San Antonio offers a variety of outdoor activities such as visiting the botanical garden, wildlife ranch, and amusement parks. Impromptu activities include walking around the Mexican market and river walk. Sports enthusiasts can enjoy golfing and ice skating. Spectator activities include city tours and hot air balloon rides. Festivals and parties are also available throughout the year.
Some outdoor activities in San Antonio give you the opportunity to appreciate nature, such as a visit to the San Antonio Botanical Garden, or nature and history, such as a visit to the San Antonio Missions National Historic Park. If you crave some wildlife with your flora, try Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch, SeaWorld Adventure Park, or the San Antonio Zoological Gardens and Aquarium. And if rides are what you crave, try Six Flags Fiesta Texas or Splashtown.
Can some outdoor activities in San Antonio be done on an impromptu basis? Of course: not only can you walk around El Mercado/Market Square, the largest Mexican market outside of Mexico, but you can also enjoy a walk along the Paseo del Rio/River Walk. But that’s not all: the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department boasts over 225 parks, with a wide variety of amenities including playgrounds, hiking and biking trails, picnic tables, dog parks, sports fields and skate parks.
Outdoor activities in San Antonio for the sports enthusiast include golfing at the city’s more than 40 practice ranges and golf courses. Miniature golf and believe it or not ice skating are available at the Northwoods Ice & Golf Center.
If you’re looking for outdoor activities in San Antonio that engage spectators rather than participants, consider taking a river cruise or city walking tour. Alamo Battlefield Tours are available, and in the city you can find Segway tours with Alamo Segway, spooky tours with Alamo City Ghost Tours, or The Ghosts and Legends of San Antonio tours, and there’s also the more standard San Antonio City Tours that lets you see the city from a trolley. You can also try Incredible Journeys’ hot air balloons or motorized parachutes for a tour that takes flight.
Other outdoor activities in San Antonio include outdoor parties and festivals. These include the monthly Houston Street Fair & Market, which, despite its name, is located in San Antonio, Remember the Alamo weekend with dramatizations of the battle, Poteet Strawberry Festival, Fiesta San Antonio!, Cinco de Mayo, Texas Folklife Festival, Juneteenth, On July XNUMXth, Diez y Seis, Jazz’SAlive, Oktoberfest, Wustfest, El Dia de los Muertos, Ford Fiesta de las Luminaria and Celebrate San Antonio on New Year’s Eve.
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