San Antonio, Texas: Ideal for a family holiday

It is the home of the Alamo ... and much more. For picture gallery of the Alamo Go - http://www.thealamo.org. One of the most interesting things to know that The Alamo is smack in the middle of downtown San Antonio. Make centrally on the situation!

I do not know how about you, but if I children during the holidays, I would like a bit of everything - fun, some thrills, some culture, good food, a learning experience. San Antonio has it all.

THE ALAMO

Sam Houston, DavyCrockett, William Barrett Travis, Jim Bowie, and Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana Perez de Lebron, better known as Santa Ana, would be disposed of no prisoners taken ... the line in the sand ...

American frontiersmen - including some of its most colorful leaders - (writes Lamont Wood) gather to support a revolution against a foreign despot, and keep pace against a massive opportunity. Until the climatic moment, where they are destroyed, with a large number of enemies with them. TheirVictims of changes in history. "

He continues: "It's one thing wrong about this romantic story, one that sets it apart from others is like it: not done, as described. And since then, the Alamo has lodged itself deep into the American psyche ... It has to do with the fact that we measure our experiences to the extreme situation, not against mediocre. The Alamo such an extreme. It teaches us that, even when you're surrounded, outnumbered twelve fifty, they have announcedThey take no prisoners, and they are pouring over the walls, in your soul, you too have options. You can decide that something is worth dying. It is here where you will stand. It is here where you will draw the line. "

Before you tour the Alamo, take in the IMAX film "The Price of Freedom". It is the story, to tell your children, and stir your soul.

Once you've seen this, Alamo and visited the souvenir shop (the children get a Davy Crockett outfit and get somebluebonnet seeds) Check out the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum and the Plaza Wax Museum. Then simply ride a horse.

RIVERWALK

San Antonio Riverwalk is just down the road from the Alamo. Get over the stairs to find themselves in another world - 3 miles of beautiful shops, restaurants, clubs and artists. Take a boat ride and get the historical tour of the city as you pass the building you are looking for. Come at Christmas and it's all lit with Christmas treeLights. So relaxing and beautiful and very romantic.

How unique is it? It's occurring in films, most recently, "Miss Congeniality" with Sandra Bullock and William Shatner (Captain Kirk).

BUCKHORN sedan and HALL OF HORNS

Just a short two blocks from the Alamo, you two stories about the search for "the most exotic collection you've ever seen, from our unique horn collection, to cowboy memorabilia and fish from the Seven Seas, a two-headed calf and lamb with 8 legs. "There is aShooting gallery and arcade, a restaurant, and of course a souvenir shop

BLUE STAR COMPLEX

To eat a complex of former warehouses with galleries and studios, contemporary art, student exhibitions, theater and alternative Brew Pub with handcrafted beers and good things. The Blue Star Arts Complex has a family-oriented activities throughout the year.

WATER FUN

Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort is located in the picturesque town of New Braunfels, just 30 miles from the SA airport.

AFamily firms place, it contains something for everyone - Hoses rapids, five stories high, and water fun house, an all-out fighting water cannons, thrill rides for the teens, and water play areas for children, with lifeguards (Lagoon Kiddie Park Pollywog Pond, Children's Haven, Squirt 'n' Slide) and large relaxing hot tub (paddle up to the bar for snacks, sodas and mixed drinks). Each of the toddler to the great-grandparents can be here one day.

Admission to the parkWater includes all rides and attractions, the use of hoses, life jackets, boogie boards and trams. Tips from a frequent visitor: wear water shoes. The pavement gets hot in the summer!

Schlitterbahn is open to full-time mid-May to August. The schedule is published on its website, as well as driving instructions.

WHILE in New Braunfels:

Play the small but challenging 9-hole golf course, spend some time at John Newcombe's Tennis Ranch, or a picnic in Landa Park,including trains, boats, paddles, rope swing and a bath in the river Comal.

There are also some great German bakeries and restaurants, and 6 miles west of town is Dry Comal Creek Vineyards - "Pretty enough to be nestled in the hills of a California valley or strategically placed on the rolling hills of southern France."

You will not want to miss the Snake Farm and Exotic Animal Park - part of the "Corridor of Curiosities," it is an experience. It has just a nice feeling to it,She has to travel as if you were a child. And if you're a fan Hummel are offering, the New Braunfels Museum of Art & Music (formerly Hummel Museum) Hummel figurines and drawings and paintings, it all began

GREEN, TX - "Gently resisting change for 100 years"

Located just on the way from New Braunfels on the Guadalupe River, visit Gruene, Texas. At the Grist Mill Restaurant You can dine outside overlooking the river and enjoy some fried catfish and TexasPinto beans and great Strawberry Shortcake. Spend the night at the Gruene Mansion Inn (http://www.gruenemansioninn.com) you on the National Register of Historic Places and Texas Historic Landmark And do not miss Gruene Hall, the oldest operating dance hall in Texas, and The arrangement of this wonderful dancehall scene in "Michael." Screened in, live music, a step back in time. I know I have some vintage play dominoes look around the bar. They have a gospel brunch with a Texas Twistand a huge buffet every 2nd Sunday.

Natural Bridge CAVERNS

See one of the longest soda straw formations in North America - 14 'in length. What is it? Come find out. Pan for Hidden Gems in the Mining Company.

Option - The Adventure Tour ... if you dare. A new experience spelunking. Physically demanding, you will be equipped with cavinf anxiety and may differ from the rope through a 160 'shaft be reduced (or use the Walk-) in the tunnel. Included abseiling, the adventure tour you willequipped with gear and caving may be replaced by rope through a 160 foot well shaft or you can use to reduce the walk-in tunnel

Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch

Texas-style, you go through, and the animals to come to the car - free feed input given. There is a petting zoo and Walk-A-Bout. Open daily. Over 50 different types of Addax antelope to zebras, llamas, ostriches. "Horn-to-horn combat, the birth of newborns and mating rituals" included.

MARKETSQUARE

As the largest Mexican market outside Mexico-Billed, it is a good way to spend a few hours, with shops, entertainment, restaurants, and often celebrated a Mexican festival of some kind.

I told you it was something for everyone, and I have not even mentioned missions Trails, a tour of the Spanish missions, or the Alamodome. And of course the two major theme parks - Sea World and Six Flags Fiesta Texas.

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