Tower of the Americas Tickets

The cheapest Tower of the Americas tickets on GetYourGuide cost $99, for a four-hour night walking tour with deck entry. The most reviewed option is the $109 day tour with a River Walk cruise, rated 4.34 from 19 reviews. The observation deck is about 176 m up, according to Wikipedia, in a tower of 229 m. I’d go in the hour before sunset.

Tower of the Americas at a Glance

I found two Tower of the Americas tickets on GetYourGuide, and both are tours that include the observation deck, not a plain entry ticket. If you only want the view, the official site sells that separately, so I’ll say below what each tour adds. The numbers here come from Wikidata, Wikipedia and Open-Meteo, so you can check each one.

What	Detail
Public levels	Revolving restaurant at 168 m, lower indoor deck at 171 m, upper indoor deck at 176 m, per Wikipedia
Open air or indoor	Indoor observation decks, per Wikipedia
Address	739 E Durango Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78205 (per Google Maps)
Opening hours	10 AM to 10 PM Sunday to Thursday, 10 AM to 11 PM Friday and Saturday (per Google Maps and the official site)
Time to allow	About 45 minutes at the tower on the day tour, 4 hours for the whole tour

“From 750 feet up, enjoy breathtaking views of San Antonio and beyond, while interactive floor maps and historic photos help you discover the city's landmarks and stories.”

Tower of the Americas Observation Deck Tickets

The only way to book Tower of the Americas observation deck tickets through GetYourGuide is inside a tour. The San Antonio Small Group Tour with Cruise & Tower of Americas, run by See Sight Tours, is a four-hour day tour for $109. The listing includes admission to the observation deck, a River Walk cruise, a guided visit to the Alamo grounds, La Villita, the Love Lock Bridge and San Fernando Cathedral.

You meet your guide outside the Alamo, and the tower is the last stop, with about 45 minutes planned there. It has 19 reviews at 4.34, and most mention the guide by name. The listing is in English and cancels free up to 24 hours ahead. One reviewer warns about the amount of walking, so wear comfortable shoes.

See Sight Tours Inc

San Antonio Small Group Tour with Cruise & Tower of Americas

• ★ 4.3 (19 reviews)
• 4 hours
• Free cancellation

My pick: My pick for a first visit: the better rated of the two, with a river cruise and the Alamo on top of the deck entry. It is a tour, not a plain ticket.

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“Victor was an excellent guide. He is so knowledgeable on the history of San Antonio. I would highly recommend booking with him!”

Tower of the Americas Tickets and Prices

At $99, the night walk is the lower-priced of the two Tower of the Americas tickets, and it costs $10 less than the day tour. The San Antonio Small Group Night Tour with Tower of Americas is also four hours. It starts at the Emily Morgan Hotel, walks the Alamo Plaza and the River Walk, and goes up the tower at dusk before returning along the river.

It includes entry to the tower deck, a walking tour of downtown, La Villita and a San Fernando Cathedral light show, which does not run on Mondays. There is a short food tasting too. Be careful with the rating: it has 3.44 from only 5 reviews. One reviewer wrote that they paid for a four-hour tour that was meant to include many sites. I’d read the listing before booking, and I’d pick the day tour if the reviews matter to you.

Night tour

See Sight Tours Inc

San Antonio Small Group Night Tour with Tower of Americas

• ★ 3.4 (5 reviews)
• 4 hours
• Free cancellation

My pick: The cheaper of the two and the one for sunset and evening lights. It has only 5 reviews at 3.44, so I'd book it for the schedule, not for the rating.

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Tower of the Americas Restaurant

The restaurant is a big part of the tower’s appeal, and plenty of people search for it alongside Tower of the Americas tickets. The official site names the Chart House as the revolving restaurant and Bar 601 as the bar. Wikipedia puts the revolving restaurant level at 168 m, a few metres under the lower indoor deck, and notes that Landry’s now runs it.

Neither of the two Tower of the Americas tickets above includes a meal. They give you the observation deck only. If you want dinner, reserve the Chart House on the official site and check whether that reservation covers the deck. I have no menu prices, so I won’t quote any.

Tower of the Americas Parking

I have no parking data for this tower, and I won’t invent prices or lot names. What I can give you is the address, 739 E Durango Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78205, per Google Maps, in the Hemisfair district at the south-east edge of downtown.

On the tours, parking matters less. The day tour meets outside the Alamo, which is 0.82 km (0.51 mi) from the tower, and the night tour meets at the Emily Morgan Hotel. If you drive for Tower of the Americas tickets of your own, check the parking page on the official site before you go.

Tower of the Americas Reviews

Google Maps rates the tower 4.5 from 11,964 reviews, which is a lot for one attraction in a city of this size. The Alamo has 66,668 reviews at 4.6, and the River Walk has 47,675 at 4.7. So the tower is popular, but it is not the one thing everyone goes to San Antonio for.

On GetYourGuide, the two Tower of the Americas tickets are rated differently: 4.34 from 19 reviews for the day tour, 3.44 from 5 for the night walk. Both samples are small, so treat these Tower of the Americas tickets as promising, not proven. The day tour’s reviews praise guides by name, while the night walk’s include one disappointed comment about what the tour covered. Read both listings before you pick.

Tower of the Americas Height

The tower is 750 feet (229 m) to the top of its antenna, according to Wikipedia. The roof is at 622 feet (190 m), and the upper indoor deck is at 579 feet (176 m). Your Tower of the Americas tickets take you to the decks, not the antenna.

It was the tallest observation tower in the United States from 1968 until 1996, when the Stratosphere in Las Vegas opened. It was designed by O’Neil Ford for the 1968 HemisFair world’s fair. The top house, which weighs about 640 tonnes, was built at ground level and hoisted up in twenty days.

Tower of the Americas Tickets Online

You can book Tower of the Americas tickets online in two places. The official site has a Buy Tickets page for deck entry, which I can’t price from my data. GetYourGuide sells the two tours above, and both cancel free up to 24 hours before the start for a full refund.

For the tours, pick the date and the option on the listing. The day tour starts from the Alamo, and the night tour from the Emily Morgan Hotel. I’d book a tour for a date you are sure about, since the free cancellation window closes a day ahead.

Tower of the Americas Hours

Google Maps and the official site agree: 10 AM to 10 PM Sunday to Thursday, and 10 AM to 11 PM on Friday and Saturday. That means Tower of the Americas tickets are valid for a late visit, long after sunset in any month. The latest sunset is 20:35 in June, per Open-Meteo, so the tower stays open well after dark.

The night tour covers that, going up the tower as the light fades. Wikipedia reports that the tower needed structural repairs, with a $19.4 million renovation approved in late 2024 and completion planned for December 2025. I can’t confirm the current state of the work, so check the official site for closures before you book.

Tower of the Americas Cost

The cost of Tower of the Americas tickets in my data is $99 for the night walk and $109 for the day tour. Both are four hours and include deck entry. You pay for the guide, the walking tour and, on the day tour, the River Walk cruise, as well as the deck.

Is that good value? If you also want the Alamo, the river and La Villita explained, yes: those would be separate costs otherwise. If you only want the deck, a tour is more than you need, and the official site’s own price is the better comparison. I have not seen it, so I can’t say by how much.

Tower of the Americas Tickets Discount

I found no discount on the two tickets for the Tower of the Americas, and I won’t suggest a code or a pass that I can’t source. The listings show $99 and $109 with free cancellation, and that’s all the data shows.

The saving I’d look at is the one built into the day tour: the cruise, Alamo grounds and deck are one booking at $109. For a discount on a deck-only ticket, check the official site’s current offers.

Best Time to Visit Tower of the Americas

The view from your Tower of the Americas tickets depends on the sky. Open-Meteo’s 2025 data for the tower shows October as the clearest month, with 20% average cloud cover, followed by August at 30% and November at 33%. July is the cloudiest at 65%, and January is next at 59%.

Month	Sunset (Chicago time)	Cloud cover	Sunshine a day	Rainy days
Jan	17:58	59%	6.6 h	7
Feb	18:23	51%	7 h	3
Mar	19:42	38%	9.8 h	8
Apr	20:00	49%	10.6 h	10
May	20:19	53%	10.8 h	15
Jun	20:35	41%	11.5 h	12
Jul	20:35	65%	10 h	17
Augclearest	20:14	30%	12.2 h	8
Sep	19:38	37%	10.8 h	3
Octclearest	19:03	20%	10.5 h	2
Novclearest	17:38	33%	8.3 h	8
Dec	17:37	54%	6.6 h	2

Sunset ranges from 17:37 in December to 20:35 in June and July. Whichever of the tickets you pick, I’d arrive 45 to 60 minutes before sunset. Choose a date below to see the sunset and the entry time to book.

What You Can See From the Tower of the Americas

At about 176 m, the calculator below gives a horizon distance of roughly 47 km (29.5 mi) on a clear day. San Antonio is low and wide, so the tower stands out from the rest of the skyline.

These are the landmarks I’d look for, with their straight-line distance from the tower. The River Walk is 0.51 km (0.31 mi) away, La Villita 0.62 km (0.39 mi), the Alamo 0.82 km (0.51 mi) and the Tower Life Building 0.88 km (0.55 mi). The San Antonio River Lock and Dam is 1.62 km (1.01 mi) away, and the Pearl district 2.62 km (1.63 mi). The Espada Aqueduct (9.85 km, 6.12 mi) and the Missions National Historical Park (10.39 km, 6.46 mi) are too far to pick out, but they are good follow-up trips.

How I’d Choose

• First visit: the $109 day tour. It has the better rating, a river cruise and the Alamo, with about 45 minutes at the tower.
• Cheapest: the $99 night walk, the lower-priced of the Tower of the Americas tickets, though it has only 5 reviews.
• Sunset or night: the night walk, which goes up the tower at dusk and adds the cathedral light show, except on Mondays.
• Families: the day tour. The River Walk cruise breaks up the walking, but note the amount of walking reviewers mention.
• Deck only, or dinner: neither tour. Use the official site for deck entry and the Chart House reservation.
• Combo with a tour: both; each one bundles the deck into a four-hour walking tour.