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The 25 Best Indoor Activities in San Antonio for When It’s Hot AF

By San Antonio Current Staff and Alisa Pierce on Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 12:00 pm

Texas summers can get pretty sweltering. The heat, coupled with the humidity, can make spending time outside almost unbearable. Thankfully, there are tons of fun, air conditioned places that are more than happy to welcome some sweaty patrons.

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Laser Quest
Multiple locations, https://www.laserquest.com/
Laser Quest combines hide-and-seek with a lasers guns and obstacle courses to bring the modern take on tag to families looking for air conditioned fun.
Photo via Instagram / laserquest

The San Antonio Aquarium
6320 Bandera Rd, Leon Valley, (210) 310-3210, sanantonioaquarium.net
The San Antonio Aquarium brings the ocean to Texas with dozens of critter-filled tanks and feeding areas. One of the most popular attractions is an open stingray exhibit where sea lovers can pet curious, friendly stingrays as they swim about.
Photo by Alisa Pierce

Natural Bridge Caverns
26496 Natural Bridge Caverns Rd, (210) 651-6101, naturalbridgecaverns.com
While this location is technically not indoors, the dark, cool caves found within the caverns provide a beautiful escape from the Texas heat.
Photo via Instagram / naturalbridgecaverns

San Antonio Botanical Garden
555 Funston Pl, (210) 536-1400, sabot.org
San Antonio’s beautiful botanical garden has indoor and outdoor areas where guests can breathe in the scent of flowers or spot a wandering butterfly.
Photo via Instagram / radiant.honey

Cascade Caverns
226 Cascade Caverns, Boerne, (830) 755-8080, cascadecaverns.com
Cascade Caverns, much like the Natural Bridge Caverns, offers multiple layers of rock as protection from the sweltering outside heat. The caverns have been mentioned in many historical novels and has tons of interesting rock formations to view.
Photo via Instagram / happi_sunflower