I love visiting here. It's an active parish, and if you visit during services, like we did yesterday, the hymns of the parishioners will still find your ears in spite of the centuries-old thick, stone walls. Wandering the grounds here is like stepping back into history. Informational signs dot the landscape and are helpful for understanding what life must have... More

If you want to get to known a little bit about the history of texas. Was quite new and interesting for me as an European.

Just amazing. Need to go there and see for yourself. The history is something I think everyone would enjoy hearing. The guide we had was very imformative.

All these years and I didn't know this mission was around. I thank Trip Advisor for listing it. I was in San Antonio for a couple of days for business. Stayed by the Riverwalk, visited some sites I hadn't seen before and on our last day I looked in trip advisor for other sites to see in San Antonio and... More

What a beautiful historic site. The museum was nice and informa tive. The docents were very helpful. Great location for photographers-professional and amateur.

Even though this one mission has had a lot of restoration, the grounds and the building are magnificent.

Mission has been restored so nicely! The flowers everywhere were beautiful! Staff was very engaging.

If you've seen the Alamo you should head out to the Mission San Jose. Since this mission is more complete you can get a much better picture of what the Alamo complex probably looked like. The church (which apparently is still an active church) is much more breath taking than the Alamo. Since there is more of the original mission... More

The largest grounds of the Mission's in San Antonio this is an outstanding attraction to spend a good deal of the day at. We enjoyed the day here so much to learn and see it was very enjoyable, a good deal of the mission is still in tact and it i think the best Mission to see and spend a... More