Alamo Plaza San Antonio

This is a wonderful museum and small. The park is great and peaceful. It feels that here is a lot of historical spirit in the air.

After the movies i have seen about Alamo this complete my understanding about the Texas and USA history. I really recommend you to visit this place. Great place to see. You see for ex guns and clothes from …

We headed to San Antonio on Sunday afternoon. When we arrived, we headed to Hotel Valenica on the Riverwalk - which was the hotel where my aunt Kathy and uncle Henry had made reservations for us with their gift certificate. It was a gorgeous hotel, and again, THANK YOU! After checking in and bringing up our stuff for the night, we headed out and …

That was a very long and tiring drive from El Paso to San Antonio. Started at 2:30 in the afternoon and reached after midnight. Most of the driving was in the dark and I felt like I am out of touch with driving at night. At one point, I saw two huge flying trucks !! While I was still blinking my eyes and thinking maybe we have finally arrived at …

... many are like us, staying maybe a week.  It lies about 20 miles outside San Antonio. The San Antonio Missions consist of five missions--the Alamo being one--established by the Spanish Franciscan Friars in the early 1700's.  Their aim was to ...

... Mexico that resulted in the Alamo battle, and how this resulted in Texas being first independent, then eventually part of the United States. A former elected member of the US senate and frontiersman, David (Davy) Crockett, was killed there along with ...

... about the background information, etc. What I never knew about the Alamo is that it is right downtown-in fact, San Antonio is formed around it. The Alamo Plaza is a tourist hotspot and even a place for locals to hang out. After a short visit to the ...

See a video why Cecille really wanted a wipe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI56uFoZ3mA See more clips: "Don't Scream"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFHMiUuuocQ "Is it Wet"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB3_ARdqxQ8 "%$#@! .....damn bird!" ...

... at Country Line BBQ.  The BBQ was ok, but later in our trip we decided that the BBQ is better at Rudy's Cafe, outside San Antonio.  We sat outside on the patio, along the walkway of the Riverwalk giving us a great seat for people watching.  I think ...

... because US adventurers and more Texian joined the Texas army and soon defeated the Mexican army.  Near the Alamo is the famous San Antonio River walk. These are walkways along the San Antonio river littered with restaurant rows. I took my ...

... us from walking around though.  We visited the Alamo and learned about the last several hundred years of Texas history.  The Alamo is such a well preserved and fascinating piece of history.  It is well worth the visit and learning experience. ...

Thursday, April 7th Today we had pancakes at the Chuck Wagon in our campground and then caught the bus to downtown San Antonio. After getting off the bus we first headed to the Alamo to check it out. It was pretty interesting. We caught a very ...

... boutique hotel -the Emily Morgan Hotel. http://www.emilymorganhotel.com/  We walked around the Alamo Plaza and stumbled upon the San Antonio Visitor's Center. Before leaving Birmingham, we printed coupons from their website, but they ...