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25-Plus Years of Nightly Walking Tours from San Fernando Cathedral
115 Main Plaza W, San Antonio, TX 78205
Research updated August 2026
Age
Family-friendly; children ages 5-12 welcome
Cost
$
Adults $25, children (5-12) $23, military $23. Pricing per the operator's own site.
Access
Wheelchair OK
An outdoor walking tour through downtown San Antonio; sidewalks, weather, and terrain influence the pace.
Equipment
Photos OK
San Fernando Cathedral (Main Plaza) · Downtown San Antonio historic district
Alamo City Ghost Tours has operated in downtown San Antonio for more than two decades, guiding visitors past sites tied to the city's Spanish colonial, Texas Revolution, and 20th-century history. The tour meets at 115 Main Plaza West, in front of San Fernando Cathedral — the oldest continuously functioning cathedral sanctuary in the United States — and covers stops including the former Bexar County Jail site and the Alamo Street Theater. The operator holds an A+ Better Business Bureau rating and was recognized among Tripadvisor's top ghost tours in America in 2005.
Sources
The tour covers the former Bexar County Jail site, San Fernando Cathedral, the Alamo Street Theater, and the Cadillac Bar, among other downtown stops, weaving in stories of reported apparitions and unexplained activity collected from the properties and their staff over the operator's long run in the city.
This is the tour operator's own marketing and storytelling material, not documented history independently verified for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tour covers, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
Media Appearances
A 90-minute, family-friendly walking tour of downtown San Antonio, covering the Bexar County Jail site, San Fernando Cathedral, Alamo Street Theater, the Cadillac Bar, and other reportedly haunted downtown sites. Adults $25, children (5-12) $23, military $23. Meets at 115 Main Plaza West, in front of San Fernando Cathedral, 8:30pm start.
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Named stop; the operator maintains a dedicated page on the Cadillac Bar's history and reported hauntings.
Named downtown stop covering the hotel's documented history and reported hauntings.
Tour meeting point, 115 Main Plaza West.
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