Planning two full days in San Antonio, plus two partial travel days. Assume two full days is enough to enjoy the basics but is there enough to do without a car? Would it be best to rent a car to see anything away from the Riverwalk area? Staying at the Hilton. Also, is the Riverwalk cobble stones as I have read or are there smooth walkways? One of us has a foot problem and although we know there will be walking, need to know about the surface.

We spent 3 days without a car and had no problem. Took the city and mission tours, and taxi's to other attractions that were too far to walk to. Have a great time!

Without a car you won't get to the Hill Country or attractions on the north side (Sea World, Hyatt Hill Country resort, La Cantera golf course, etc), but there's plenty to keep yourelf entertained in the downtown area. There's even some golf courses only a taxi ride away (The Quarry, some municipal courses.)
The riverwalk is a mostly concrete walkways and a few areas with cobblestone, you should be OK. Do wear comfortable shoes. There's a trolley system that circulates throughout downtown you can hop on to see various attractions.

You will probably need a car if you want to go to the outskirts of town. When i was there in Feb. we just took the trolley system around town. It was 50 cents per ride and got you there pretty fast. We also requested special stops, as long as it was on the route. It was a pretty good way to get around.

Seamus, Just curious...how is Hyatt Hill Country an attraction for anyone not staying there? Other than golf, it's not like you can do anything but walk around??

Olive-
It is such a beautifuly designed place that it does attract folks to just walk around the grounds. Biggest draw for non-guests is an award winning golf course (tee time preference to guests, of course) and spa facilities are also available.

It's great to hear people feel that way about it, Seamus. My husbamd worked for the commercial developer who built it, in charge of hotels, so that was his baby. Their goal was to make a lovely spot yet retain all the flavor of the Hill Country, and as much of the feel of Wiseman's ranch (the land it was built on) as possible. It does nestle right down into it. The Wiseman family had owned the land since the mid 1800's and had all its history, including letters from father, in Chicago (I believe), to the son who first ran it...a son who loved drinking and carousing, more than cattle and farming, much to his father's dismay, as evidenced in the letters. The development was fascinating--Woodbine took great pains to incorporate their history both in decor and building materials and the pictures of the Wiseman's ranch still line the walls in the public spaces. We saw the land raw via helicopter and watched it grow so it has special meaning for us--and I'm glad others consider it an attraction even if not staying there--mission accomplished! We'll be there Sunday for a couple of days and are so looking forward to it!

Wow, Olive, how cool for you! It is indeed a wonderful property - kudos to your husband. I haven't stayed there but have strolled the grounds and found it quite appealing. The Wiseman history is very much apparent, the pictures and memoribilia still part of the decor.
You should have nice weather for your visit, though perhaps a few clouds on Sunday. You can email me at [email protected] if you would like more local info.
Cheers!

you'll have a great time walking around.

Seamus...I'm just now seeing your reply above. Thank you so much for the offer of more local information and email address. That was kind.

We had typical Texas weather, changeable, but a wonderful time revisitng the resort. Our son got married April 5 in Gatesville, then we drove to SA the back way on Sunday, down 2 lane 281 rather than I-35, a terminally boring route. With the wildflowers blooming all around on 281, it was a beautiful drive. Somehow got onto the wrong road in Lampasas, getting almost to Austin before realizing our error. Backtracked west on a county road that paralleled the north side of all the lakes, arriving back on our original route, in Marble Falls. If you are familiar with the area, it was a fortuitous error--the little county road was beautiful, roller coaster hilly, winding, with the embankments on either side of it just covered with Bluebonnets, Indian Paintbrushes, black-eyed Susans...all punctuated by an occasional view of one of the lakes. We found ourselves looking with interest at real estate signs offering acreage for sale. gt; Aside from missing the water terribly, in every other respect, I could easily move back to Texas!!

A front blew through SA on Monday night that brought the coldest temperatures for that area in over 100 years of record keeping and we were unprepared! The resort still looks wonderful. My DH lamented the fact he couldn't play the course, saddled as he was by non-playing wife and daughter, but we did Riverwalk again for old times sake, and spent the rest of the time enjoying the grounds of resort. Beautiful place, and we hated to leave! The spa has been built since my last trip there and looked lovely.

Again, thanks for the offer of more assistance. Another time, we'll be back!