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Alamo City comes in at No. 6 on Travel + Leisure's list of America's Best Cities.
Travel + Leisure The magazine ranked San Antonio as the sixth best travel destination in the United States on its Best players in the world 2024 list.
The ranking was determined by Travel + Leisure readers from around the world, who voted for their favorite places based on criteria of food, shopping, sightseeing, culture and valueReaders cast some 700,000 votes, overwhelmingly favoring American cities with a strong sense of history and identity.
Naturally, readers highlighted San Antonio's historic landmarks, including the Alamo and San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. They also mentioned the River Walk, which one reader described as “probably one of the most beautiful places we've ever visited in the United States. It was exceptionally well maintained and absolutely gorgeous.”
In order, the American cities that beat San Antonio were Charleston, North Carolina; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Savannah, Georgia; Honolulu; and New Orleans. However, the Alamo City had the distinction of surpassing well-known metropolises such as New York, Chicago, Boston, Nashville and Fort Worth. — the only other Texas city on the list. San Antonio had a reading score of 83.20, edging Cowtown by 0.01 points.
This marks a significant improvement for San Antonio over last year's ranking, when our city came in 10th behind Chicago, Nashville and New York.
Texas is one of only two states to have more than one city on the 2024 list, the other being New Mexico.
