San Antonio River Walk Tour: The Alamo to Main Plaza
Walk from the Alamo down to the river and into the heart of Spanish San Antonio.
United States
Self-guided tours in Texas
2 tours in Texas
Haunted San Antonio Walking Tour
Walk from the Alamo past storied hotels to the river and the heart of colonial San Antonio.
About Texas
Texas history in the form most people know it, from Spanish missions to the Alamo to the Republic, starts in San Antonio. Spain founded a mission and a fort beside the San Antonio River in 1718, and the city grew around them: plazas, a cathedral, old hotels and a river that the city once nearly paved over. Our Texas tour is the Haunted San Antonio Walking Tour, seven stops over 1.9 miles from the Alamo to the Spanish Governor's Palace. San Antonio's oldest buildings come with plenty of ghost stories, and the walk tells them, then tells what the history shows. You hear why the Alamo church was never finished, who kept the lights on at the Menger Hotel, the real woman behind the Yellow Rose legend at the Emily Morgan Hotel, how the River Walk was saved, how La Villita was rescued during the Depression, and how San Fernando Cathedral saw both Jim Bowie's wedding and Santa Anna's flag of no quarter. The walk takes about 1 hour 10 minutes with the stories, partly down at river level. It's a good one for the cooler hours of the day, and it ends a few minutes from Main Plaza.
Where to go in Texas
Texas: questions people ask
What audio tours are there in Texas?
The Haunted San Antonio Walking Tour: seven stops from the Alamo to the Spanish Governor's Palace, 1.9 miles and about 1 hour 10 minutes with the stories.
Does the San Antonio tour include the River Walk?
Yes. The River Walk is the fourth stop, between the Emily Morgan Hotel and La Villita.
Is the tour self-guided?
Yes. Start whenever you like. unlock the rest to hear it on the web or in the Stories app, which also works offline.
Is there a self-guided tour of Texas?
Yes. 2 tours, including "San Antonio River Walk Tour: The Alamo to Main Plaza", are on Stories. Unlock it once for your group for $4.99 and play it in your browser; the app plays each story as you arrive.
Every Stories tour plays in your browser, no app needed. How it works
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