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Major_Dad
Nov 11, 2014Explorer
magnusfide wrote:
Double ditto re parking. We did not spend too much time on the Riverwalk as it's an outdoor mall and we aren't into shopping. But Mi Tierra Cafe is a good recommendation...
The Riverwalk has plenty of shops, but also theaters, restaurants, historic sites (La Villita, San Fernando Cathedral, Menger Hotel with all its supposed ghosties, Alamo Plaza, King William Historic District, The Pearl Brewery urban gentry hangout). It is also a long tropical garden with all kinds of plants that can't grow at street level. It's really beautiful during Christmas with the lights twinkling along the river, and the big tree at Alamo Plaza of course. The Rivercenter Mall IS a shopping center, and La Villita IS lined with artist galleries/shops.
But the Riverwalk is hardly just a shopping mall...it's so much more.
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