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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Places to visit in and around San Antonio

Here is a list of places to visit and things to do while visiting San Antonio:

The "typical" tourist attractions - some free, most not:

1. Downtown San Antonio
2. Fiesta Texas (Six Flags) (about $32 per person)
3. Sea World (about $43 per person)
4. Schlitterbahn ($38 adults/$30 kids)

Local/Regional places to visit (not your typical tourist places)
1. Downtown Boerne (nice to walk around and shop for stuff)
2. Cave Without a Name (really impressive cave system in Boerne $14 for adults/$7 for kids)
3. Government Canyon State Park (hiking/nature trails)
4. Enchanted Springs Ranch ($12 adults/$6 kids, near Boerne)
5. Guadalupe State Park (on the Guadalupe River)
6. Enchanted Rock (terrific, but best done when cool outside)
7. Old Tunnel Bat Cave (bat sightings at dusk)
8. Admiral Nimitz Museum (top quality WWII museum)
9. Ice Skating ($9 a person)
10. Luckenbach (Famous biker destination, country music)
11. Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch ($16.50 adults/$8.50 kids)

Places Near Austin
1. Hamilton Pool (about 40 min outside of Austin)
2. Mount Bonnell Lookout