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Premier Hotel on the San Antonio Riverwalk Boasts Premium Amenities Indulge yourself at the Holiday Inn El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel in downtown San Antonio. Our tropical hotel is conveniently located near many downtown entertainment and business destinations. As your family arrives at this downtown San Antonio hotel, you will be welcomed by a gleaming mosaic of over 300,000 gorgeous glass tiles, as well as beautiful Mexican art. Situated at the start of the 1.5 mile Museum Reach Expansion of the San Antonio Riverwalk, our hotel is convenient to local attractions including the Alamo, Tower of the Americas, Market Square, San Antonio Zoo and the Alamodome. You can catch the trolley from our hotel to your destination. Corporate travelers can appreciate the convenience of our San Antonio Riverwalk accommodations with easy access to the San Antonio International Airport, Henry B. Gonzales Center and companies such as Bank of America, AT & T, American Payroll, USAA, Valero Energy and Kinetic Concepts. We also provide business services including faxing, copying, printing and free high-speed Internet access. While lodging at our hotel in downtown San Antonio, see toucans in our aviary, visit our on-call massage therapist, exercise in the 3,000 square foot STRIVE Fitness Studio, swim in the outdoor heated pool or dine at our full-service restaurant and bar, where kids eat for free.
Intercontinental
42 year old with a luxury budget, traveling for leisure
Don't you wish you could go someplace and feel absolutely comfortable with your choice? This, then, is my experience with this property. Clean, comfortable, good-sized room with a BALCONY and a wonderful, king-size bed with even my choice of pillow
This hotel is barely near the river
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Posted Feb 16, 2009
Okay
This hotel is barely near the river (river or puddle, you be the judge). You could walk but it is almost a mile from the river center. The Trolley is the Blue route which is a very odd route and often slow and has the most inconvenient time for all...
Older hotel, but very clean,
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Posted Jan 06, 2009
Good
Older hotel, but very clean, interesting decor and layout. On the far end of the Riverwalk closer to the Alamo, but not close to the usual Riverwalk activities - walkable if you have the time and energy. A bus system can also get you close to...
We were placed in a room with no
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Posted Nov 07, 2008
Horrible
We were placed in a room with no outside windows, it only had a sliding glass door to the indoor pool area. The room was very small, but I don't really mind a small room. However, many items were not functioning including the phone and the coffee...
This wasn't my choice for Hotel as this was booked for a work conference. The staff were friendly, but they weren't informed. I was royally screwed out of a trip to the Botanical Gardens because they didn't have a bus schedule for that...
We visited this hotel because my husband's military unit was having their reunion there. The staff was excellent, and couldn't do enough for you. The rooms were clean and the grounds well kept.The Streetcar and city bus stopped right at...
Nice common areas.Inconvenient to
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Posted Aug 14, 2008
Okay
Nice common areas.Inconvenient to things like ice machines and store sold little.“This hotel would be a great place to stay with a big group of friends if they wanted to relax and party mostly with each other and not so much of sight seeing area...
The room was great, the restaurants
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Posted Aug 12, 2008
Excellent
The room was great, the restaurants were great (kids eat free!) Great Hotel!A little far from the heart of the Riverwalk, but it was a short trolley ride away.“We will definitely stay at this hotel again. It is an older hotel that has undergone...
There were no bugs; Surprising for San
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Posted Jul 30, 2008
Good
There were no bugs; Surprising for San Antonio; it was different in theme.The parking garage is ridiculous. The ice machine was broke, paying for parking, staff was too young and inexperienced.“There have been far worse stays in my traveling career. ...