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NORTHBOUND: TRAVELS FROM
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Zoo
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Garden
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Zoo
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Museum of Art
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Market &
Presa
SOUTHBOUND: TRAVELS FROM
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NORTHBOUND: TRAVELS FROM
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San Antonio
Zoo
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Museum of Art
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Market &
Presa
SOUTHBOUND: TRAVELS FROM
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NORTHBOUND: TRAVELS FROM
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Museum of Art
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Museum of Art
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SOUTHBOUND: TRAVELS FROM
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➤
ROUTE 7: SIGHTSEER Special
Want to see what makes the Alamo City unique in
culture, history and fun? Just hop aboard the Sightseer
Special – VIA bus route 7. We’ll take you to museums,
gardens, the zoo, a 100-year-old park, even the Alamo.
ATTRACTIONS: (cont.)
Brackenridge Park
Popular with locals and visitors for nearly 100 years, this park offers
recreational facilities, pavilions, picnic areas, walking trails, even an
18-hole municipal golf course that first opened in 1916.
No admission fee.
Location: 3700 North St. Mary’s Street
210-207-7275
www.sanantonio.gov/sapar
Buy a ONE DAY BUS PASS. See all you can.
For regular Route 7 fares, see the front panel. For your
best value, get an unlimited One Day Bus Pass for just
$4. See all you can and ride all you want all day long on
Route 7, downtown streetcars, or any VIA bus route. Enjoy
discounts at several attractions, too.
Purchase One Day Bus Passes at the San Antonio
Museum of Art, the Witte Museum, the Zoo, the City of
San Antonio Visitor Center, any VIA information center or
online at www.viainfo.net.
San Antonio Zoo
Ranked as one of the best zoos in the nation exhibiting over
3,500 animals of 600 species. In operation since 1914, the Zoo
is located at the headwaters of the San Antonio River.
$1 off admission with One Day Bus Pass.
Location: 3903 North St. Mary’s Street
210-734-7184
www.sa-zoo.org
Witte Museum
San Antonio’s premiere museum of South Texas history, culture,
and natural science, is located in Brackenridge Park. Extensive
permanent exhibits feature dinosaur skeletons, mummies, the
four-story H-E-B Science Treehouse, cave drawings, changing
historical exhibits, wildlife dioramas and even live animals.
$1 off admission with One Day Bus Pass.
ATTRACTIONS:
Location: 3801 Broadway
210-357-1900
www.wittemuseum.org
Riverwalk Streetcar Station
San Antonio Botanical Garden
Catch all VIA downtown streetcar routes at this convenient
station, located between Commerce and Market Streets at the
junction of Alamo Street.
No admission fee.
The 33-acre Botanical Garden, founded in 1980, includes formal
and display gardens, a futuristic glass conservatory with climates
ranging from rainforest to desert, the Texas Native Trail, and
a carriage house originally constructed in 1896 featuring a
restaurant and gift shop.
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
San Antonio’s prime location for conventions and conferences,
with nearly 400,000 square feet of exhibit hall space, the Lila
Cockrell Theatre and other facilities. Near the Riverwalk and
downtown hotels.
No admission fee.
The Alamo
Tread the halls of this famed mission, where a small band of Texans
held out for thirteen days against the Mexican Army – making
legends of such names as James Bowie, David Crockett and
William Travis.
No admission fee.
Location: 555 Funston Place
210-207-3250
www.sabot.org
San Antonio Children’s Museum
An exciting and fun way to learn for children and their families.
Experience hands-on discovery through over 80 educationally
and culturally based exhibits.
Location: 305 East Houston Street
210-212-4453
www.sakids.org
Location: 300 Alamo Plaza
210-225-1391
www.thealamo.org
San Antonio Museum of Art
Housed in the historic 1884 Lone Star Brewery near the heart
of downtown, the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) is
home to a collection that spans the globe and the centuries. The
Museum’s permanent collection is the region’s finest displays of
American, Asian, decorative, European, Latin American, modern
and contemporary, Near Eastern and Islamic, and Oceanic art.
$1 off admission with One Day Bus Pass
Location: 200 West Jones Avenue
210-978-8100
www.samuseum.org
La Villita
Spanish for “little town,” La Villita is the original settlement of San
Antonio. One square block in the heart of downtown, it’s alive
with artists, craftsmen, shops and restaurants.
No admission fee.
The following location is not served by route 7 but can be visited
on VIA bus routes 8, 14 and 509. For these bus route schedules
visit www.viainfo.net or call 210-362-2020.
McNay Art Museum
Built by artist and educator Marion Koogler McNay in the 1920s,
the Spanish Colonial Revival-style home opened as Texas’ first
museum of modern art in 1954.Today more than 100,000 visitors
a year enjoy works by 20th-century masters including Paul
Gauguin,Vincent van Gogh, Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe,
Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Location: 6000 North New Braunfels
210-824-5368
www.mcnayart.org
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with artists, craftsmen, shops and restaurants.
No admission fee.
Location: West of Alamo Street between Market and Nueva
www.lavillita.com
SIGHTSEER Special
Ride all you want. See all you can.
$ 1.10
2.50
.15
30.00
ADULT
$ .55
1.25
.07
15.00
DISCOUNT
$
ONE DAY BUS PASS 4
EFFECTIVE: 11-03-2008
BUS FARES:
Metro, Frequent, or Skip Service
Express Service
Transfer Slip
Monthly Big Pass
VIAtrans PATRONS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
Includes their personal care attendant and a companion with VIA ID.
OFF PEAK SPECIAL for seniors and persons with limited mobility with VIA ID:
weekdays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25¢
Saturdays and Sundays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FREE
No smoking, eating or drinking on bus.
Please offer front seats to seniors and
riders with disabilities.
Exit through the rear door.
Stand behind yellow line on board.
DISCOUNTS: Discounted fares and passes are available to the following:
seniors (62 and older), students, persons with certain disabilities, Medicare recipients
and children 5 -11 ( no ID required for children, 4 and under ride free ).
REDUCED FARE ID: A VIA Reduced Fare ID is required and must be presented
when boarding in order to pay reduced fares or use discounted passes.
Call Customer Service for information on obtaining a VIA ID.
TRANSFERS: Transfer slips, which allow you to connect from one bus to another,
must be purchased when boarding and are valid on date issued within 2 hours from
time indicated. If transferring from a regular service to Express Service, additional
fare is required.
PASSES: Passes and tickets are available online at www.viainfo.net, at all
VIA Information Centers or by mail. In addition, there are convenient retail pass
outlets throughout the city.
TIPS TO RIDE BY:
Be at your stop five minutes early.
Have correct change ready
( operators do not carry change ).
Keep belongings out of the aisle.
Customer Service/Information:
362-2020 (1-866-362-2020 )
TTY 362-2019
www.viainfo.net