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What To Do In San Antonio, Texas. This city of just over a million people is just the right distance from most of the state's population centers to feel like a real journey, and it's got just the right number of attractions to last two or three days at an easy pace. Plus, it's refreshingly different from almost every other place in Texas, a kind of Spanish colonial theme park with good restaurants. San Antonio seems to swell on the weekends, at least in its tourist precincts. While a lot of the city's visitors come for the endless procession of conventions -- people wearing name tags are bumping into each other 365 days a year down on the Riverwalk -- the weekenders make San Antonio bulge. |
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The centerpiece of San Antonio remains the Alamo, the old stone mission at 300 Alamo Plaza that is the lodestone of Texas history. In 1836 Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie and 187 other defenders died at the hands of Santa Anna and the Mexican Army. |
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San Antonio is unique. For decades, in fact, much civic energy has been dedicated to making certain that San Antonio gets discovered, and as a result the city is now a favorite tourist and convention destination. |
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The King William Historic District in San Antonio, Texas, a residential area on the San Antonio River about a mile from the Alamo, is filled with lovely restored mansions and houses made of local limestone and caliche blocks. The earliest houses date from 1850, and the styles range from neo-Classical to Greek Revival to Italianate to gingerbread Victorian. During Fiesta, the King William Fair, April 28, offers a neighborhood open house with a funky street parade, food booths, and arts and crafts. The most prominent houses are on King William Street and Madison Street. |
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