SAN ANTONIO, CENTRAL TEXAS
Best Time to Visit Central Texas
San Antonio, a major hub at Central Texas, is also a top tourist destination. San Antonio is an attractive city, with plenty of festivals, nightlife, entertainment, outdoor activities and cultural options.
See:
Best time to visit & travel San Antonio, Central Texas
When not to go to San Antonio
What to visit in San Antonio
Hotels and flights to San Antonio
See also:
Texas state
Austin
Corpus Christi and Mustang Island
Dallas
Fort Worth
East Texas
Galveston
Houston
Hill Country
Panhandle, Lubbock and Amarillo
South Padre Island
South Texas Beach Resorts
West Texas, El Paso
WHAT TO VISIT IN SAN ANTONIO
San Antonio River Walk is an obligatory and romantic reference in San Antonio's downtown. The several San Antonio missions (the Alamo, in downtown, is the most popular) are other big reference in San Antonio travel offer.
In the cultural side, the Buckhorn Museum, also in downtown, is another obligatory visit. But there is other excellent cultural-travel options in downtown: the San Fernando Cathedral, the Spanish Governors Palace, La Villita (the historic center), or theMexican Cultural Institute and the Tower of the Americas (in Hemisfair Park).
For music and nightlife the River Walk and La Villita districts are the best options.
For more information on outdoor activities in San Antonio:
Adventure Club San Antonio - Outdoor social club for the San Antonio metropolitan area
BEST TIME TO TRAVEL TO SAN ANTONIO AND CENTRAL TEXAS
San Antonio is a year-round destination, but Spring and Fall, with their mild temperatures, are the best times to visit the city.
Summer is a bad season for travellers who want to avoid heat and humidity: Summers tend to be too hot and too humid, with often violent (though brief) thunderstorms.
Winter isn't usually a bad time to visit San Antonio, but you may face the possibility of very low temperatures.
You may also want to equate the festivals issue - an interesting feature of San Antonio. In this case, take into account the schedule of the most important festivals:
. San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo: early February (www.sarodeo.com)
. Fiesta de San Antonio (parades, cookouts, music concerts): April, (www.Fiesta-sa.org)
. Tejano Conjunto Festival: country music of central Texas, May (www.guadalupeculturalarts.org)
. Texas Folklife Festival, in June.
WHEN NOT TO GO TO SAN ANTONIO AND CENTRAL TEXAS
Summer is too hot and too humid and Winter has regular cold snaps you may want to avoid.
If you also want to avoid the hurricane season, then do not go in the June trough October period.
For details on precipitation, temperatures, humidity and other weather variables, see Austin Weather Table.
HOTELS AND FLIGHTS TO SAN ANTONIO, CENTRAL TEXAS
Downtown hotels tend to be luxury and expensive - reflecting the cost of the San Antonio River Walk romanticism, joys and opportunities.
Most inexpensive hotels are in I-35 and Congress Avenue. But B&B might be a a better option. Try, for B&B:
Alamo Stree Victoria Inn
A Yellow Rose B&B
Brackenridge House
Bullish House Inn
RiverWalk Vista
San Antonio International Airport, is just a couple of miles out of downtown.
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