San Antonio’s beautiful River Walk
Some years ago I first heard about the San Antonio River Walk a way to revitalize San Antonio and now I have had a chance to go and see for myself. The San Antonio River Walk is truly a shinning star of urban renewal and revitalization projects if I must say so myself. Once only known for the Alamo and little else, or at least that I can think of, San Antonio has done a great job with its River Walk. We got a room at luxury San Antonio hotels along the River Walk so we would have front row seats for the experience.
We were fortunate enough to have planned our trip to be there in September during the popular Dos Equis Pachanga del Rio, an out door festival that offers culinary samplings from around 20 resturaunts in the area. This event is accompanied by the after party, you won’t want to miss this if you make to this event.
While we were in San Antonio we took a river cruise and visit the Natural Bridge Caverns where millions have seen the stunning natural beauty of these caverns and we did too. Then there was the Ripley’s Haunting museum, Guinness World Record museum and the Tomb Rider 3-D tour all of which we had to get a look at.
San Antonio is also home to Sea World, the Alamo, Spalshtown, Towers of America and so much more that we didn’t get to see or do. So a return visit will be a must!
The other thing we did enjoy about the river walk were the number of galleries and the inclusion of several museums: The Buckhorn Saloon and Museum, Eclectic Gallery, The Briscone Western Art Museum to name a few. Shopping included the 5 and Dime, Jake’s Place for gifts fro the entire family. And of course there is the Alamo. A must see since this is a world famous attraction. Originally built as a mission in 1724 and used as a fort in the infamous battle of the Alamo. San Antonio offers the old and the new the traditional and the modern all in a friendly and relaxing laid back environment.
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