Some outdoor activities in San Antonio give you an opportunity to appreciate nature, like a visit to the San Antonio Botanical Garden, or nature and history, like a visit to San Antonio Missions National Historical park. If you’d like a little fauna with your flora, try Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch, the SeaWorld Adventure Park, or the San Antonio Zoological Gardens and Aquarium. And if rides is what you want, try Six Flags Fiesta Texas or Splashtown.
Can some outdoor activities in San Antonio be done on the spur of the moment? Sure: not only can you stroll through El Mercado/Market Square — the largest Mexican market outside of Mexico, but you can also enjoy a stroll along Paseo del Rio/River Walk. But that’s not all: the San Antonio Parks & Recreation Department boasts over 225 parks, with a wide variety of amenities including playgrounds, trails for hiking and biking, picnic tables, dog parks, sports courts and fields, and skate parks.
Outdoor activities in San Antonio for sports enthusiasts include golfing on the city’s more than 40 training greens and golf courses. Miniature golf and — believe it or not — ice skating are available at the Ice & Golf Center at Northwoods.
If you are looking for outdoor activities in San Antonio that involve spectators rather than participants, you could go on a river cruise or a walking tour of the city. Alamo Battlefield Tours are available, and in the city you can find Segway tours with Alamo Segway, ghostly tours with Alamo City Ghost Tours or The Ghosts and Legends of San Antonio tour, and there’s also the more standard San Antonio City Tours which allows you to see the city from a trolley. You can also try Incredible Journeys’ hot air balloons or powered parachutes for a tour that takes to the skies.
Other outdoor activities in San Antonio include fiestas and festivals centered in the open air. These include the monthly Houston Street Fair & Market—which, despite its name, is in San Antonio, Remember the Alamo weekend with dramatizations of the battle, Poteet Strawberry Festival, Fiesta San Antonio!, Cinco de Mayo, Texas Folklife Festival, Juneteenth, Fourth of July, Diez y Seis, Jazz’SAlive, Oktoberfest, Wustfest, El Dia de los Muertos, Ford Fiesta de las Luminaria, and Celebrate San Antonio on New Year’s Eve.
