Experience, enjoy, and remember your loved ones on Dia de Los Muertos, where family and friends gather to pay their respects and remember those who have passed on with dancing, music, art, and good food. Remembrances include family visits to the local cemetery, processions through town squares, and inventive homemade altars honoring departed family members with photos, sweet bread, and flowers.
Kick off your boots and stay awhile at The Buckhorn Saloon & Museum, also known as the biggest attraction in downtown San Antonio. As you walk in, soak up the history while you grab a drink in the oldest saloon in Texas. Discover the exotic animal collection, saloon, cafe, The American Sideshow, Carnival of curiosity, gift shop, private event space, and The Texas Ranger Museum.
Strap on your favorite hiking boots and get ready to be amazed at the Government Canyon State Natural Area, a tranquil park featuring multi-use trails perfect for the experienced to the beginner hiker. Offering more than 40 miles of trails where you can camp, attend a program or guided hike, geocache, picnic, take nature photos, and look for birds and other wildlife. Check out the only known dinosaur footprints on public land where scientists think that the Acrocanthosaurus and Sauroposeidon dinosaurs left the tracks nearly 110 million years ago.