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San Antonio Family Fun Attractions
Alamo City Ghost Tours
Explore the paranormal side of San Antonio with the Alamo City Ghost Tours. Offering day or night tours, the Ghost Tours take you through graveyards, a Spanish palace, battlefields, old hotels and much more. The tour guides bring ghost hunting equipment for people to use and share stories about why San Antonio is known as "one of the most haunted cities."
Alamo Helicopter Tours
See San Antonio and the beautiful surrounding area from the sky! Alamo Helicopter Tours is headquartered just south of downtown ant Stinson Airport and offers a variety of flights to delight every passenger and fit every budget. Tours include bird's eye views of the San Antonio River, downtown, SeaWorld San Antonio, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, the Mission Trail, the Hill Country and more.
Alamo Segway
Alamo Segway offers Segway tours of historic San Antonio. See the sites including the River Wallk, historic King William District, La Villita, Tower of the Americas, El Mercado, the Alamo and more from the comfort of your very own Segway. Gliders will need to graduate from Alamo Segway's Orientation and Training University before heading out for the sites of historic San Antonio.
Brackenridge Park
San Antonio's Brackenridge Park is 343-acres and was created from land donated to the City of San Antonio in 1899. It houses the San Antonio Zoo and the Brackenridge Eagle miniature train. Located along the headwaters of the San Antonio River,it also showcases the par-72, 6,185-yard Brackenridge Golf Course as well as jogging trails, public art and a recreation center.
Buckhorn Saloon and Museum
Discover more than 125 years of history.... Texas style. Marvel at two stories of the most exotic collections you've ever seen, from our unique horn collection, to cowboy memorabilia and fish from the Seven Seas. See a two headed calf and a lamb with eight legs! Test your hand in our authentic shooting gallery and arcade. Don't miss the world's only Wax Museum of Texas History.
Enchanted Springs Ranch
An authentic old west town right out of the 1800's used for western films, commercials, and special events. Admission includes a stroll back in time down the streets of the old west town plus a tractor wagon ride through a working ranch of Texas longhorns, horses, buffalo and lots of exotic animals.
Fiesta Farm
Fiesta Farm is a family fun place with pony rides, hay rides, petting zoos, a large sandbox and bubble machine. Available for School Field Trips with lots of hands-on education.
Market Square - El Mercado
The rich culture of San Antonio abounds throughout the plazas of Market Square with family-owned cafes, working artists and the largest Mexican market north of the Rio Grande also known as El Mercado. From early morning until late at night, Market Square is alive with activity. Visitors browse through 32 shops at "El Mercado," and 80 specialty shops in the Farmers Market Plaza.
Natural Bridge Caverns
Experience one of the world's premier caverns, Natural Bridge Caverns. Take the Discovery Tour and see what millions of others have seen - an incredible underground world of natural beauty. This 75-minute tour travels through a half-mile of the largest and most spectacular show cavern in Texas.
Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch
Have you ever dreamed of going on an African Safari? Well Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch is your dream come true, only Texas Style with hundreds of animals from all over the world roaming freely in the picturesque Texas Hill Country. Guests receive a bag of food for the animals upon arriving, and the animals come right up to the car to greet their guests and get a bit to eat.
Ripley's Believe It or Not & Louis Tussaud's Wax Works
Ripley's Believe It or Not! allows you to discover one-of-a-kind oddities, curiosities and illusions gathered from all over the world by the famed cartoonist Robert Ripley. There are over 500 exhibits - one of the largest in the world! Louis Tussaud's Wax Works features a collection of wax figures displayed within themed sections of Hollywood, Children's Land of Make Believe, Freedom's Journey..
San Antonio Botanical Garden
This 33-acre living museum entices visitors with seasonal floral displays, a serene native forest walk, exotic plant specimens from around the world, modernistic glass pyramids and even an authentic log cabin. Highlights include the Old Fashioned Perennial Garden, Rose Garden, Sacred Garden, Garden for the Blind, Kuamoto En (an authentic Japanese Garden) and extensive native collections representing the Hill Country, East and Southwest Texas.
San Antonio Children's Museum
A multi-story building with a vibrant cityscape inside, The San Antonio Childrens Museum provides engaging hands-on experiences where children and the adults actively learn through creative play. Some of the permenant exhibits include the Texas Treasure Cave Wild Texas Spring, the kid-sized Holt Front End Loader, an imaginary plane flight, the Tooth Booth and a kid-powered elevator
San Antonio IMAX Theatre Rivercenter
The giant IMAX screen, large film frames and incredible sound system create The IMAX Experience. This experience is so real you will feel that you are actually back in 1836 at the 13-day siege and fall of the Alamo when you see "ALAMO...The Price of Freedom".
San Antonio Zoological Gardens and Aquarium
The San Antonio Zoo is ranked as one of the best zoos in the nation exhibiting over 3,500 animals of 600 species. Located at the headwaters of the San Antonio River, the Zoo encompasses 35 landscaped acres. Several interaction exhibits include: Kronkoskys Tiny Tot Nature Spot, a magnificent mini-zoo designed specifically for children under 5, Butterflies! Caterpillar Flight School, a lush tropical habitat surrounded by hundreds of butterflies..
Schlitterbahn Water Park Resort
The 65-acre Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort has been called the #1 waterpark in the world by the Travel Channel. Plus, not only is Schlitterbahn the most popular summertime waterpark in the United States, but is also ranked as the #1 Kid-Friendly destination in the state of Texas. The park is located on the banks of the spring-fed Comal River in New Braunfels, just North of San Antonio.
Scobee Planetarium at San Antonio College
Children over four and adults alike will be fascinated by this introduction to the heavens. Celestial images are projected onto a domed screen 30 feet high. You'll never look up at the night sky the same way again.
SeaWorld San Antonio
From Shamu to dolphins, sharks, seals, sea lions and much more, SeaWorld San Antonio is the world's largest marine life park. After hanging out with Shamu or watching one of Sea World's shows, head over to the roller-coaster action with the Great White, which is Texas' first inverted steel roller-coaster or the Steel Eel for a bout of weightlessness.
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Six Flags Fiesta Texas is nestled within majestic 100-ft. quarry walls and celebrates the culture and history of Texas with thrilling rides, award-winning shows, Looney Tunes characters and a free waterpark! After winning the Golden Ticket Award for best theme park shows in the country for an astounding nine consecutive years..
Splashtown
With 20 landscaped acres of cool, clean water excitement, this family water-park has something fun for every age - from Kids Kove to the Siesta del Rio offering a relaxing ride down a lazy river to major water rides. StarFlight is designed for space age thrills, and there are new rides and attractions throughout the park.
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