We did a 2 day tour in one day and this river walk boat ride was lovely! Thankful it wasn't on a…read moresuper hot day but even so the tour had a few shaded areas. Tour guide was informative and funny. I grabbed a slice of pizza thinking I had plenty time they had boarded already and waited on me. Thanks so much!! The boat ride provided a good overview of what's offered along the strip. We noted places to dine and a couple of hotels to check out in the future. The next day was a parade and that was fun. Would not have known had it not been for tour guide May 29, 2026

Okay, so this was fun! As we were walking around the River…read moreWalk, my little one kept seeing the boats go by. And once they caught her attention, she did NOT stop asking about that boat until we were physically sitting on one. Thankfully, she was onto something. The boat ride ended up being the perfect way to take a quick break from all the walking while still getting to enjoy the River Walk. We got to sit back, take in the scenery, learn a little bit of San Antonio history along the way, and share some good laughs with the other families and people on the boat. It was lighthearted, relaxing and just a genuinely fun experience in the middle of exploring everything else. Sometimes you just have to trust the toddler's itinerary. lol Definitely worth adding to a River Walk visit!

"I had an amazing experience with this ghost tour! Their customer service was top-notch--I had to…read morereschedule about three times, and each time, they were incredibly accommodating and kind. Our tour guide Celeste was absolutely fantastic--so animated, engaging, and full of fascinating stories. I walked away thoroughly entertained and learned so much. Highly recommend this tour to anyone looking for a spooky, fun night out!"

Celeste was amazing! My husband and I were visiting from Austin and wondered into the shop. We were…read morewelcomed by Celeste who was just lovely from the start. She told us about the services they offered and the ghost tour than evening. Truly because of her we didn't hesitate. Later when arriving back for the tour we watched as Celeste gracefully handled multiple customers, closed up the shop and started our tour. She did an amazing job from start to finish, she was so fun and informative!! The tour was a perfect time and distance for us that evening and we highly recommend it!!!

With the help of Visit San Antonio, we used San Antonio Detours for a photo tour around San Antonio…read morefor Expo! Expo! attendees. This was the first time we had incorporated a photo tour of the host city in our packed schedule, but it turned out way better than expected! Melvin was an amazing tour guide! He had all the right facts to share with our group of 20+ event organizers and event suppliers. We saw The Alamo, RIverwalk and so much more within an hour. Thank you so much for an amazing photo tour. We've heard nothing but positive feedback from our attendees on the photo walk!

On a recent trip to San Antonio we were able to check out the Pearl Brunch Tour. Even with the…read moreawful weather (it rained ALL weekend), the tour was amazing. Our tour guide was so friendly and knowledgeable about the Pearl Brewery area and all the places we stopped. We went to Local Coffee, Southerleigh Brewing, Nao, and Lick. The tour included so much amazing food - you will not leave hungry. San Antonio Detours offers other public tours weekly and I will definitely be checking those out the next time I'm in town. If you want a way to try out some amazing food and get a taste (ha ha) of REAL San Antonio, definitely check them out!

It's easy to see why this is one of the most visited cave sites for tourism worldwide and the…read moremost-visited in Texas. It's a very well-developed cave to visit. By "developed", I mean that lighting and a path has been installed to make traversing it A LOT easier than when it was discovered. By "path", I mean smooth, textured, non-slip, paved sidewalks from one end of the tour to the other--complete with stainless steel handrails along almost every step of it. The effort it took to make a cave system this accessible is beyond commendable. At one end of one of the tours there is a long uphill slope to get out of the cavern, but you don't have to walk--they have a roller/conveyor belt that you stand on and ride to the top. The erosion-carved rocky "rooms" of the cave system defy description. They are up to 100 feet tall, 100 feet wide, and over 200 feet long, and are filled with otherworldly mineral formations that have been actively "growing" for millions of years. Photos don't do this justice. When you see it in person, it's just breathtaking. Adult-only tours would be an occasional welcome option, as a less-than-silent baby/toddler ruins the silence that the below-ground space allows. Parking is abundant, but it is not free. Even out in the spacious Texas Hill Country they decided that $10 per car was appropriate. I hate paying to park (anywhere), and in a rural setting like this, it just feels like such a shameless money-grab! I wish they'd just charge more for the tours and let us feel like parking is "free". More intensive, deeper tours for small groups that require higher effort into undeveloped parts of the caverns are offered on a limited basis. This sounds like something worth returning for.

Don't buy online through third party platforms because you can't just catch an earlier time. There…read moreare plenty of discounts at hotels and restaurants because of marketing this place is well advertised. They have maze, mining (bagged dirt that are pre-stocked with gems), and a towers course all for extra money. Lots of people when we went. Parking is $10 anywhere you park. There are spots closer up because people coming and going all the time. You can pay online or via text or at pay station. Reception sucks though. We paid but I think they don't enforce or tow because I didn't see anyone checking. It looks like a pure money grab to me, which is infuriating as the parking lot is in the middle of nowhere! Would suggest buying each attraction ala cart because of the unknown wait times. Our natural bridge tour guide was horrible in terms of guiding us and providing information. YMMV is my guess. But whatever. The tour does have a couple of parts where you gotta walk up long ramps. No moving sidewalks like I saw in one pic. I wouldn't go back. And I'm not even sure I could recommend this place unless you're struggling to find something to do.

Natalia was fabulous. loved her humor and so polite and funny. She knew everything an San Antonio…read morehistory.

I had a day of solo exploring while my husband was in meetings and Old Town Trolley Tours made my…read moreday. I was able to explore several areas I would have other wise missed. The "hop on and off" was so easy and they kept a great schedule so I could choose where I wanted to spend time. All the Tour Guides were engaging and painted a wonderful picture of San Antonio's past and present. After my tour I wished I had more days in San Antonio to explore even more. The trolleys had multi-level seating so there wasn't a bad seat as well they were clean. Highly recommend!

Best money spent on our trip to San Antonio!! If you love history (or even if you don't) this tour…read moreis definitely for you! I thought it would be neat to plan this for my husbands bday but to my surprise I really enjoyed it too! We did a shorter tour which we regret and wish we had done the long one because time flew bye! Emzy was very knowledgeable about the history of each stop and gave the backgrounds, interesting facts, and insight to every place we went. Not only did he know every detail but just walking to each stop he would include some history of certain areas in the journey that were very neat... there's no way I can truly explain how awesome this experience was! Don't waste your time with paying $20 for a 10 minute audio tour other places because it's a waste of time and like a broken record. This is hands down epic!

Emzy was absolutely fantastic. We went on a Sunday night and had him all to ourselves, although I…read moreknow he likes to keep his groups small in general. It was absolutely worth the cost. We could have spent the whole time in the first bar alone. Each bar was awesome, and he got us discounts at each spot as well. I will be returning to San Antonio and going to two of the bars just to hang out. Emzy knows esoteric and interesting historical facts, but you can talk to him about just about anything and he has something interesting to add to the conversation.

I took this sightseeing tour for my birthday in 2022. As a former San Antonio resident, I was…read morelooking forward to seeing how the story of S.A. was told to tourists. The process for booking the tour was simple as it can be done online or in person. Patrons purchase tickets and are given a schedule of when the bus departs from the meeting point and of the sights the bus stops at. When entering the bus, patrons are permitted to sit wherever they choose on the double-decker bus. The Things elected to sit on the top deck in the baking hot sun (not recommended on a TX summer day). The tour is what you make it. You can craft your own route as the bus routes are designed to take you near the main landmarks in the city. By taking the hop on, hop off option, you can change routes and discover the city at leisure. The bus stops are multiple locations along the route, and the bus driver provides fun facts about the places along the bus route. While I didn't learn anything new about my city, The Things did. This is a great option for those looking to do something different in their own city or for those who are visiting S.A. for the first time.

Doesn't measure up with some of the other tours I been on. I will tell you that the tour can…read morereally hinge on the driver. We did have problems understanding due to bad acoustics on one of the buses. Another bus broke down. (It was replaced in 15mins). Because we hoped off and got back on, we had multiple drivers. One was really good... wish I knew her name (sorry). But she was informative and played music on her iPod when she wasn't talking. (Nice) One driver however, literally talked to the two women in the front seats about the Pink Concert that was happening in the evening. I was thinking.... Tell me about the damn history!! I just did a tour in Austin that was a lot cheaper and was way more fun and informative. (But it wasn't a hop on/hop off tour) Wasn't horrible, but I wouldn't do it again. Could have driven to most of the stop and even with parking, would have been cheaper.

Book with caution. Our entire trip to San Antonio was…read moreplanned around this restaurant walking tour. I coordinated 4 women's schedules, travel and booked the VRBO. Then 35 days before our planned trip I received a notice that the prepaid event had been cancelled. They offered to reschedule out 30 days further or refund. Four very disappointed women but grateful they didn't cancel the day before the event. Luckily there is a lot to do in San Antonio but its hard to find one common interest between 4 women other than food! Three like to drink, one doesn't. Two like history, two don't. One likes to shop, three dont....back to planning.

Went on the one of the food tours back when the business was first starting, for the amount I paid…read moreit was a really great experience. You get to visit 5 different stops (mine was only four since it was the starting phase). I went on a Sunday tour, the tour differs between the two based on the dessert place (La Boulangerie on Saturday, Paleteria on Sunday). The tour was great, we start at Ocho, you get a taste of one of the popular dishes and history on SA, then start on foot towards Luke, receiving information about the city on the way. I enjoyed a great little dish and drink at Luke, then headed on to Nectar, and got a HUGE sampling of the meats and cheeses that they offer, from there we head to Zinc. At Zinc I tried one of the best guacs in town, and saw some of my fellow tour-ers the purchase a Prickly Pear Margarita, which was really really pretty. (Typically you visit a desert place last, but because i went on the tour before the Paleteria was confirmed, we skipped this stop.) The SA Food Tours staff is friendly and knowledgeable, they've put a lot of time and hard work into the tour, and its a great way to experience San Antonio's food scene and get some history at the same time. I've lived here all my life and learned and tried new things on the tour, it's worth it!

Fun experience. We did the bus tour, which takes you a number of interesting places. Hostess was…read moreenergetic and charming, with lots of stories to tell. Kept the trip moving - no dead time.

I'm a sucker for a spooky tourist spot so I was really excited to find out about Sisters Grimm…read morewhile planning my first trip to Texas. The shop itself was wonderfully decorated and had a wide variety of books and souvenirs. I went to the shop a few times during the week we were there. All of the customer service staff at the shop were amazing, one of which went digging through boxes in the back for 5 minutes so they could find my size in a shirt I really wanted. Since my partner and I were there to celebrate my birthday, we decided to splurge for the bus tour so I could see the local cemeteries. Our tour guide was Lady Lex who had big theatre kid energy in the best way. She was incredibly engaging and patient with everyone who wanted to take a lot of photos. Our bus driver Robert was great as well. I was truly appreciative of Lady Alex's statement at the cemetery that while the stories are intriguing, ultimately they are about real people who lost their lives and we should respect the tragedy of that. While I love a good ghost/true crime story, I think it's important to humanize the subjects of those stories. Overall I had a fantastic time and was really thrilled to see the beautiful architecture of the Menger Hotel and local cemetery. I would definitely recommend the shop and the tour.

THE BEST EXPERIENCE EVER....EVERR!! Diana & Robin were so friendly, funny, personable, and just all…read morearound the best guides. They made us feel so welcomed, like we've known them forever! Love the park and ride, it's a relief being able to drink alcohol and not have to worry about calling an uber or cab. The park and ride allows you the opportunity to just relax, and enjoy the experience. If you log onto their website they have different tour packages. We did the Guadalupe River tour. We stopped at 3 Winery's and a distillery and tried some moonshine. We stopped for lunch in Comfort, Tx which was a cute little town. You get out and enjoy a some time looking around before moving on with the tour. The winery's they take you to are just amazing. What you get for the price is such a great deal. We never felt rushed. They allowed us to sight see and allowed us to just take our time to enjoy each winery. Diana or Robin even took our photos.

Our group went out on a wine tasting tour guided by Diana of Cottonwood Wine Tours. We went out to…read morethe Tx Hill Country town of Boerne. 1st Winery was Sister Creek followed by lunch at the Hungry Horse having a very good meal. The 2nd wine tasting was at Lost Oak. Both wine tasting locations were charming & pleasantly differed in ambience. The tastings offered a generous variety of wines & good pours. Our guide Diana was delightful & gave us tips on wine tasting & the process of wine production. She even offered the history of winery's in the Texas Hill Country & the local town Boerne. So if you or your group are in San Antonio look up Cottonwood Wine Tours & book yourselves for a fine day out!