The Riverwalk and The Alamo

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Both the Riverwalk and The Alamo are downtown.  The Riverwalk is a beautiful walk area along the river with lots of restaurants, shops, and hotels.  The area is very green with plants and flowers, which is a nice break for the brown, desert, dry conditions of the rest of the city.

You can take a river tour on boats that are constantly going by filled with people.  You can eat dinner on these boats also by making reservations at participating restaurants, Cafe Ole, for example, offers these "floating dinners."  There are mariachi bands, especially at nighttime, that are going through the restaurants playing for guests.

Great Downtown Area

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We were in town over the weekend they were celebrating St. Patrick's Day.  There was a very small parade that went down the river with floats of bagpipe players and other locals dying the river green.

The Alamo is also downtown, very close to the Riverwalk.  We spent some time going through some of the museum areas.  It was lit up various colors at night, which may have been due to an art festival that was in town the same weekend.  I'm not sure if it looks like that at night all the time.

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There was so much going on downtown and you can walk to everything.  We never paid more than $10 for parking while we were downtown.  There are tons of garages and lots.