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San Antonio, Texas


San Antonio: History, Culture and Traditions

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4/11/2010


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Number: 1981RJ

Duration: 5 nights

Theme: Area Studies; Signature Cities

Meals: 13 total, 5 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches, 4 Dinners

Activity Level: 4
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Itinerary: San Antonio, Texas 5 nights


Celebrate icons of San Antonio's history: The Alamo, River Walk, and America's most complete Spanish Colonial Mission complex. Presentations and guided field trips unlock San Antonio's colorful history, culture, music and cuisine, from frontier days through today. Hear the origins of Texas music; study the 26 ethnic groups that settled the Texas frontier; discover strong Germanic influences in the King William District; Spanish customs in historic La Villita. Hear about the snake that fought in the Civil War and other famous and not so famous characters in Texas' storied past. Learn to prepare the perfect enchilada during a presentation featuring regional cuisine. A Mexican feast and traditional mariachi performance top off your adventure.



Program in association with University of Texas at Austin, providing programs as part of our lifelong learning mission.



This program will feature up to 2 miles of walking, most days, over even terrain. Public transportation will be used each day.



San Antonio

Explored in 1691 and 1709 by Spanish expeditions that named the San Antonio River and San Pedro Creek, the city of San Antonio today incorporates its colorful past into its present, offering the bustling River Walk, botanical gardens of native Texas flora, and the Missions National Historic Park, which includes the famous Alamo.




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Suggested Reading List

The Alamo: An Ilustrated History


Author: George Nelson


The Alamo Remembered, Tejano Accounts & Perspectives


Author: Timothy M. Matovina


Crown Jewel of Texas, the Story of the San Antonio River


Author: Lewis Fisher


Gates of the Alamo (historically accurate novel)


Author: Stephen Harrigan


Gone to Texas, a History of the Lone Star State


Author: Randolph Campbell


HemisFair '68 and the Transformation of San Antonio


Author: Sterlin Holmesly


On the Border, an Environmental History of San Antonio


Author: Char Miller


Sacrificed at the Alamo, Tragedy and Triumph in the Texas Revolution


Author: Bruce Winders


San Antonio Missions National Historical Park


Author: Louis Torres


San Antonio: Outpost of Empires


Author: Lewis F. Fisher


San Antonio: The Story of an Enchanted City


Author: Frank W. Jennings


The Spanish Acequias of San Antonio


Author: Wayne Cox


Three Roads to the Alamo, the Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis


Author: William C. Davis