Gray Line Tours - San Antonio

01/25/2022

Happy National Day! Let's make 2022 the year to reconnect and recharge through travel. 🚗✈️⛵ Whether you're hitting the road, taking to the skies or sailing the sea—join us in celebrating ! ➡️ bit.ly/NPVD22_Toolkit

11/17/2021

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Fredericksburg: https://www.visitfredericksburgtx.com/events/holiday/

11/10/2021

“What is that clumpy stuff hanging in the trees?”

We’ve got another ! This plant can be seen growing on trees, such as the Live Oaks at our park. It is an epiphyte, meaning it grows on another plant for physical support but gets all its nutrients and water from the air. It doesn’t actively harm the host plant. Another name for these plants is “air plants” as they are commonly used as houseplants.

What is it? Share your best guess below and we’ll reveal the answer tomorrow in the comments!

[Image: A green and brown clumpy plant hangs on an oak branch.]
NPS Photo/C. Holmson

11/08/2021

07/21/2021

We are open for business! Check out these 10 reasons why you should come visit San Antonio!

07/20/2021

The demonstration ranch outside of the walls of Mission San Juan is a recreation of what ranch facilities around the various ranchos would have looked like. These distant barns and pastures held hundreds of goats, cattle, swine, horses, mules and more

07/09/2021

Check out this great review on our Texas Hill Country & LBJ Ranch Tour with our Tour Guide Loretta!

It was incredible in every way! Booked the day before. We were picked up first thing in the morning at our hotel. Our guide was awesome and the other guest were perfect people to spend the day with. Great stops and history throughout the day. I loved it!!

07/07/2021

Gray Line destinations around the world, like us here in San Antonio, are re-opening! Check out some reasons to visit our friends in Venice!

06/29/2021

Gray Line destinations around the world, like us here in San Antonio, are re-opening! Check out some reasons to visit our friends in Niagara Falls!

06/22/2021

Gray Line destinations around the world, like us here in San Antonio, are re-opening! Check out some reasons to visit our friends in Iceland!

05/25/2021

05/18/2021

Peach season is almost here! Book your tour to the Hill Country and have time on your own in Fredericksburg to try some peach wine or peach ice cream

Head to the Texas Hill Country this summer to pick up your box of the freshest, juiciest peaches in Texas from one of a dozen roadside markets and orchards.

05/11/2021

The splendors of the Texas Hill Country include Fredericksburg peaches as well as a variety of other farm fresh produce. Even pick your own!

03/05/2021

Seventy years ago, in 1951, Senator Lyndon Johnson acquired the 240-acre property that would become the “LBJ Ranch.”

His 80-year old Aunt Frank, a widow of nearly fifteen years, was unable to keep up the maintenance on her ranch house and the property, so she and her nephew agreed to a property swap. With $10 on the conveyance deed to “seal the bargain,” Senator Johnson got the ranch and his aunt got his boyhood home in Johnson City. She also received a $100 stipend each month for the rest of her life. She passed away ten years later at the age of 91 and was buried in the family cemetery at the LBJ Ranch.



Photo: LBJ Library by Frank Muto

[Image: Senator Johnson stands next his aunt on the porch of his Boyhood Home, 1959.]

02/11/2021

Out of all the Missions, Mission Concepcion is the best preserved. It is the oldest unreconstructed church in the US as well as the best preserved example of Spanish Colonial Construction. These motifs above the church doors are unchanged since they were carved.

07/20/2020

Did you know there are a number of beautiful missions dotting the state? Get a glimpse of some real Texas history, start learning about them here: https://bit.ly/38xu9zs

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Although we can't go out and all of the things we'd like, staying safe will allow us to get back to exploring Texas responsibly when the time is right. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this virtual Texas escape and remember to wear a mask to keep yourself, and others, healthy. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3ipxaGU

07/15/2020

The association said travel can resume if folks "take very seriously health and safety measures" such as wearing a mask, using hand sanitizer and physical distancing.

07/02/2020

Fifty-six years ago today, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.

This landmark legislation outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin in public accommodations (such as hotels, theaters, restaurants) and public facilities (such as city parks, swimming pools). It also enforced the desegregation of public education, protected voting rights and created an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Seventy-two ceremonial pens were used that evening, and the president gifted several to the legislation’s key players including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and future vice president, Senator Hubert Humphrey.

Everett Dirksen, Senate minority leader, was the first to be handed a signing pen (as seen in photo). Dirksen had rallied support in the Senate and successfully ended a lengthy filibuster to ensure the bill’s passage. In his speech, he emphasized the historical impact of the Civil Rights movement by paraphrasing French novelist Victor Hugo: "Stronger than all the armies is an idea whose time has come."

President Johnson also gifted a pen to his cook, Zephyr Wright. As a Black woman working for the Johnsons for nearly three decades, Mrs. Wright would travel across the Jim Crow South to move the Johnson household between Texas and Washington D.C. She and her husband, Sammy, faced discrimination in seeking overnight accommodations and using public restrooms, and she shared these stories with her employer. Her personal experiences greatly informed and influenced Johnson’s perspective. As the story goes, when President Johnson handed her the pen, he commented, “you deserve this more than anybody else.”

For further background on Civil Rights legislation, please visit: https://www.nps.gov/articles/civil-rights-act.htm

Image: President Johnson hands a pen to Senator Dirksen, surrounded by onlookers. LBJ Library photo by Cecil Stoughton

06/20/2020

It was a great morning out at the San Antonio Missions! Our Driver Guide, Loretta, took some awesome pictures!

04/30/2020

It's Throwback Thursday! Here is a throwback to May 1st 2018 at San Fernando Cathedral in Main Plaza for a Day of Reflection- it was an opportunity for San Antonio to recognize our historic roots, celebrate our unity and diversity, and reflect on the direction we will set for the next 300 years.

03/03/2020

Who else is ready for bluebonnet tours?

👀 Looking forward to a beautiful spring in the Texas Hill Country on this Texas Independence Day. Bluebonnets are just around the corner: https://www.visitfredericksburgtx.com/things-to-do/outdoors/wildflowers/

02/14/2020

01/28/2020

Happy National Day! If you plan on visiting , make sure to take one of our exciting sightseeing tours! Use promo code: Plan2020 at checkout to save 15% at www.graylinesa.com

12/02/2019

It’s our 50th anniversary! As a gift, the facility manager and the Johnson City Quilters Guild created this textile art piece that showcases the park’s history. The quilt is created out of decommissioned national park service ranger and volunteer uniforms, along with an old LBJ Ranch flag. Past superintendent names are stitched into the fabric and the entire quilt is held together by a beautiful bluebonnet pattern. The quilt will be on display in the Johnson City Visitor Center, come check it out! (CD).

11/28/2019

Listen to the Learning TUgether podcast to learn about the Top 5 things to enjoy in San Antonio over the holidays, the most wonderful time of the year!

11/02/2019

God bless Linda Pace, who believed that art was a vital social force for the good. Her legacy strengthens San Antonio's place on the contemporary art map.

10/31/2019

Once a year, the dearly departed come back to us. Come celebrate the colorful and festive Mexican holiday, Día de los Mu***os, with us in San Antonio!
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09/30/2019

The Shops at Blanco Roundabout are a must-visit for both residents and visitors. You are sure to find a treasure or two at these jam-packed stores.

08/31/2019

It's a shame that Eladio's staff didn't see my happy dance post-tacos for their perfect blend of bean and cheese on a delicious, homemade corn tortilla.

08/01/2019

- Beat the Texas heat by carrying a towel around your neck, using a refillable water bottle to always have water with you, and taking a guided sightseeing tour in our air-conditioned vehicles 😎 www.graylinesa.com

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