San Antonio Private UNESCO Missions Tour
5.0
(98)
🕑 2 hours
Free cancellation
Discover the historic missions of San Antonio, Texas on this private tour. Join a historian guide to walk around the structures stopping at the Espada, San Juan, San Jose, and Concepcion missions. While you explore, your guide regales you with the history of the structure and how the Catholic outposts were built to spread Christianity to the local natives.
Languages:
English
📍10040 Espada Rd, San Antonio, TX 78214, USA
🏢Operated by San Antonio ProTours
Highlights
- ✓Avoid the hassle of exploring with a large group
- ✓Visit a UNESCO World Heritage Site—the missions
- ✓A private tour ensures a personalized experience
- ✓Hassle-free pickups from your accommodation
What you'll see & do
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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 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!
- ✓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).
What's included
- ✓Bottled water
- ✓Transportation
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
Good to know
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
I will pick you up at whatever downtown location (hotel, AirBNB, etc) you are at.
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Free cancellation
🔒 Secure checkout
from
US$ 143.00
San Antonio Private UNESCO Missions Tour
5.0
(98)
🕑 2 hours
Free cancellation
Discover the historic missions of San Antonio, Texas on this private tour. Join a historian guide to walk around the structures stopping at the Espada, San Juan, San Jose, and Concepcion missions. While you explore, your guide regales you with the history of the structure and how the Catholic outposts were built to spread Christianity to the local natives.
Languages:
English
📍10040 Espada Rd, San Antonio, TX 78214, USA
🏢Operated by San Antonio ProTours
Highlights
- ✓Avoid the hassle of exploring with a large group
- ✓Visit a UNESCO World Heritage Site—the missions
- ✓A private tour ensures a personalized experience
- ✓Hassle-free pickups from your accommodation
What you'll see & do
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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 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!
- ✓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).
What's included
- ✓Bottled water
- ✓Transportation
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
Good to know
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
I will pick you up at whatever downtown location (hotel, AirBNB, etc) you are at.
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Free cancellation
🔒 Secure checkout
from
US$ 143.00