City Sightseeing San Antonio

Discover all the great things to do and see in San Antonio with City Sightseeing San Antonio – sightseeing at its very best!

Take an open top bus tour in the most popular and visited city in Texas – San Antonio. Sightseeing on a tour bus with City Sightseeing is a great way to discover all the things to do on your visit and represents a remarkable way to see this incredible city for the first time, to get your bearings and to visit many of the major sights in a relatively short time period.

Exploring San Antonio is easy with City Sightseeing. We’ll take you to all the major sights and attractions ranging from the city's HemisFair Park which is overflowing with fun activities and exhilarating adventures, to the River Walk surrounded by restaurants, patios, galleries and shops. The city caters for all the family and is filled with culturally significant arts, history, culture, museums and architecture.

Let City Sightseeing show you the key things to do in San Antonio!

The best way to see a vibrant, captivating metropolis like San Antonio is from the upper deck of a CitySightseeing red bus. Our open-top tours enable you to discover its renowned monuments, check out its best shopping areas or locate one of its top-class restaurants, after a long day spent sightseeing.

Take a bus tour during the day to better plan your evening! Take our sixty minute voyage through the city and make San Antonio sightseeing one of the key things to do on your visit.

Buses Run all day every day, every 20 minutes, from 9am to 5:30pm (last tour begins at 5:30pm and ends at 6:30pm).

Tour Route:
1. The Alamo:
Once home to Spanish Missionaries as Mission de Valero, it is the site of the Battle Of The Alamo in 1836.

2. The Pearl Brewery:
A culinary and cultural destination along the banks of the river.

3. San Antonio Museum of Art:
House the largest and most comprehensive collection of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Asian art in the Southwest United States.

4. VFW Post 76:
The oldest Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in the United States.

5. Augie’s BBQ Restaurant:
Great Texas BBQ in the heart of Downtown San Antonio

6. Riverwalk/Museum Reach:
The northern section of the River Walk with beautiful landscapes, hiking and biking trails, restaurants and more.

7. Tobin Center:
Home to resident performing arts groups and major music and theatrical acts visiting San Antonio. (Bus stop is directly in front of the El Tropicano Hotel)

8. Veterans Memorial Park:
Home of the Korean War and Vietnam War Memorials.

9. Travis Park and St. Anthony Hotel:
Visit the first fully air-conditioned hotel in the world. Their elite clientele has included Presidents Eisenhauer and Johnson as well as Eleanor Roosevelt, Judy Garland, Princess Grace and more recently, George Clooney.

10. Buckhorn Saloon and Texas Ranger Museum:
An immersive Texas experience. Explore the Museum’s Hall of Horns, and the Texas Ranger Museum and Ranger town.

11. Riverwalk/River Cruise Ride:
One story above the river, visit St. Mary’s Catholic Church, the Majestic, Aztec and Empire Theaters. Also a great location for guests of the Hotel Valencia, the Drury Inn and Drury Plaza, the Omni La Mansion Hotel and the Holiday Inn Riverwalk to hop on and hop off.

12. San Fernando Cathedral/Spanish Governor’s Palace:
Founded in 1731 and is the oldest continuously functioning religious community in Texas. The Spanish Governor’s Palace was constructed in the early 18th century as the “Presidio San Antonio de Bejar”. It marked Spanish settlement under King Ferdinand VI.

13. Market Square/El Mercado:
Visitors and residents alike visit El Mercado for authentic Mexican dining, music, and treasures. Located in the “Zona Cultura”.

14. Hotels on Cesar E. Chavez Blvd. Tour Bus Stop
Located between La Quinta Inn and the The Courtyard by Marriott. Also very convenient to Hampton Inn, Fairfield Inn, Holiday Inn, Residence Inn and HEB.

15. King William Historic District:
The Blue Star Arts Complex, the Guenther House, the King William District, and Southtown. An area know for it’s diverse community, art galleries, restaurants and Victorian era homes.

16. Southtown
Southtown has been described as a vibrant neighborhood just blocks from the city's touristy epicenter but much farther away in spirit. (Bus stop in front of the Friendly Spot)

17. Yanaguana Garden:
Public art display and playground.

18. Tower of the Americas/La Villita:
The 750 foot tall Tower of the Americas provides guests with the most spectacular view of the Alamo City. Enjoy the gorgeous panorama view from the Tower’s Observation Deck and experience the thrilling 4D Theater Ride. La Villita is the historic art village and one of San Antonio’s first neighborhoods.

19. The Shops at Rivercenter Mall:
Shops, stores, the movie Alamo The Price Of Freedom at the IMAX, restaurants, bars, movie theaters, and the Rivercenter Lagoon.