Princess said:
Thanks TBC. I didn't know there was a Sea World there and I've always wanted to go to one. And the IMax sounds like a great idea. What TexMex place did you go. I'm assuming there is more than one on the Riverwalk..
Oh, and women are ALWAYS in the mood for shopping
Sounds like there is a lot of fun stuff to do there. I think my daughters going to have a great birthday
Anyone else have ideas?
I wish I could tell you the name. I've forgotten.
I'm pretty sure it's one of the more popular ones and been there for a long time because I remember going decades ago as a little kid and tourist. I think it was located either fairly close to the Riverwalk Mall or one of the main bridges and stairwell entrances.
Another idea if you want to take the family and haven't been to a location in Texas (there's about 50 in the U.S. but 6 in Texas) is Dave and Buster's. They're loads of fun! Kind of like T.G.I.F. with a better bar meets the old arcades. There's everything in them from golf simulators to prize winners to arcade video games to laser gun contests.
As far as places unique to San Antonio, these may be boring for kids, but if you're into nature, there's two awesome places..... the Japanese Tea Gardens and the San Antonio Botanical Gardens. The SABG is pretty cool because all the acres are set up to resemble Texas vegetation and geography. So if you go to the northern part of the park, they have panhandle vegetation, if you go to the western part of the park, they have deserts (they enclose it in a greenhouse with very little humidity), and so on.... If you like art, I recommend the McNay Art Museum. The building is just as impressive as the art collection. I hope I can own a home like that one day.
: (It's a former millionaire's house which was set up as a museum and dedicated to the arts.)
Some more suggestions for restaurants... if you like Japanese food, the Fujiya Restaurant. It's the place made famous by Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw. They even have a dish you can order which has everything the couple ordered on their famous trip to the restaurant. Maggie's has good margaritas and if you're into those trivia bar contests, it has a super set up in the big bar surrounding the center.
Liberty Bar is a cool restaurant. It's known as the famous place with the crooked floor. The foundation, sinkhole or something caused it to collapse. It has that hole in the wall type look, but don't be fooled, awesome food!! Very filling place!
There's several places like that in San Antonio, especially when it comes to great Tex-Mex food, just ask around with the locals and they'll let ya know what to look for.
Another thing I forgot to tell you about the Riverwalk are the Yanamamo Cruises or whatever they're called. Cheap, relaxing boat cruises down the Riverwalk and some fairly entertaining tour guides who will tell you all about the place
Also, a bit north of San Antonio (about 20 minute drive on I-35N) is New Braunfels which has a cool water park called Schlitterbahn. Check out the New Braunfels Smokehouse too. Fresh beef jerky!
Writing about that city makes me miss it. I'll tell you this, while San Antonio is known as a tourist destination, it's also an awesome place to live in! I've always described it as a big city that fills like a small town. It has a relaxed atmosphere, the highways are planned efficiently (local highways go in circles around the city), cheap cost of living, the World Champion Spurs
and it never gets too cold.
