The Alamo
300 Alamo Plaza
Hours
Monday-Saturday; 9am-5:30pm: Sunday; 10am-5:30pm
About this place
The Alamo is the site of the historical Battle of the Alamo which occurred 170 year ago. It spreads on 2.4 acre of land and is circulated by the modern parts of San Antonio. The Alamo was founded as Mission San Antonio de Valero in the 18th century. Today, the Alamo is the most popular tourist attraction in San Antonio where visitors can enter from five entrances. Most visited things in the Alamo area is the church where visitors can see various artifacts and flags. There are also the Alamo gardens with beautiful lawns and flowers as well as the Wall of History. The Long Barrack Museum opened in 1968 describes the entire history of the Alamo and displays a short film on the same subject.



