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San Antonio and its Spanish Missions!

by Ewingjr98 - last update: Jan 29, 2007

The San Antonio skyline...old & new
The Riverwalk ...where's Mickey Mouse?
I made my first short visits to San Antonio in 1996 and 1997, but I just returned recently to actually spend some time downtown.

San Antonio is a huge, sprawling city with well over one million inhabitants. It is really a unique mix of old and new, rich and poor, Hispanic and English. To me, there are two San Antonios: the Riverwalk area (what I jokingly referred to as "the ditch" or "the underground") and the surface (maybe "the real world").

The Riverwalk area is a marvel of modern city revitalization. This is probably one of the most densely packed shopping, eating, and sleeping areas in America if not the world. The river is calm and cool, the trees tall and green. To me, it looked just like Disney World, except I never saw Mickey. This is the safe haven in the "dangerous" city for the white upper middle-class tourists and business people.

The surface area is where the true culture and history emerge. Here you will find authentic local food at reasonable prices, historic buildings, and many of the poorer locals that don't often venture into the Riverwalk.
The Spanish Missions
Perhaps this is the only city in America where the mainstream, upper class keeps to the underground while the poor, downtrodden blue collar workers look down upon them in scorn from the city streets.

I made another trip through San Antonio in August 2006 while traveling with my dad between Houston and El Paso on our way to California.

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Ewingjr98's San Antonio Travel Tips

OverviewThings to Do
Tips: 16 - Photos: 66
 
Restaurants
Tips: 4 - Photos: 6
Hotels & Accommodations
Tips: 3 - Photos: 5
 
Nightlife
Tips: 10 - Photos: 23
Off The Beaten Path
Tips: 2 - Photos: 8
 
Tourist Traps
Tips: 1 - Photos: 2
Warnings Or Dangers
Tips: 1 - Photos: 2
 
Transportation
Tips: 1 - Photos: 3
Local Customs
 
Packing ListsShopping
 
Sports TravelGeneral Tips

Ewingjr98's San Antonio Travelogues
Title [Click to view]Travel YearPictures
Misc San Antonio PhotosJune, 2006 8
RiverwalkJune, 2006 8
Images of San AntonioJune, 2006 8
San Antonio Night PhotosAugust, 2006 5
Driving west from San AntonioAugust, 2006 8

Comments for Ewingjr98 about San Antonio
SteveOSF Tue Apr 29, 2008 00:37 UTC
 Excellent page on San Antonio. Great tips on the historic buildings. Also some nice photography.
atufft Sat Mar 24, 2007 06:31 UTC
 Nice pages for San Antonio. We didn't see ANY of the Missions, but wish we had. Also, sorry I didn't stop by O Henry's house. I saw Riverwalk the same...

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