The River Walk

Even more touristy than The Alamo is the San Antonio River Walk. It was built by the city on the route of the San Antonio River. The river was dammed off to make sure it was always the same depth and a nicely landscaped walk was built along about 2.5 miles of the river. Along the river are all the usual tourist attractions you see everywhere and lots of great restaurants.

As much as I normally hate sites built as tourist destinations the River Walk was quite pleasant and the restaurants we visited were very good. I started by walking across downtown to the far northern tip of the River Walk and was going to walk back along the river to my hotel. Unfortunately the north end was being renovated.

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Other Stuff Around San Antonio

We did walk around the rest of San Antonio as well. Here I put some pictures of stuff that doesn't fit into any of the other categories.

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