Crockett Hotel

Talk about historic. This venerable hotel stands just behind the Alamo, where, in 1836, Col. William B. Travis, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett and a ragtag band of settlers, Texians and Tejanos fought valiantly for 13 days before being slaughtered by the vastly superior forces of Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. You can practically smell blackpowder and hear the roar of cannons from the aptly named Crockett Hotel in downtown San Antonio. “Just 19 steps and across the street and you’re at the