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Mission Espada
Private UNESCO Missions Tour in San Antonio
Private UNESCO Missions Tour in San Antonio
Private UNESCO Missions Tour in San Antonio
Private UNESCO Missions Tour in San Antonio

Private UNESCO Missions Tour in San Antonio

By San Antonio ProTours
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is RMĀ 547 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

This is the most engaging, historically accurate and entertaining missions tour you will find in San Antonio. Guaranteed.

You will learn what life was like at the missions, construction and architectural influences, and the relationship between the Franciscan Friars, soldiers and the Payaya, Coahuiltecan and other indigenous tribes. This is a nuanced and beautifully presented experience about colonialization, but also interdependence. At the end of this tour, you will be impressed with the largest concentration of Spanish missions in the US!

Please consider purchasing our ā€œMissions and Moreā€ tour, as it includes all four missions PLUS two more centuries of San Antonio history and diverse cultures. See reviews for that tour please.

Locally owned/operated by professional guide and history teacher, stand-up comic (with Kevin Hart:), performer and world traveler Michael Robinson.

Activity location

  • Mission Espada
    • 10040 Espada Rd
    • 78214-3815, San Antonio, Texas, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Mission Espada
    • 10040 Espada Rd
    • 78214-3815, San Antonio, Texas, United States

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Private UNESCO Missions Tour in San Antonio
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
RMĀ 547.25 x 2 AdultsRMĀ 1,094.50
Total
Price is RMĀ 1,094.50
Until Sun, 3 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTransportation
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedGratuities
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedBottled water

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Mission Espada
  • 15m
Southern-most mission of the five in San Antonio, this location is the start of your tour and will lay the foundational context for the rest of the tour. You will walk into the interior of this mission, hear interesting information about its' inhabitants and the Friars, as well as, the construction and layout of the mission. You will also have an opportunity to walk into the church that looks as it did in the 1700's.
Mission San Juan
  • 15m
Just five minutes from the first stop at Mission Espada, this mission has a fully renovated church that is not only charming, but impressive in its' reconstruction and the highlight of this stop. Hear about the inhabitants at this location, the construction of this mission, and what life was like for them. You will visit a small museum that has wonderful displays of materials used by the inhabitants, the use water for agriculture, among interesting other information.
Mission San Jose
  • 30m
The "Queen of the Missions" is the largest and most renovated mission in San Antonio, the finest example of Baroque architecture in Texas. Here, you will learn about its' function as a mission, as well as, the impressive revitalization by the WPA in the 1930's. You will experience the living quarters of all groups that lived and worked at the mission, have an exclusive interior guided tour of the Church, and learn so much more! Over 2000 of architectural, religious and cultural influences, and a reverence for the indigenous labor that made Mission San Jose the "Queen".
Mission Concepcion
  • 30m
Mission Concepcion is hands down the most charming of all the missions. Hear about its' inhabitants, what life was life at this location, and learn about the creation of its' duel bell tower church, the oldest stone church in the US! You will see a 250 year old fresco, a fascinating ocular display, and the interior of the church where you will be humbled by its' beauty. You will see some other architectural highlights here, but those a secret and I can't wait to tell you all about them!
The Alamo
  • 7m
Short EXTERIOR visit to the Alamo to discuss its function as a mission, and of course, the battle. This is optional if you do not plan on visit the interior of the Alamo.
The Espada Aqueduct
  • 5m
Drive past and learn about the oldest Spanish Aqueduct in the US. Learn about its' construction, where the technologies to build the structure come from, its' function and placement and connection to the acequia system to irrigate labores (farmlands).

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESMission Espada
    • 10040 Espada Rd
    • 78214-3815, San Antonio, Texas, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEMission Espada
    • 10040 Espada Rd
    • 78214-3815, San Antonio, Texas, United States

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