27th Annual National MPS Society Family Conference
 

The San Antonio River Walk

The San Antonio River Walk is a public park, open 365 days a year. It is a network of walkways along the banks of the San Antonio River, one story beneath approximately 5 miles of downtown San Antonio. Lined by bars, shops and restaurants, the River Walk is an important part of the city's urban fabric and a tourist attraction in its own right.

The River Walk winds and loops under bridges as two parallel sidewalks, lined with restaurants, shops, hotels and more. It connects the major tourist draws from the Alamo to Rivercenter Mall, Arneson River Theatre and La Villita, the San Antonio Museum of Art, and the Pearl Brewery.


 The Alamo
 
Originally named Mission San Antonio de Valero, the Alamo served as home to missionaries and their Indian converts for nearly seventy years.   Construction began on the present site in 1724.  In 1793, Spanish officials secularized San Antonio's five missions and distributed their lands to remaining Indian residents.  These men and women continued to farm the fields, once the mission's but now their own, and participated in the growing community of San Antonio.