San Antonio Ghost Tour: Haunted History Walking Tour is a 90 minute evening walk sold by Ghost City Tours San Antonio, listed from $29.99 per person when we checked on August 2, 2026. Groups meet at 300 Alamo Plaza, across from the Alamo Chapel by the San Antonio de Valero sign, and the itinerary names exactly one place, flagged pass-by: the Alamo. That single anchor is the whole booking. The group is capped at 12 travelers, the booking bands run CHILD 0-5, YOUTH 6-11 and ADULT 12-99, and both wheelchair and stroller access are listed. It rates 4.4 from 142 reviews, the fifth largest review base among the twelve San Antonio products we re-checked on August 2, 2026. Departures are in the evening per the July 29, 2026 facts pass; no clock time is published, so confirm yours at booking.
| Detail | What the listing shows |
|---|---|
| From price | $29.99 per person (checked August 2, 2026) |
| Duration | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Departures | Evening, per the July 29, 2026 facts pass. No clock time is verified. |
| Booking bands | CHILD 0-5, YOUTH 6-11, ADULT 12-99 (checked August 1, 2026). The listing publishes no bare minimum age. |
| Group size | Maximum 12 travelers, the smallest posted cap among the thirteen San Antonio products we pulled on August 1, 2026, tied with one sibling listing |
| Rating | 4.4 from 142 Viator reviews (checked August 2, 2026) |
| Accessibility | Wheelchair accessible, with transportation flagged accessible, and stroller accessible (checked August 1, 2026) |
| Cancellation | Free cancellation (checked August 2, 2026). A 24 hour window was recorded on July 29, 2026, so confirm it at booking. |
| Meeting point | 300 Alamo Plaza, across from the Alamo Chapel, by the San Antonio de Valero sign |
| Stops | One, flagged pass-by: the Alamo. No interior access is listed. |
| Confirmation | At time of booking |
| Availability | Bookable, checked August 2, 2026 |
| Not published | End point, weather policy and an inclusions list were not returned in our August 1, 2026 pull, so we state none of them. |
| Operator | Ghost City Tours San Antonio, an independent company that runs walks in many cities. We do not run this tour. |
What the route covers
The site is older than the battle it is famous for. Fray Antonio de Olivares founded Mission San Antonio de Valero on May 1, 1718; it moved to this ground in 1724 after a hurricane, and the chapel cornerstone was laid on May 8, 1744. The federal nomination 66000808 dates the church begun in 1744 and finished in 1757 and records the 1762 collapse of the towers, nave vaulting and dome, after which it "was never fully repaired." Secularization came in 1793, and in 1803 the Second Flying Company of San Carlos de Parras took the empty mission as barracks; the Handbook of Texas puts the naming this way: "From this association probably originated the name Alamo." It was a mission first and a fortress only from those occupations, never a purpose built fort, and it is not a national park: the property belongs to the State of Texas and is run by Alamo Trust.
The siege ran February 23 to March 6, 1836. Travis took full command on the 24th when Bowie fell ill, and thirty-two men from Gonzales got in on March 1. The Handbook of Texas puts the assault at "Around 5:00 A.M. on Sunday, March 6" with "about 1,800 assault troops," lasting "no more than ninety minutes," and it is exact about its own uncertainty on the dead: "Currently, 189 defenders appear on the official list, but ongoing research may increase the final tally to as many as 257." Mexican killed and wounded together are estimated at about 600. Figures in the thousands circulate around this plaza; they are not what the record says.
There is no defenders' grave here to point at and no mass grave, because the bodies were burned. The nomination states that "the bodies were burned by order of Santa Anna," and alcalde Francisco Antonio Ruiz was ordered to dispose of the dead. On February 25, 1837 Juan N. Seguin held a military funeral for the ashes: the Telegraph and Texas Register of March 28, 1837 reports them gathered from three heaps, carried in a coffin to the parish church for the service, then taken back out to the pyre sites, where "The coffin and all the ashes were then interred." Whether any of those remains later reached San Fernando Cathedral is an open question, and this walk does not go there; our page for the same company's Madams and Mayhem walk carries that argument. We put no number on burials in Alamo Plaza, because no sourced number exists.
The building in the photographs is not the building the defenders saw. In 1836 the complex was, in the nomination's words, "in most cases roofless ruins," and the humped gable that reads as the Alamo today is United States Army work from the rebuild of about 1848 to 1850; the sources disagree on the year, so we give the range. The State bought the chapel in 1883, Coppini's Cenotaph was dedicated in November 1940, and the site became a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and part of the UNESCO World Heritage inscription in 2015.
On the ghost material we are careful, because this company's own San Antonio Alamo page returned a 404 when we checked on August 1, 2026 and no replacement was found, so we attribute no Alamo story to it. What is documented is the folk tale rather than the events inside it: the oldest version located is Adina De Zavala's History and Legends of the Alamo of 1917, which frames it as tradition in its own sentences, "That the Alamo was guarded by ghosts was one of the current folk-tales of the country." We found no nineteenth century newspaper ghost report and we do not claim Andrade's soldiers reported anything. The spectral monk that travels with this site is a category error: Valero was a Franciscan mission staffed by friars, gone after secularization in 1793, forty-three years before the battle. Ten of the thirteen products in our San Antonio set touch this site and only two operators' lore was read, so we attribute rather than generalize.
Who it suits
The small group, family banded option on Alamo Plaza: ninety minutes, twelve travelers maximum, wheelchair and stroller access listed, and three booking bands rather than one. It suits visitors staying near the plaza who want one site done properly rather than a march around downtown.
- Choose it if you are traveling with small children. The bands run CHILD 0-5, YOUTH 6-11 and ADULT 12-99, it is stroller accessible, and it is the only guided San Antonio product in our August 1, 2026 pull with more than two booking bands.
- Choose it if group size matters. Twelve is the smallest posted cap in that pull, shared with one sibling; the same company's San Antonio pub crawl posts 30, so 12 is not a company wide policy.
- Wheelchair access is listed here, with transportation flagged accessible, checked August 1, 2026. That flag is stated per listing, not operator wide.
- Skip it if you want a multi stop route. The itinerary names one place and flags it pass-by.
- Skip it if you expect to go inside the Alamo. No San Antonio product in our set lists entering it, admission to the Alamo Church is by reservation, and evening groups stand in the open plaza.
How it compares
The sharpest comparison in the city is Bad Wolf Ghost Tours' San Antonio Ghost Walk: the same 90 minutes, the same single Alamo anchor, $25 against this listing's $29.99, and 4.8 from 123 reviews, the highest rating among the twelve San Antonio products we re-checked on August 2, 2026. Scope that carefully, because at least one further San Antonio product recorded in the July 29, 2026 facts pass was not re-checked; and that walk is capped at 30 against this one's 12. On price, $29.99 is the third cheapest guided figure of the twelve, behind $25 and $26, with a $9.75 self-guided app tour cheaper still and not a guided walk. Its two Ghost City siblings are the 16 and over Madams and Mayhem walk (4.2 from 59 reviews, $34.99, capped at 12) and the 21 and over haunted pub crawl (4.4 from 275 reviews, $34.99, capped at 30). All sit side by side on our San Antonio ghost tour hub and in our guide to the best ghost tours in San Antonio.
Questions people ask
How long is it, and when does it run?
Ninety minutes, in the evening per the July 29, 2026 facts pass. No clock start time is published, so confirm your departure when you book.
Where does it start?
At 300 Alamo Plaza, across from the Alamo Chapel, by the San Antonio de Valero sign. That is the address the Alamo publishes for itself.
Do you go inside the Alamo?
No. The listing flags the Alamo as a pass-by, admission to the Alamo Church is by reservation, and no San Antonio product in our set lists going inside it. Evening groups stand in Alamo Plaza, which is open public space.
Can I bring young children?
Yes. The booking bands run CHILD 0-5, YOUTH 6-11 and ADULT 12-99 and the listing is stroller accessible. It publishes no bare minimum age.
Is it wheelchair accessible?
It was listed wheelchair accessible, with transportation flagged accessible, and stroller accessible when we pulled the listing on August 1, 2026. We state that for this listing alone, not for the operator's other walks.
How big are the groups, and can I cancel?
The posted maximum is 12 travelers, the smallest cap among the thirteen San Antonio products we pulled on August 1, 2026. Free cancellation was on the listing at our August 2, 2026 check, with a 24 hour window recorded on July 29, 2026; confirm the exact window at booking. Confirmation comes at time of booking.
