Insiders' Guide to San Antonio, 3rd (Insiders' Guide Series) [Paperback]

Paris Permenter (Author), John Bigley (Author)

Book Description

Series: Insiders' Guide Series | Publication Date: July 1, 2006

This Insiders' Guide® to San Antonio details where to shop, eat, stay, and play in the home of the Alamo. Discover a no-frills diner, jazz on the River Walk, and antiques shopping in Galveston. Whether vistors are looking to plan a quick visit or to relocate to this beautiful south Texas city, this authoritative guide will show them everything they need to know.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"These guides provide not only hours of interesting reading, but also the information you need to get the most out of your vacation."
--Southern Living

"Visitors will find this book a terrific resource; those who live there will definitely want to own it."
--Family Travel Times

From the Back Cover

For more than twenty years, the Insiders’ Guide® series has remained the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information. Each guide is written by locals and true insiders and offers a personal, practical perspective that readers everywhere have come to know and love.
Home to the world famous River Walk and many early eighteenth-century missions, San Antonio boasts a rich cultural heritage. But there’s more to the River City than the historic Alamo and La Villita: The Texas Air Museum, the rodeo, and the Longhorn Cavern are all nearby. This authoritative guide will show you how to navigate the numerous sights and activities of the Cradle of Texas Liberty. Inside you’ll find:

• countless details on how to live and thrive in the area, from the best shopping to

  the lowdown on real estate and schools
• the inside scoop on popular attractions such as Mission San José and HemisFair

  Park, as well as where to get a real cowboy breakfast
• comprehensive listings of restaurants, lodging, special events, and recreation 

  opportunities
• sections dedicated to children, retirement, and more

Whether you’re planning a vacation, already living in the area, or looking to relocate, Insiders’ Guide to San Antonio will show you everything you need
to know.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Insiders' Guide; 3rd edition (July 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762740477
• ISBN-13: 978-0762740475
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,108,586 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Mediocre Guide, April 26, 2007

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Sojourner (Oakland, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Insiders' Guide to San Antonio, 3rd (Insiders' Guide Series) (Paperback)

We bought this book for a trip we took to San Antonio last week. It's adequate at best. In no way should the prospective buyer be deceived into believing this is an "Insiders' Guide" in any meaningful way. Key restaurants favored by many locals we met were not even mentioned in the book and it's clear the authors hadn't even visited sites the book incorrectly describes; e.g. imagine my surprise after taking a taxi to the Japanese Tea Gardens to find that, despite the lovely description of it in the book, it had been completely drained of all the water it once surrounded (and that its many paths and bridges navigate around and over) for many, many years!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ALAMO CITY, October 11, 2007

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Shannon Deason (Houston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Insiders' Guide to San Antonio, 3rd (Insiders' Guide Series) (Paperback)

This is a very good guide to San Antonio, the author at least seems to know the city. The guide focuses on the things that make this city so special. The guide is easy to navigate, well thoughtout and thorough. San Antonio is one of the unique American cities, along with San Francisco, New Orleans, and New York City. I love this city, it is so layed back and friendly, it exudes that hill country charm. It's a big city, that does not feel like one. The German, Hispanic, and Anglo cultures melt together here and form a uniquely american city. This is a very good guide to one of America's urban treasures.