Hotel Options in San Antonio
There are so many options for Hotels in San Antonio and more on the way. We stayed in one high-end hotel and one budget-minded hotel, but checked out many others which have a history directly attached to the city.
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LA MANSIÓN – ON THE RIVERWALK
From 1934-1966 the building housed St. Mary’s University School of Law. Two former students purchased the property in 1966 and work began on a new hotel. In April 1968, La Mansión del Rio opened its doors as a luxury hotel, just in time for the Hemisfair’68 – World’s Fair.
Today at the Omni La Mansión del Rio, Riverwalk there are 338 Guest Rooms & Suites w/ WiFi. located on the historic San Antonio Riverwalk, A Full-Service Restaurant plus 24-hour Room Service and a Lounge for Drinks, a Heated Swimming Pool, Access to their 4-star Mokara Spa and 18,000 Square Feet of Event Space.
OMNI LA MANSIÓN DEL RIO, RIVERWALK
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78205
CONCIERGE: (210) 518-1033
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LA QUINTA – BORN IN SAN ANTONIO
La Quinta, which means “the country place” in Spanish, got its start in 1968 during Hemisfair, San Antonio’s world’s fair. Across from the fairgrounds, entrepreneurs Sam Barshop and his brother, Phil, built the first in what would become a successful chain of hotels, the popular La Quinta Inns.
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The Hilton Palacio del Rio is a 500-room, 21-story hotel in downtown San Antonio that opened in 1968. The hotel was constructed for the 1968 World’s Fair (HemisFair ’68) and was designed by Cerna & Garza Architects. The structure is extremely notable because of it’s groundbreaking modular construction techniques.
The hotel was needed for the opening of Hemisfair’68 and traditional construction methods would not have allowed the hotel to be completed the short timeframe available, open by April 6, 1968. Alternative methods were explored. H.B. Zachry Company utilized traditional construction to build the first 4 floors, slip form construction for the services/elevator core of the building and all guest rooms of the hotel were constructed as modular units in a location 8 miles from the construction site. Modular units were built complete with plumbing fixtures, lighting, artwork, furnishings, and even ashtrays. The first 4 floors took 156 days to complete in traditional construction methods, then all pre-fabricated concrete guest rooms were placed (stacked into place) connected to the utilities network and finished in only 46 days. The entire structure was completed in a record 202 working days and the hotel opened five days early on April 1, 1968. Fifty years later the hotel is as busy and safe as it was during the Hemisfair.
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THE MARRIOTT HOTEL, RIVERWALK –
THEY MOVED THE OLD FAIRMONT HOTEL
DOWN THE STREET TO MAKE ROOM FOR A ONE!
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THE MENGER HOTEL – Alamo Plaza
The oldest hotel in Downtown San Antonio, they say more oil deal were made in this hotel during it’s tenure than any other lodation in Texas. The Rough Riders were also formed in the Menger Bar. It has all of the charm you could ever ask for in an old luxury hotel.
204 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX 78205
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TRU – a new type of hotel for a younger generation
Say hello to a brand-new hotel experience from Hilton that’s vibrant, affordable and young-at-heart. It’s energetic, yet relaxing and comfortable. It’s familiar, and it’s also unexpected. It’s completely unprecedented, it’s uniquely Tru.(Our room, in June of 2019, was as good in many ways as a 4-star hotel, but at the price of a 1-star hotel. A tru-ly great experience)
901 E Houston St, San Antonio, TX 78205
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THE LARDER SHOP in Hotel Emma
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THE EMMA HOTEL – AT THE PEARL
136 E Grayson St, San Antonio, TX 78215
