San Antonio Historic City Tour: Full-Day Experience
4.8
259 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.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
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 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
What's Not Included
  • 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.

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.

Customer Ratings
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(259 Ratings)
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Shipleyj
May 18, 2024
Changed the way i saw the city! - The San Antonio all day tour opened my eyes to its rich history, preservation efforts and multi faceted culture. Our guide had grown up playing on what is now the Riverwalk and shared the stories about its creation and the characters instrumental in making San Antonio what it is today. From churches to missions to early homes and neighborhoods, the city’s Indian, French and Spanish influences came alive for our group. This is a small tour in a special van. Comfortable and congenial. Worth every penny. I’ve encouraged everyone i know to sign up. I went solo as my husband attended a convention and was picked up right at my hotel. Very easy to do and like being in a delightful hands on history and culture class with lunch optional in a fun restaurant and shopping area.
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Lindalb3981ze
May 15, 2024
San Antonio full day tour - Alex was well informed and entertaining: The weather was great and the transportation nice: We saw many major historic sites and attractions we can go back and explore.
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Tracey_p
May 12, 2024
Great Tour - Alex was a great guide. He made The experience fun. Highly recommend.. We loved exploring the city..
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Kay_r
May 12, 2024
Full City History Experience - We enjoyed the small tour group. It allowed everyone to get to know each other and we enjoyed having lunch together. Alex, our tour guide had so much knowledge about all the places we visited and was kind enough to explain thing that my 11 year old grandson asked about. We thought Alex’s manner was kind and respectful.
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Jp_m
May 12, 2024
Full day experience - Alex was great. The tour was informative. Would recommend the tour with Alex again. Full day is better than doing just the half day.
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Peggy_s
May 2, 2024
Take This Tour - Our guide was Asked and he was amazing! He was interesting, engaging and funny. He answered all questions and was so helpful with me getting off the van. I so appreciated that. The tour is definitely recommended, plenty to see with lots of info. Lunch was delicious, and having small group tours is so much better, more one on one!
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Fares_r
Apr 22, 2024
Fun tour - Domingo was an awesome guide, full of knowledge about the history of San Antonio and took us to some beautiful spots.
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Lisa
Apr 16, 2024
Great all day touring of San Antonio - Had a wonderful tour with Domingo. Very informative and took us to some great little gems of art and culture in San Antonio. I would highly recommend the all day tour with Domingo.
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Nanci_g
Mar 26, 2024
Great history lesson - We really appreciate how knowledgeable Domingo is of history of San Antonio's beginning. We learned a lot from the stories about the history of San Antonio, things we probably would not have learned otherwise.
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Rebeccalf8804js
Mar 22, 2024
“Pretty Cool” - This is best to book at the start of your trip. You learn so much and see things you can go back and spend more time at later. Alex was a friendly, knowledgeable tour guide who was “pretty cool, huh” 😊 I enjoyed the peaceful Tea Garden and the Riverwalk area near the Pearl. It’s a long day, but a really good day.
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