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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn’t hate it, but San Antonio was pretty dull to me.  The Riverwalk is pretty and takes about an hour and there is the Alamo, but not much else.  I am glad my trip there was for work and not on my own dime.[/quote]

Completely agree.  Went once with my spouse for his work trip, since it was over our anniversary and thought we could have a nice time away.  Riverwalk was frankly a disappointment, and the Alamo was just ok.  We know people who have retired there, and I don't understand the appeal.[/quote]

Well if you go to a city and spend your time exclusively at the two main tourist attractions, yeah, it is likely to be disappointing. We went over Christmas last year and really enjoyed the winter weather, the huge old oak tree at the Alamo, the delicious Mexican food, and 6 Flags Fiesta. If I had more time I would have explored the Hill Country, tried more restaurants, and done a long bike ride along the extended Riverwalk to see the Missions. [/quote]

Well, we were only there for a few days on his work schedule, so our ability to get out and about beyond the tourist areas was limited.  But even then, 6 Flags would never be a reason to visit a place.  We did get to a few restaurants, which were meh - their version of Mexican (Tex-Mex?) wasn't fantastic.  The landscape was bleak.  Overall it was just a disappointing experience, especially after hearing a lot of nice things about San Antonio.    [/quote]

I was also underwhelmed by San Antonio.  We were only there for a couple days and restricted to the downtown area.  Maybe my assessment isn’t fair, but I expected more.

I thought the food would be better too.  For being so close to the border, having a large Mexican immigrant population, I had high hopes.  Tex-Mex we had was pretty standard fare and nothing we couldn’t get at home.[/quote]

You went to the wrong restaurants! And if you have a kid who likes roller coasters 6 Flags Fiesta over then winter is amazing. But moreover I think we are talking about travel v tourism. I can find any place interesting as long as I have a comfortable place to sleep and the weather is decent enough for walking. [/quote]

PP, here.  We probably did go to the wrong restaurants, because most of them weren't that great.  They weren't terrible, but not as good as I expected.   I've had phenomenal SW food in New Mexico, Tucson, and California and usually didn't have to try too hard to locate it.[/quote]

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