More than just the Riverwalk

Fortunately, we had planned another full day after the show, and ,that gave us a chance to explore the city a bit more. We had breakfast at Guenther Haus again with a friend of us (photo left, waffle with strawberries), then explored the Briscoe Museum of Western Art (photos below), and their outdoors sculpture garden!) and enjoyed the view (unfortunately with cloudy skies) from The Tower of the Americas (far below). BTW: San Antonio is the 7th largest city in the U.S.A.!!!

 

Already on Wednesday afternoon, we went back to the San Pedro Creek and the Westside and stopped at The Mercato, a Mexican marketplace/village (photos far below) and at the interesting Centro de Artes, with contemporary art of mostly Texan-Mexican artists from the area. 

Later on Thursday, after we had packed, we walked the North Riverwalk promenade to The Pearl, a beautiful 45 min. walk. Beautiful lush landscaping, attracting a lot of birds, turtles, butterflies, etc., along this promenade, we passed fancy condo buildings, the Tobin Center (concert hall) and the San Antonio Museum of Art before we reached The Pearl.

 

Black Heron

Tobin Center & Museum of Art

 

The Pearl is a more recently developed neighborhood on the grounds of a huge former brewery by the same name, founded in 1883 and shut down in 2001. The buildings are in excellent condition, old equipment was restored, and, e.g. the fancy 5-star historic hotel (The Emma) is well worth a peak (though room rates are certainly not fitting our budget - photo below). There are many restaurants, bars, a food hall, a plaza with water features etc. It was crowded, even on a Thursday! We had dinner at Sourleigh Brewery with a friend of us who formerly worked at San Antonio tourism and enjoyed our last evening in S.A. before we headed back to the hotel slowly along the promenade.

Good bye now, San Antonio - it's been a great time!