Private UNESCO Missions Tour in San Antonio
Private UNESCO Missions Tour in San Antonio
Tour tham quan các sứ mệnh UNESCO riêng tư ở San Antonio
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Highlights
World-class presentations that are sophisticated, historically accurate and entertaining. The most engaging missions tour you will find in San Antonio. Guaranteed.
You will learn what life was like at the missions, construction, architectural influences, and the nuanced relationships between the Franciscan Friars, Presidial soldiers and the Coahuiltecan tribes. Respectfully and beautifully presented, this experience deep dives in interdependence of colonizers and those being colonized. At the end of this tour, you will be impressed with the largest concentration of Spanish missions in the US and have a depreciation for San Antonio.
Please consider purchasing our "Missions and More" tour, as it includes all four missions PLUS two more centuries of San Antonio history and diverse cultures.
LOCALLY-owned/operated by professional guide and history teacher, stand-up comic, and voice artist Michael Robinson.
Itinerary
Mission Espada
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeSouthern-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
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeJust 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
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe "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
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeMission 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 Espada Aqueduct
5 minsAdmission Ticket FreeDrive 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).
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VND 3.460.100
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