Trying to plan your race weekend itinerary in San Antonio? We have some places and activities that you won’t want to miss!
Pure Attraction
From Shamu to dolphins, sharks, seals, sea lions and much more, SeaWorld San Antonio is the world's largest marine life park! www.seaworld.com
Six Flags Fiesta Texas celebrates the culture and history of Texas with thrilling rides, award-winning shows, Looney Tunes characters and a free waterpark. Fun for the entire family!
Adjacent to the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio start line, the San Antonio Zoo is ranked as one of the best zoos in the nation exhibiting over 3,500 animals of 600 species. Open 365 days a year, the zoo offers a variety of interactive exhibits, a petting zoo and exciting displays for all ages.
Want to get a birds eye view of the city? For more than 35 years, the 750-foot-tall Tower of the Americas has offered residents and tourists of San Antonio, Texas, the most breathtaking view of the Alamo City, where visitors can dine at the Tower's revolving restaurant or enjoy the scenery from the observation deck.
Step on a River Cruiser for entertaining narratives of the rich history of the San Antonio River and helpful information to assist you and your family during your visit to the River Walk. Cruises are 35 to 40 minutes long and cover two and a half miles of the beautiful San Antonio River Walk.
Weekend Events
The Marathon and 1/2 Marathon aren't the only events in town!
Need some inspiration before the big race? Check out the critically acclaimed documentary "Spirit of the Marathon" at the Rialto Theater in San Antonio on race weekend! “
Show times on Friday, November 14th at 7:30 PM and Saturday, November 15th at 1:00 PM. Tickets for this special presentation are available at the box office and online.
3rd Annual Health Care Summit and Wellness Expo
Date: November 12-14, 2008
Location:Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
200 E. Market St.
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Check out the 3rd Annual Healthcare Summit, a community forum with nationally recognized healthcare leaders addressing issues about today’s hot healthcare topics for America’s fastest growing population. Together with the community, this San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce initiative informs the public about the critical state of healthcare coverage and discusses creative solutions aimed at alleviating this problem.
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Arts and Culture
Immerse yourself in San Antonio’s colorful history, Texas hospitality and cultural diversity.
You won’t want to miss the most famous spot in Texas! Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo) was established in 1718 as the city's first mission and was later the site where 189 defenders fell on March 6, 1836 after repeated attacks by Mexican General Santa Anna's army The Alamo is located in the heart of the city, inside beautifully landscaped grounds.
Founded in 1720 by Fray Antonio Margil de Jesús, Mission San José became the largest Texas Mission. The church’s carvings are among its most notable features and the famous "Rose Window" is considered one of the finest pieces of Spanish Colonial ornamentation in the country.
Established along the banks of the San Antonio River in 1731, Mission San Juan Capistrano offered a rich farm and pasture land, becoming a regional supplier of agricultural produce, which helped support the missions, local settlements and presidio garrisons. The chapel, with its open bell tower is still in use. A more elaborate church was never completed. The site includes a self-guided nature trail.
This handsome church looks essentially as it did more than 200 years ago in 1731. Exhibits lead visitors through the grounds and into various quarters set up as they were at the time of the mission’s inception.
Mission San Francisco de la Espada appears as remote today as it did in the mid 1700s. It boasts the best preserved segments of the historic acequias (the irrigation system designed to provide water for crops), and represent perhaps the best surviving physical assembly of an 18th century Spanish irrigation network in the United States.
The King William District, rich in history and cultural diversity, spans a 25-block area near downtown on the south bank of the San Antonio River. In the late 1800's the King William District was the most elegant residential area in the city. The neighborhood now offers bed and breakfasts, art galleries, restaurants, and a thriving commercial corridor known as Southtown.
If you feel like exploring, venture to the lush terrain of the Hill Country, a rolling landscape with the comforts of resorts and bed and breakfasts; spas and golf courses; fine dining and down home cooking.
Tour wineries and antique among the shops of Boerne, Fredericksburg and New Braunfels, or take a leisurely drive or bike ride through some of the most scenic land in South Texas.
Everyday there’s something bright, bold and beautiful going on in San Antonio.
UTSA’s Institute of Texan Cultures and the Museum Store welcome
The Rock ‘n Roll Marathon!
$4 admission Friday (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.), Saturday (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.) and Sunday (noon – 5 p.m.)
UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures is San Antonio's cultural experience museum, dedicated to
enhancing the understanding of cultural history and its influence upon the people of Texas.
The new, hot pink Museo Alameda is a perfect fit for historic Market Square. Combining art, history, cultural education and live performance, the Museo Alameda tells the unique story of the Latino experience in America – past, present and future.
Discover more than 125 years of history.... Texas style! Marvel at two stories of the most exotic collections you've ever seen, from the unique horn collection, to cowboy memorabilia and fish from the Seven Seas.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! allows you to discover one-of-a-kind oddities, curiosities and illusions gathered from all over the world by the famed cartoonist Robert Ripley. There are over 500 exhibits - one of the largest in the world!
Arguably one of the most impressive art museums in Texas! Its permanent collection spans the continents, including Asian art, European and American paintings, antiquities from Greek and Roman eras and extensive collections of pre-Colombian art, Latin American folk art, Spanish Colonial art and contemporary Latin American Art.
Located on the banks of the San Antonio River in Brackenridge Park, the Witte Museum is San Antonio's premier museum focusing on South Texas history, science and water resources. Home to an extensive permanent collection featuring historic artifacts and photographs, Texas art, the world-renowned Hertzberg Circus Collection, dinosaur bones, cave drawings and Texas wildlife dioramas in addition to nationally acclaimed traveling exhibits.
From Tees to Tip Off
Bring your golf clubs and foam fingers and prepare to get competitive!
Looking to catch a game while you’re in San Antonio? Come cheer on the 2005 NBA Champion Spurs Friday, November 14 at 7:30 pm as they take on the Houston Rockets at home. Game and ticket information
With over 50 courses, San Antonio’s a great place for a round of 18. From the nationally ranked Westin La Cantera to Brackenridge Park golf course, Texas’ first public 18-hole golf course, there are plenty of places to play a round of 18 while you’re in town.
San Antonio's Brackenridge Park is 343-acres with miles of scenic jogging and walking trails. Located two miles north of downtown and shaded by a natural canopy of trees, this park provides the perfect opportunity to combine a pre-race workout with site-seeing.
This 232-acre hilly and heavily forested wilderness park has 5 miles of hiking trails (including the region' s most improved handicapped trail). Be warned, these trails are not flat.
Savor San Antonio
From authentic to innovative, savor San Antonio’s signature cuisine.
Zagat-rated Aldaco’s at Historic Sunset Station has grown to be a favorite destination for San Antonians eager to savor unique and authentic Mexican cuisine. Open for lunch and dinner, be sure to stop by and enjoy some of their signature menu items such as Avocado Margaritas, Traditional Chicken Enchiladas or the Original Pastel Tres Leches.
With made-to-order fresh, high quality ingredients, Subway is the perfect dining option that combines taste, value and nutrition. Offering 8 subs with 6 grams of fat or less, it’s a great way to eat fresh and healthy when you travel. Over 100 locations around the greater San Antonio area.
The house motto is “If it doesn’t sizzle send it back.” Corn-fed US Prime steaks, fresh seafood and mouthwatering sides. Prepare yourself for the ultimate dining experience. 2 locations – 7720 Jones Maltsberger Concord Plaza and Downtown San Antonio St. Paul’s Square 1170 E. Commerce.
Retail Therapy
San Antonio is full of reasons not to return home empty-handed.
Within the bright and bold colors of the downtown roads of San Antonio, lies a market which has a rich sense of the Mexican culture. Three markets make the Market Square: Farmers Market, Produce Row and El Mercado, the largest Mexican market outside of Mexico. With a wide variety of dining, shopping, and events, this market combined with the surrounding markets, offers an extraordinary escape with the opportunity to find many treasures and treats.
Experience landmark shopping and entertainment beside the Alamo on the banks of San Antonio's famed River Walk. Rivercenter has a unique collection of more than 110 stores, restaurants and theaters including Dillard's, Macy's, American Eagle, Gap, Brookstone, Morton's Steakhouse, IMAX and so much more!
La Villita
La Villita, San Antonio's first neighborhood, is now home to many stores including unique art galleries, crafts, jewelry and clothing stores. It also is home to many delicious restaurants, which enrich the experience with the taste of San Antonio.
An internationally acclaimed shopping destination boasts over 200 specialty stores and restaurants including Dillard's, JCPenny, Macy's, Mervyn's and Saks Fifth Avenue. North Star is also home to the world's largest cowboy boots!
Tucked along hillsides and around courtyards are fabulous gift shops, trend setting clothing and jewelry stores, an emporium of fine antiques and decoratives and furniture stores with designer accessories. Many stores offer personalized services: workshops in dichroic glass, classes in pottery making, design consultations, custom invitations and complete salon services.
Spas
After your run, take some time to pamper yourself at a spa. In San Antonio or the surrounding Hill Country, you can arrange a trip to a day spa, or plan an overnight at a resort for supreme relaxation. More...
