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The Tower of the Americas is a 229 m (750 ft) observation tower in Hemisfair, designed by San Antonio architect O'Neil Ford as the theme structure of the 1968 world's fair, HemisFair '68. Elevators rise to an observation deck with floor maps and murals on the history of Texas, a bar and a revolving restaurant; there is also a 4D theater ride.

The Buckhorn Saloon & Museum on East Houston Street grew from the horn collection Albert Friedrich began showing in his saloon in the 1880s, where hunters could trade a set of horns for a drink. Its halls show mounted animals of more than 500 species beside a working saloon and the Texas Ranger Museum, with badges, firearms and a re-created frontier street.

Hard Rock Cafe San Antonio is a restaurant of the Hard Rock chain on the San Antonio River Walk, opened in January 1995 on Crockett Street. The building has three floors with patios and balconies over the river, a dining room hung with music memorabilia, a rooftop bar and a Rock Shop.

The San Antonio River Walk is a network of walkways one level below the streets of downtown San Antonio along the San Antonio River. Built from 1939 with Works Progress Administration funds to plans by architect Robert Hugman, it is lined with restaurants, shops and hotels and links La Villita, the Arneson River Theatre and other downtown sights.

La Villita is one of San Antonio's first neighborhoods, a block of adobe, Victorian and limestone buildings on the south bank of the River Walk. Restored from 1939 by the National Youth Administration under Mayor Maury Maverick, it is now an arts village with craft shops, galleries and restaurants, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

San Fernando Cathedral on Main Plaza is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of San Antonio. Its cornerstone was laid in 1738 for settlers from the Canary Islands; from 1868 to 1873 architect François Giraud rebuilt it with a Gothic Revival nave and twin bell towers, keeping the original sanctuary. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Spanish Governor's Palace on Military Plaza is a one-storey adobe residence completed in 1749 for the captain of the Presidio San Antonio de Béxar; the keystone over the door bears the arms of King Ferdinand VI. The last visible part of the presidio and a National Historic Landmark since 1970, it is a city museum with furnished rooms and a courtyard garden.

The pedestrian street of Playa del Carmen, running parallel to the beach for several kilometres from Parque Los Fundadores northwards. It is lined with shops, restaurants, bars and hotels, and the cross streets lead down to the sea.

A seafront square at the southern end of Quinta Avenida, beside the beach and the Cozumel ferry pier. It holds the Portal Maya, a 16-metre bronze arch of two figures by Arturo Tejero, and the pole from which voladores perform their flying ritual.

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park preserves four Spanish missions founded in the 18th century along the San Antonio River: Concepción, San José, San Juan and Espada, together with the Espada Aqueduct. Their stone churches still hold Catholic services, the park's visitor center is at Mission San José, and the missions form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

An adventure park of the Xcaret group in the forest beside Xcaret, opened in 2009. Its circuits combine zip lines over the jungle, amphibious vehicles on dirt tracks, and rafting and swimming through underground rivers and caves with stalactites; an evening version runs by torchlight.

A cave system with an underground river south of Playa del Carmen, found in 2006 and opened to visitors as a nature reserve. Guided groups in wetsuits and helmets walk and swim through partly flooded chambers full of stalactites and stalagmites, lit only by lamps.

A park on the coast about 6 km south of Playa del Carmen, opened in 1990 on the site of the Maya port of Polé. Paths and underground rivers lead past Maya ruins, an aquarium, a butterfly pavilion, jaguars, a coral-reef lagoon and a hillside cemetery; the evening show Xcaret México Espectacular covers Mexican history and music.

Aquatica San Antonio is a water park beside SeaWorld San Antonio on the city's west side, opened in May 2012 on the site of SeaWorld's former Lost Lagoon area. It has water slides, a wave pool, a lazy river, children's play areas and a lagoon where visitors can wade among stingrays.

SeaWorld San Antonio is a marine-life theme park on the western edge of San Antonio, about 20 km from downtown, which opened in 1988 and covers some 170 hectares. Visitors see orcas, beluga whales, dolphins, sea lions and penguins in habitats and presentations, and ride roller coasters and water rides; SeaWorld Rescue Jr. is an area for young children.

The ruins of the seat of a Maya kingdom about 25 km north of Valladolid, walled and at its height in the 8th and 9th centuries. Its great Acropolis holds the tomb of King Ukit Kan Lek Tok', whose entrance is framed by a stucco monster mouth with winged figures, preserved under later building.

A rocky lagoon in Akumal, about 27 km north of Tulum, where fresh water from underground rivers mixes with the sea. It is run as a park for snorkelling among parrotfish and other reef fish, with bronze sculptures by Pedro Cervantes along the shore.

A cave cenote about 8 km east of Valladolid on the road to Cancún. Steps lead down into a domed cavern where a round stone platform stands in the water, lit by a beam of light through an opening in the roof around midday.

A park of the Xcaret group around a large natural inlet where a river meets the Caribbean, about 16 km north of Tulum. Visitors snorkel among fish in the inlet, float down the river on rubber rings, jump from a cliff into the water and cross the mangroves on bridges and bike paths.

The ruins of a Maya city in the forest between lakes, about 45 km north-west of Tulum, the hub of the largest network of raised stone roads (sacbeob) in the Maya world. Its groups of temples, ball courts and carved stelae of the Late Classic lie kilometres apart; the Nohoch Mul pyramid rises 42 metres.