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- San Antonio River - The Museum Reach includes a lock and dam system that adjusts boat elevations along the San Antonio River.
- Brackenridge Park - Spanning over 300 acres, Brackenridge Park is a public space situated in the Broadway Corridor, just north of downtown San Antonio.
- Japanese Tea Gardens - Once a limestone quarry, this garden…
- San Antonio River - The Museum Reach includes a lock and dam system that adjusts boat elevations along the San Antonio River.
- Brackenridge Park - Spanning over 300 acres, Brackenridge Park is a public space situated in the Broadway Corridor, just north of downtown San Antonio.
- Japanese Tea Gardens - Once a limestone quarry, this garden offers year-round beauty with shaded paths, stone bridges, a 60-foot waterfall, and Koi ponds.
- Mission Concepcion - Mission Nuestra Señora de la PurÃsima Concepción de Acuña boasts original frescos and is the oldest unrestored stone church in the United States.
- King William Historic District - Famous for its 19th-century Victorian mansions, this area also features art studios, restaurants, and cozy coffeehouses.
- Alamo Plaza - The tour concludes at Alamo Plaza, which was originally part of the Mission San Antonio de Valero courtyard.
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off (downtown hotels only)
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Professional guide
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off (downtown hotels only)
- In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
- Guide Gratuities (optional)
- Lunch
- Guide Gratuities (optional)
- Lunch
Additional Information
- Please note the contact info you provide to Viator is what we will use to contact you, if needed. Should you wish to provide an alternative phone number or email to reach you at while traveling, please give us a call at 800-341-6000
- Please note the contact info you provide to Viator is what we will use to contact you, if needed. Should you wish to provide an alternative phone number or email to reach you at while traveling, please give us a call at 800-341-6000
Location
San Antonio River
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(85 Ratings)
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Junekid
Oct 30, 2024
Thoroughly Enjoyable - Had been to San Antonio before so, didn't want to do the downtown morning tour. This one fit the bill and guide Alex was personable and great! Showed us lesser known parts of the city, The Pearl, upper San Antonio River, and the mission. It was just
enough.
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Kellyann_s
Oct 17, 2024
Interesting and informative - Our driver did a nice job of showing us different areas around town, and finding unusual things to point out.
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P3199npluisc
Oct 17, 2024
Fun historic tour - Lots of great photo opportunities, our guide Alex G was funny and very knowledgeable, good pace, comfortable ride. Highly recommended
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Cresta_p
Sep 15, 2024
Great tour! - Domingo was great, very knowledgeable and funny kept us engaged the entire trip. Really liked not being pressured to hurry along he gave us extra time to take pictures and stop and take all of history in. Definitely recommend this if you’re not a fan of the Texas heat.
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Rebecca_a
Jul 10, 2024
Exploring San Antonio - We especially enjoyed the second mission we visited. Enjoyed seeing different parts of San Antonio that we’ve never seen before. Just really enjoyed driving around the city.
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Sharmesea_w
Mar 17, 2024
Great experience - Domingo was a great tour guide. I recommend anyone who first time coming to San Antonio to book this event. It's very fundamental and knowledgeable.
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Jessica_g
Mar 4, 2024
San Antonio Half Day Trip - The sites and information provided were awesome and interesting! Alex was very engaging and knowledgeable.
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Jane_c
Feb 11, 2024
Half day city tour - Alex did a wonderful job. I learned a lot about San Antonio! The mission and the Japanese garden were the highlights!
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Joe_r
Mar 19, 2024
ok tour - mission. Japanese garden... would like more history. stopped b the Allomo but did not view even though we asked to do so.
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Donna_h
Mar 17, 2024
Not Infomed About Tour Change - Let me start by saying that our tour leader, Alex, was wonderful. He gave a very nice tour of the things that we did see on our half day tour. Alex was well informed and did a great job of conveying the history of San Antonio as well as his pride in the city. The low score is the result of the company canceling the stops at the Japanese Garden and the grotto. We completely understood why the stops were canceled because the locations were so busy that we could not have seen the attractions in the time allotted to the tour. However. We did not learn of the cancellations until we were onboard the bus and the tour was underway. We signed up for this tour in large part because of the stop at the Japanese Garden. It seems unethical not to inform passengers that two major parts of the tour were unavailable. I give our tour leader 5 stars and the Grayline Company 2 stars.
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