In search of a luxe native getaway that genuinely seems like an escape slightly than a mere 17-mile jaunt from downtown? La Cantera Resort & Spa, in fact.
This 496-room haven has lodging for each kind of staycationer, together with homelike boutique-style villas and SEVEN, an adults-only flooring loaded with dreamy facilities.
If a cool dip seems like the best method to beat the double canine days of San Antonio summer time, the resort has a pool for everybody, from a household pool with waterslides to a tranquil adults-only house. There’s additionally a championship golf course, tennis courts mapped for the more and more widespread pickleball and an indulgent spa.
La Cantera Resort & Spa has quite a lot of eating alternatives, together with elevated eating at Signature, which presents a 26-page wine checklist, and gourmand delights — hey, delicate quail, succulent prime beef tenderloin and indulgent caviar service. Need one thing extra informal? La Cantera checks that field with all the pieces from a Tex-Mex cantina, an open-air kitchen with American favorites, poolside eating, and a Quenche Juicery with energizing smoothies and wholesome salads and bowls.
This resort is really for everybody: {couples} looking for serene spa experiences, households who need tons of exercise choices for teenagers, or a bit of of each — La Cantera has a drop-off children membership that enables dad and mom to savor some kid-free time.
Whereas it’s simple to think about how a staycation at this well-appointed hideaway would contain not leaving the resort grounds, there’s a lot to do for anybody able to get out and discover. If La Cantera Resort is base camp, right here’s the place else to go:
Grownup enjoyable for a trigger
Summer season resort visitors obtain free entry to Evenings at Topaz, a collection of three summer time soirees on the resort’s adult-only pool. Not staying in a single day? Anybody should purchase a ticket to the occasions on July 25 and Aug. 22. Proceeds profit San Antonio charities.
Let another person take the wheel
La Cantera presents complimentary transportation to off-property sights, equivalent to Six Flags Fiesta Texas, the Retailers at La Cantera, The Rim, Andretti Karting and Video games, and extra. This amenity is designed for anybody who desires the posh of skipping the expertise of discovering a parking house, however it’s notably helpful for drained dad and mom after a full day at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Visitors obtain a day by day publication with shuttle occasions.
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Whether or not your supreme Six Flags day entails testing the latest thrill journey, KID FLASH Cosmic Coaster, or chilling at Hurricane Harbor Waterpark, there’s no higher place on the town for household enjoyable. And Six Flags is for everybody, so kid-free teams can unleash their inside little one and be a child for the day.
17000 I-10 E., sixflags.com/fiestatexas
Day Journey to Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg is lower than an hour’s drive from La Cantera and often a couple of levels cooler. Downtown Fredericksburg has two main streets filled with eclectic boutiques, museums and eccentric locations to seize espresso, candy treats, barbecue and, in fact, German fare. Summer season is peach season in Fredericksburg, so seize the contemporary fruit and search for peach-forward meals and beverage choices on menus. If the lure of Fredericksburg is the abundance of Texas Hill Nation wineries, La Cantera’s concierge can organize a wine tour with lodge pickup.
Customer’s Middle: 302 E. Austin St., Fredericksburg, visitfredericksburgtx.com
The Retailers at La Cantera
A mixture of upscale outlets, like Chanel, Golden Goose and Neiman Marcus, and retailers historically present in purchasing malls in every single place, equivalent to Auntie Anne’s, Foot Locker and Scorching Matter, will hold the “Store until you drop” crowd busy all day. And true retail remedy lovers will agree that La Cantera’s complimentary shuttle means cash saved. It is a win-win.
15900 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 6698, theshopsatlacantera.com
Discover The Rim Purchasing Middle
A fast 2-mile journey from La Cantera Resort, The Rim is an leisure hub with purchasing, eating, an IMAX movie show and colourful, Instagrammable murals. Don’t sleep on Bakery Lorraine’s luscious macarons, and different candy and savory treats.
17703 La Cantera Parkway, therimsa.com
Excessive Octane Indoor Thrills x 2
iFly San Antonio and Andretti Indoor Karting and Video games are lower than 3 miles from the resort, and the 2 actions are lower than a mile from one another, making each doable in a single journey. Nearly anybody can take part in indoor skydiving, though reservations are beneficial. Andretti Indoor Karting presents greater than go-karts; actions embody boutique bowling, laser tag and different VR video games.
Andretti Indoor Karting: 5527 N. Loop 1604 W., andrettikarting.com/sanantonioiFly San Antonio: 15915 I-10, iflyworld.com/san-antonio
Rooster N Pickle
Pickleball is taking the world by storm, and San Antonio isn’t any exception. Lower than a 15-minute drive from La Cantera, Rooster N Pickle has indoor and out of doors courts and classes. Informal eating — that’s the place the rooster is available in — and a full of life rooftop bar with bites and music are nice for stress-free and reflecting on epic dink pictures and overhead slams.
5215 UTSA Blvd., chickennpickle.com/location/san-antonio
Pure Bridge Caverns
Pure Bridge Caverns is a 45-minute drive from the resort. The cavern temperature is 70 levels, irrespective of how scorching it’s underneath the Texas solar. Be warned, although, anybody wanting to flee sticky climate is out of luck: The cavern’s humidity is a steamy 99%. Take one — or extra — of the a number of cavern excursions provided, or get pleasure from on-the-surface actions like zip rails and gem mining.
26495 Pure Bridge Caverns Street, naturalbridgecaverns.com
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