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San Antonio Historic City Tour: Full-Day Experience
4.8
319 Ratings
San Antonio
Discover the rich history and vibrant culture of San Antonio on this full-day city tour. Explore over 60 points of interest, including the Downtown Reach, Museum Reach, and Mission Reach, and learn about the city’s architecture and diverse heritage.
Discover the rich history and vibrant culture of San Antonio on this full-day city tour. Explore over 60 points of interest, including the Downtown Reach, Museum Reach, and Mission Reach, and learn about the city’s architecture and diverse heritage.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- La Villita Historic Arts Village - Explore the art galleries and stores selling gifts, custom jewelry, pottery, and imported Mexican folk art.
- Hemisfair - Listen to the history of HemisFair ‘68 - the official 1968 World’s Fair themed “The Confluence of Civilizations in the Americas”
- St. Paul Square - See St. Paul Square, Historic…
- La Villita Historic Arts Village - Explore the art galleries and stores selling gifts, custom jewelry, pottery, and imported Mexican folk art.
- Hemisfair - Listen to the history of HemisFair ‘68 - the official 1968 World’s Fair themed “The Confluence of Civilizations in the Americas”
- St. Paul Square - See St. Paul Square, Historic Sunset Station- the historic Southern Pacific Railroad depot terminal
- Museum Reach: San Antonio River Walk - Points of interests include: ButterKrust Bakery; Doseum; Botanical Gardens; McNay Art Museum; Incarnate Word University; Witte Museum
- San Antonio River - Listen to exciting narratives and sounds of the San Antonio River
- Pearl Brewery - Learn the history of the Pearl Brewery complex.
- Historic Market Square - Shop or have lunch at El Mercado - the largest Mexican market in the nation.
- Brackenridge Park - Listen to exciting narratives and sounds
- Japanese Tea Gardens - Explore the gardens, koi ponds, water fall, and tea house
- San Antonio Missions National Historical Park - Listen to exciting narratives and sounds
- Mission Concepcion - Experience the history of the church, grounds, and exhibitions at the oldest unrestored stone church in the nation. See the original frescos at this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Southtown - Listen to exciting narratives and sounds
- King William Historic District - Listen to exciting narratives and sounds
What's Included
- Explore 60 points of interest on a full-day city bus tour
- Comfortable in-vehicle air conditioning
- Convenient hotel pick-up and drop-off for downtown hotels from 8:30 AM
- Explore 60 points of interest on a full-day city bus tour
- Comfortable in-vehicle air conditioning
- Convenient hotel pick-up and drop-off for downtown hotels from 8:30 AM
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Lunch
- Gratuities
- Lunch
Additional Information
Explore the uniqueness of San Antonio in an intimate day-tour that unveils the city’s rich history, striking architecture, and blend of cultures. Discover the city through captivating stories and audio effects connected to various historic places and important events, covering more than 60 attractions. The tour provides a comprehensive look into San Antonio’s Downtown Reach, Museum Reach, and Mission Reach.
Explore the uniqueness of San Antonio in an intimate day-tour that unveils the city’s rich history, striking architecture, and blend of cultures. Discover the city through captivating stories and audio effects connected to various historic places and important events, covering more than 60 attractions. The tour provides a comprehensive look into San Antonio’s Downtown Reach, Museum Reach, and Mission Reach.
Location
La Villita Historic Arts Village
418 Villita St,
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
4.8
(319 Ratings)
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Fannypi4235vo
Feb 9, 2025
Fabulous - The whole tour was amazing. Excellent tour guide, very knowledgeable and friendly,
highly recommend it !!!!!! It was really worth it.
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Chiarass2951vp
Jan 16, 2025
Super organized and eventful tour - My city tour with Alex was mega. I was lucky enough to have a solo tour despite booking a group tour. He picked me up on time at 8:20 and I got to learn a lot about San Antonio. In the afternoon I was allowed to decide for myself where I wanted to go first. In the end, he was so sweet and let me out of university where I would otherwise have had to take an Uber. Accordingly, simply a super great tour. I would do it over and over again.
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792debbyr
Jan 9, 2025
Great Tour - Alex was an excellent tour guide and knew so much history of the city we really enjoyed him and the day ! We hadn’t been to San Antonio before so it was great to get do much information
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Kyle_d
Jan 7, 2025
Best snippet city tour - Alex was a wonderful guide! He was very thorough throughout the whole tour and we never missed a single information because every question we had he had an answer to. I highly recommend requesting him as a tour guide. He’s one of the best we’ve had. Just fyi, the Alamo isn’t included in this. But we already knew that coming into the tour as it was stated in the experience. 10/10 highly recommend!
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Jo_e
Dec 25, 2024
Domingo was very... - Domingo was very knowledgeable filling his talks with lots of interesting details. The tour covered lots of S. A. highlights very efficiently. This was so much easier than figuring out the logistics of getting from one place to the next.. Very enjoyable
My only complaint was with company organization.....I would have liked to know the pick up time earlier than the morning of the tour
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Shannaleed2024
Dec 24, 2024
San Antonio tour - The tour guide was so much fun. She knew a lot of the historical facts. She was able to answer all the questions. The tour was right on time. So fun to learn the city this way
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Mike_k
Dec 18, 2024
German influence in San antonio - Alex our tour guide was great. I would recommend him. Great sense of humor. Along with his presentation.
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Tena_t
Dec 13, 2024
Informative and Interesting All-Day Tour - This was a terrific all-day tour. We saw many historic buildings around San Antonio. Our guide, Domingues (sorry if this is spelled incorrectly), was extremely knowledgeable about the history of San Antonio and provided the information in an interesting way. We spent lunch time in Market Square which has lots of shopping and a couple of places to eat. We went to the Grotto which was truly an awesome and amazing work of art!! We highly recommend this tour!
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Sandra_f
Dec 25, 2024
Lots of history here. ... - Lots of history here. Domingo was very knowledgeable!! Some stops I thought were unnecessary, and others were great.
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Dennnis_j
Dec 30, 2024
Lots of filler - We did not visit the Alamo. Two other groups thought the trip included the Alamo. In other words, everyone in our tour group ( 9 people) felt they were misled. How can a historic tour of San Antonio omit The Alamo. Lots of filler on this trip. The value is poor. We have taken many viator trips in the past and they are usually good. Unfortunately, the San Antonio tour is mediocre.
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