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The downtown area also features Cathedral of San Fernando, The Majestic Theatre, HemisFair Park (home of the Tower of the American Contents and the Institute of Texan Cultures), La Villita, El Mercado, the Spanish Governor`s Palace, and the historic Menger Hotel. On the Nern side of the Alamo complex, beside the Emily Morgan Hotel, is the San Antonio Cavalry Museum, which features cavalry artifacts and exhibits and is frequented by local re-enactors.

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Other places of interest include the The Woodlawn Theatre ,San Antonio Zoo, Japanese Tea Gardens, Brackenridge Park, the missions of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, the Witte Museum, the McNay Art Museum, SeaWorld San Antonio, Six Flags Fiesta Texas,The Texas Transportation Museum,and Splashtown San Antonio. Visitors can also experience something of the cowboy culture year round, they can see the 40-foot (12 m) tall cowboy boots at North Star Mall.

Beyond taking in the sights and sounds of San Antonio, tourists can sample some of its world famous Tex-Mex cuisine at the many fine restaurants located throughout the city. San Antonio is (to residents, former residents, and many visitors) the undisputed home of true Tex-Mex. Mexican restaurants are abundant in virtually all parts of town, and most — except for those in the Far North and some of the Uptown enclaves like Alamo Heights — are comparatively incostly. Some outstanding examples of Tex-Mex eateries include Jacala, on West Avenue on the near Northwest side, Karam`s, in the middle of the West Side, and Los Barrios, on the near North side of town.

Native USs originally stayed in the San Antonio River valley in the San Pedro Springs area, calling the vicinity Yanaguana, meaning "refreshing waters."

In 1691, a group of Spanish explorers and missionaries came upon the river and Native US settlement (located in the area of existing "La Villita") on June 13, the feast day of St. Anthony, and named the place and river "San Antonio" in his honor.