Destination for a San Antonio, Texas Vacation
Our family is not one to ‘flock’ to destinations with the ‘crowds’. We research and look for the least likely traveled days when planning our vacations so we take VERY FEW vacations in the Summer – but opted to have a backyard pool for those lazy days of Summer; June, July and August.
Come Fall, though we begin to get the ‘yearning’ to getaway.
Our children attend a Private School that has the full week off at Thanksgiving so traditionally we’ve used that week for vacationing; going to the tourist spots the few days prior to Thanksgiving, then planning for Thursday – Saturday to be somewhere that doesn’t involve lines, etc.
This Thanksgiving Week, we’ve planned a vacation, Saturday – Wednesday (prior to Thanksgiving) to visit the San Antonio, Texas River Walk http://www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com/
Take a look at their photo gallery - http://www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com/photos/default.aspx
In the past, we stayed at a hotel directly on the River Walk – enjoyed it so much, we’ve booked a hotel on the Walk again this year. Breakfast overlooking the river, then most everything one would want to see or do (and more) is all within walking distance. Last time, our car never left the parking garage except the day we spent at San Antonio’s Sea World …. which we’ll take a day to attend again this year.
We discovered that the Monday prior to Thanksgiving – Sea World isn’t attended by many people at all. We pretty much at Shamu all to ourselves! http://www.seaworld.com/sanantonio/default.aspx
The San Antonio River Walk had a River Mall - http://www.shoprivercenter.com/main/index.php
Each evening it’s dinner at yet another great restaurant while sitting along the River and we always reserve one night to dine at the RainForest Café - http://www.rainforestcafe.com/
And should you have an opportunity to visit, don’t miss taking a tour of the Alamo. The Alamo is not only one of Texas’ most important historical landmarks, it is also one of the state’s most popular tourist attractions, with over 2.5 million visitors annually.
And FOR SURE, take a ride up to the top of the Hemisphere. Located near downtown San Antonio, just a short walk from the River Walk, the 15-acre HemisFair Park has undergone extensive renovation and additions over the years. Today, it features, among other things, exhibits remaining from the ’68 World’s Fair, a labrinyth of cascading waterfalls, a children’s playground and, the landmark of the San Antonio skyline, the 750-foot tall Tower of the Americas.
See is all in San Antonio - http://sanantoniotourist.com/
