San Antonio’s fascinating missions, comprised of a church and buildings where the priests and Indigenous people lived and worked, are along the River Walk’s Mission Reach section. This eight-mile (13km) stretch of the urban waterway goes past the Concepcion, San Jose, San Juan and Espada. Sitting below street level, the River Walk, or Paseo del Rio, goes for 15 miles (25km) and is one of the city’s top attractions. River barges also follow the route.

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