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San Antonio Missions UNESCO World Heritage Sites Tour

San Antonio Missions UNESCO World Heritage Sites Tour

Overview

This small-group tour is the perfect way to see the missions and learn about the founding of San Antonio with its rich history and culture. Experience Spanish History, the Coahuiltecans, and the early southwest. Learn about the significance of San Antonio, San Pedro Springs, and the groups that came together to set the stage for the founding of the Presidio - San Antonio. Your experience starts downtown, see: the original La Villita; Main Plaza, San Fernando Cathedral, and Plaza de Armas. Travel along the San Antonio River to visit all the missions with stops at Concepcion, San Jose, San Juan, Espada, and the Espada Aqueduct. Tour ends at Mission San Antonio de Valero, famously known as the Alamo, or guest's hotel. Guaranteed departures twice a day, with no minimum guest requirements.

City: San Antonio

Fri 01 Nov

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Starting at $65.00

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Fri 01 Nov

Starting at $65.00

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What's Included

Visit Mission San Jose, Mission Concepcion, Mission San Juan, and Mission Espada

Live and recorded narrated history

Hotel pick-up and drop-off at select downtown hotels

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Tour can accommodate wheelchairs only if the local operator is notified at least 24 hours in advance
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands

What To Expect

La Villita Historic Arts Village

The tour will start here at La Villita Historic Arts Village

Mission Concepcion

View the original fresecos; explore the grounds; listen to the history of Mission Concepcion

Mission San Jose

Learn about mission life and the nomadic hunters and gathers; explore the church and grounds; see one of the finest examples of baroque architecture; view an award-winning film

Mission San Juan

Learn about irrigation and agriculture at Mission San Juan

The Espada Aqueduct

See the irrigation system used to water the mission lands

Mission Espada

Explore the church and grounds

Alamo Plaza

Listen to the founding of Mission San Antonio de Valero and learn about the Battle of the Alamo. A note about the Alamo: The last stop on our Missions Tour is either your downtown hotel or the Alamo (your choice). The Alamo exclusively utilizes their own tour guides or you can take a self-guided tour of the Alamo. A tour of the Alamo is not included in our Missions Tour.

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (302)

Explorer594803

Sep 2022

Alex G. Was our tour Guide ! The best. Not only did he know all about the missions, he knew about the town. He dropped us off at the best Mexican restaurant. We will be back and will use Gray Lines for our tours. We will ask for Alex G. !

Response from Host

Sep 2022

We read your feedback thank you for giving us the opportunity to show us our beautiful city!

216conniee

Sep 2022

Domingo paced this trip just right! Touring the missions is a great way to see more of San Antonio than the Riverwalk. The architecture, people, and beauty experienced on this tour is well worth the half day. Trip bonus - no driving, no maps, and rest stops at each mission. Plus, our tour was on Sunday and mingling with parishioners attending mass was fantastic!

bv759

Sep 2022

A must see to visualize what the Alamo would have looked like before being surrounded by modern day San Antonio. Excellent job by Domingo, our tour guide. We embarked on the afternoon tour with our 2 teenage boys, escaping the large crowds downtown for this enjoyable, relaxing, learning experience. Stopping at each location, we sometimes toured with Domingo leading us and at other times explored on our own. It was a perfect mix. The San Jose mission was our sons' favorite as they could explore at their pace all the exhibits and see the mission's footprint recreated. My favorite was the Aqueduct, a 5 minute look-see from the 1730s that was an engineering marvel. However, all the locations were worthy of a stop. The tour guide, a history major himself and born and raised in San Antonio, explained why these missions were built in these locations and connected them together with the history of San Antonio. ALAMO Tip + what to expect: We first visited the Alamo with our timed tickets for 10:20am and paid for the listening device tour. (money well spent) We finished at noon then went nearby for lunch and were picked up in front of the Emily Morgan hotel right next to the Alamo at 1:15pm for the tour. Domingo communicated with me through text letting me know when he would arrive. The tour finished shortly after 5pm. Two other families were with us. Our comfortable, air conditioned mini transit bus held 11 tourists. He provided cold water bottles after the hour tour at San Jose. It was a wonderful day and this tour was our favorite part of visiting San Antonio. TIP: We chose the Sunday afternoon tour since the morning tour might not have access to the inside of the churches because some missions still have Sunday morning masses. TIP If you are Catholic: We attended 9am Sunday Mass at the beautiful St. Mary's church downtown and then walked to the Alamo for our 10:20 am entrance time.