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San Antonio Visitor's Guide

San Antonio is the ideal blend of Texas history and a cosmopolitan city.  The Omni San Antonio Hotel puts you near everything, including Six Flags Fiesta Texas and Sea World San Antonio.  Discover centuries of history from the popular Alamo to La Villita (downtown), or tempt your palette with authentic Tex-Mex cuisine.  A visit to San Antonio can also be just plain fun: Amusement parks, museums, shopping and golf courses are also popular choices for visitors to this charming destination.

Arts & Culture
San Antonio Art Museum – 10 minutes
Missions of San Antonio, 18th Century missions – 12 minutes
Hertzberg Circus Museum containing more than 20,000 items of Big Top memorabilia – 12 minutes
Vietnam Veterans Memorial – 8.5 miles
McNay Art Museum – 10 miles
Institute of Texas Cultures – 10 miles
Children’s Museum – 10 miles
HemisFair historical landmark – 10 miles
Majestic Theater – 10 miles
The Alamo and IMAX Theatre – 10 miles
Witte Museum – 10 miles

Attractions
Six Flags Fiesta Texas amusement park – 5.5 miles
Riverwalk, cobblestone walkways lined with restaurants and shops – 10 miles
Tower of the Americas – 10 miles
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Plaza Theatre of Wax – 10 miles
Sea World of Texas – 18 miles
Natural Bridge Caverns – 30 miles

Shopping
The Colonnade, a 66-acre dining, shopping and entertainment complex – adjacent
Huebner Oaks, upscale outdoor mall – 1 mile
Ingram Park Mall – 4 miles
North Star Mall – 5 miles
The Shops at La Cantera – 5 miles
La Villita, a unique arts and crafts community with shops and restaurants – 9 miles
Market Square, a unique area patterned after an authentic Mexican Market – 9 miles
The Quarry Market – 11 miles
Antique shopping in the town of Boerne – 15 miles
San Marcos Outlet Mall – 50 miles

Outdoor Recreation
San Antonio Botanical Gardens – 8.5 miles
San Antonio Zoo – 10 miles
Splashtown – 10.5 miles
Cascade Caverns – 15 miles
Guadalupé River State Park– 20 miles
Schlitterbahn Water Park – 35 miles
Wonder World caves – 50 miles

Sports
LaCantera Championship Golf course – 3 miles
Quarry golf course – 6 miles
Cedar Creek golf course – 6 miles
Tejano Rodeo – 6.5 miles
Silverhorn golf course – 9 miles
SBC Center, home to the NBA Spurs and WNBA Silver Stars – 19 miles
Tapitio Springs golf – 20 miles
San Antonio Raceway – 36 miles

Dining & Entertainment
Thai Orchid (Thai) – adjacent
Texas Land & Cattle Steakhouse – 1 block SE
Sushi Zushi – 3 blocks SW
Sujiya Japanese Restaurant – .5 miles SW
Outback Steakhouse – 1 mile NE
Champs Americana – 1 mile N (sports bar & grill)
Alamo Cafe (Tex Mex) – 2 miles SE
Carrabbas (Italian) – 2 miles N
La Palmita (Mexican) – 4 miles SE
Sea Island (seafood) – 5 miles NW

Nearby Corporations & Businesses
Bio Dynamic Research – .5 block S
ASNA – .5 mile S
AT&T .5 mile N
Bank One – .5 mile N
Cancer Therapy – .5 mile W
EMC – .5 mile S
Humana – .5 mile W
Marsh – .5 mile S
USAA – .5 mile NW
Alliance Capital – 1 mile S
Billing Concepts – 1 mile SW
Broad Street Mortgage – 1 mile S
CIGNA – 1 mile S
Corporate Travel Planners – 1 mile S
Kinetic Concepts – 1 mile S
ETS – 1 mile N
Genzyme – 1 mile SE
Harris Corp – 1 mile N
Martin Marietta – 1 mile N
Vulcan Materials – 1 mile NE
Wachovia Bank – 1 mile S
Clark American – 2 miles NW
Intercultural Development IDRA – 2 miles SW
Pacific Care – 2 miles NW
San Antonio Medical Center – 2 miles SW
UTHSC – UT Health Science Center– 2 miles SW
UTSA – University of Texas San Antonio – 2 miles SW
Tech Now – 3 miles S
Valero Energy – 3 miles N
Wells Fargo – 3 miles W
Coca Cola – 10 miles S
Ernst & Young – 10 miles S
IBM – 10 miles S
Southwestern Bell – 10 miles S
Southwestern Research – 10 miles W
Takata – 10 miles W
Xerox – 10 miles SE
Capitol Group – 15 miles NW
Fort Sam Houston – 17 miles SE
Lackland Air Force Base – 18 miles SW
Citi Corp. – 20 miles NW
Toyota – 20 miles S
Randolph Air Force Base – 23 miles E
Brooks City Base – 30 miles SE

For more information, visit the San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau.

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