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Event Information:
The
most popular of all the New Years
Eve events in San Antonio is
popularly known as Celebrate San
Antonio, and takes place at
HemisFair Park, close to the busy
area of the River Walk, the city's
most popular nightlife destination.
The midnight fireworks are launched
from the Tower of the Americas, a
fantastic focal point for the
countdown celebrations.
San Antonio new year fireworks,
events and parties.
The
San Antonio River Walk (also known
as Paseo del Río) is a network of
walkways along the banks of the San
Antonio River, one story beneath the
streets of Downtown San Antonio,
Texas, USA. Lined by bars, shops and
restaurants, the River Walk is an
important part of the city's urban
fabric and a tourist attraction in
its own right.
Today,
the River Walk is an enormously
successful special-case pedestrian
street, one level down from the
automobile street. The River Walk
winds and loops under bridges as two
parallel sidewalks lined with
restaurants and shops, connecting
the major tourist draws from the
Alamo to Rivercenter Mall, to the
Arneson River Theatre, to Marriage
Island, to La Villita, to HemisFair
Park, to the Tower Life Building, to
the San Antonio Museum of Art, and
the Pearl Brewery. During the annual
springtime Fiesta San Antonio, the
River Parade features flowery floats
that "float" down the river.
San
Antonio is home to the first museum
of modern art in Texas, the McNay
Art Museum. Other places of interest
include The Southwest School of Art,
The Woodlawn Theatre, the San
Antonio Zoo, the Japanese Tea
Gardens, Kumamoto, Brackenridge
Park, the missions of the San
Antonio Missions National Historical
Park, the Museo Alameda, the San
Antonio Museum of Art, the Witte
Museum, the Texas Rangers Museum,
the Buckhorm Museum, ArtPace, Blue
Star Contemporary Art Center,
SeaWorld San Antonio, Six Flags
Fiesta Texas, the Texas
Transportation Museum, and
Splashtown San Antonio. Visitors can
also experience something of the
cowboy culture year round, they can
see the 40-foot (12 m) tall cowboy
boots at North Star Mall.
Beyond
taking in the sights and sounds of
San Antonio, tourists can sample
some of its world famous Tex-Mex
cuisine at the many fine restaurants
located throughout the city. Mexican
restaurants are abundant in
virtually the entire city, and most
are relatively inexpensive. Some
outstanding examples of Tex-Mex
eateries include Jacala, on West
Avenue on the inner Northwest Side,
La Hacienda de Los Barrios, on the
Northeast Side, Tommy's, a chain
with three locations in San Antonio
(the first one located on Nogalitos
at I-35 near Downtown), and Los
Barrios, on the near North Side of
town.
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