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Sunday, July 13
Mission Trails and Alamo Tour
Come and join us for an exciting and historic tour of the four Spanish Missions in San Antonio TX and the Alamo!
The tour of The Missions will be Sunday, July 13 beginning at 9am. This is a 3 hour bus tour and the bus will pick us up from our hotel, the Sheraton Gunter.
We will visit the four missions south of town and end at the Alamo and the time at each mission varies from 20 minutes to one hour.
This tour is being custom planned and created for Vitiligo Support's National Conference, and is not done from a script. Knowledgeable tour guides will discuss the development of the missions and how they influenced the building of what we now know as Texas and San Antonio. Learn about the influence of the ranching, farming and architecture of the Missions and the people who built and lived in the missions.
The tour will include the following:
Mission Concepcion
The church at Mission Concepcion looks just about, as it did, more than
200 years ago. Founded in what is now eastern Texas in 1716. It was
transferred to its present site in 1731. The beautiful stone church was
completed in 1755.
Mission San Jose
The largest and best known of the Texas missions. Seen as the model
among the Texas missions. A visitor in 1777 referred to the structure as
the "Queen of the Missions." Founded in 1720, the mission was named for
Saint Joseph and the Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo, the governor of
the Province of Coahuila, Mexico and Texas.
Mission San Jaun
San Juan Capistrano made its home along the banks of the San Antonio
River in 1731. San Juan was a self-sustaining community, which had
established a trade network stretching east to Louisiana and south to
Coahuila, Mexico.
Mission Espada
San Francisco de la Espada. The southern most of the San Antonio chain
of missions, Espada appears as far back in the woods today as it did in
the mid-1700s. Founded in 1690 as San Francisco de los Tejas, this was
the first mission in Texas. In 1731, the mission transferred to the San
Antonio River area and renamed Mission San Francisco de la Espada.
The Alamo
The Alamo (San Antonio de Valero Mission) is a former mission and fortress compound, now a museum, in San Antonio, Texas located at 300 Alamo Plaza. The compound, which originally comprised a sanctuary and surrounding buildings, was built by the Spanish Empire in the 18th century for the education of local Native Americans after their conversion to Christianity. After its abandonment as a mission, it was used as a fortress in the 19th century and was the scene of several military actions, including most notably the 1836 Battle of the Alamo, one of the pivotal battles between the forces of the Republic of Texas and Mexico during the Texas Revolution.
COST: Cost for this tour is $30.00 per person. We are limited to just 50 people, so please do not delay if you want to join us!
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SIGN UP: You will be paying for your tour through Alamo City Ghost Tours website. Don't get spooked! This is NOT a ghost tour and is completely appropriate for children and adults! On the tour page, scroll down past the description of the Alamo Ghost Hunt where you will see our tour listed in a box at the top of the tour listings. It says: "Group July 13 Vitiligo Support International" Click on the heading and proceed with payment. To secure your space, visitthe tour page at: http://www.shop.alamocityghosttours.com .
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