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Pro
Great weather! Pleasant city to discover if you know where to go. Cheap real estate.
Con
No common transportation; pollution; hurricanes
In a nutshell
not well known as a tourist destination - too bad for those who never come
64 Reviews If you go to Houston, you have to visit the Space Center! After all, Houston is where NASA-Johnson Space Center is located. That's where the astronauts train and where NASA curates the lunar rocks brought back by the Apollo missions. Space Center Houston is the museum associated with it. Permanent...
13 Reviews Normally, we park at the Galleria, but on weekends the free parking lot is just so crowded that it takes 20-30 mins to spot a parking place....add wastage of gas to it! If you dont mind walking a few blocks, park at the shopping lot near Galleria....this is where Wallgreens is located. The time you...
Regency Inn & Suites Hobby Airport
1 Review and 92 Opinions Upon our initial trip down to Houston, we stayed in the Comfort Inn up by I-10 near Galena Park....
1 Review and 1141 Opinions The Magnolia Hotel opened in 2002 in the old downtown Post-Dispatch building, which was built in...
12 Reviews This is one of my favorite Mexican (tex-mex) restaurants - and if you go, make sure you are hungry! The portions are HUGE! It's also a great place to take kids, as it's very noisy and always crowded. They have great margaritas, and the beef fajitas are the BEST! Enchiladas and fajitas ROCK!! In my...
7 Reviews Seafood! Good fresh seafood, all kinds of seafood. If you like seafood and New Orleans style cooking you will love this restaurant. Start with a dozen fresh oysters and move on to crawfish étouffée and dirty rice. Excellent!
20 Reviews This 2 story midtown lounge has lasted quite a bit longer than most of it's trendy counterparts typically do. Located on Brazos St., about 5 minutes south of downtown, if you drove by the building during the day, you would never think that this place was more than a storage warehouse. But come...
20 Reviews There is a whole string of lounges, bars, and dance clubs mostly on Main street and the surrounding streets. To name a few: Twelve Spot, Dean's, Clarks, the Hub, Flying Saucer, Six Degrees, Mango's, M Bar
18 Reviews Metro Solutions is much more than simply a rail transit plan. The bus system component of the plan provides for a massive expansion and upgrade of Metro's bus services. With about 44 new bus routes to provide transit access to currently underserved portions of Metro's service area additional park &...
36 Reviews I came to visit Houston in 2008 with my wife and we spend 2 weeks there. When I searched the web I found a good review bout River Oaks Limousine Service http://www.riveroakslimo.com so I decided to hire them. The driver was very nice and they picked us from the airport to the hotel. During the day...
19 Reviews The Galleria is an upscale mixed-use urban development centrally located in the up town district of Houston, Texas, one of the largest business districts in the country, just outside the city's I-610 inner beltway. It is sited at one of the busiest road intersections in the country, Post Oak...
5 Reviews This is the biggest sports store I've ever seen. It has any and everything for the person who LOVES the outdoors! If and when I ever go camping I will be stocking up here! While you shop send the kids to the center of the store for the aquarium and fake rock climbing. All the store clerks are very...
9 Reviews Having lived in houston most of my life, you are not going to be shot if you cut someone off or honk. I honk at people all the time, no one has ever waved a gun at me. this is apparently a common misconception I have been reading on these pages. At most you will get the middle finger and see the...
16 Reviews Much of the information here is outdated (at best) -- the Downtown area and 3rd Ward (east of 59) is just fine for cycling anytime of day or night. For the most part, this is true of anywhere inside the Loop. I would personally avoid 5th Ward (the near northeast) even though that is where I...
16 Reviews Driving during the early morning in Houston, you might encounter heavy fog. I uploaded a video here on how foggy it was and at times, I could not even see the markings on the freeway signs. In California, I have also driven in very bad foggy situations where you can't even see the car in front of...
6 Reviews it's not as bad as everyone makes it out to be.......it is a monster of a mall though.....and it does have an ice rink but not a good one......the ice rink in the memorial city mall is much bigger and nicer.....and I like the memorial city mall much more......
6 Reviews It's hot. It rains. That's just Houston. There are two seasons: Summer and Spring. Spring is about January-April. After April, until December, it's hot. Make sure you bring plenty of sun screen. Let me repeat: It rains. Sometimes all day. Sometimes 5 minutes a day for 3 months. When it rains all...
10 Reviews I visited some friends at Sugar Land while it was in the middle of celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2009! The official celebration started in January at the State of the City event with the unveiling of the 50th Anniversary logo along with special street light banners. Because Sugar Land is...
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13 Reviews Just southwest of Houston is the George Ranch in Richmond, TX. I've never been but am including this tip because many travelers want to see an "old west" or "cowboy" side of Houston -- which nowadays, is hard to come by unless it's Rodeo time. According to the web site, the ranch offers vistors: -...
7 Reviews Minute Maid Park is a state-of-the-art ballpark, formerly known as Enron Field, which opened in 2000. It changed its name for obvious reasons - Enron went bust - and is now sponsored by the Minute Maid orange juice company. I come from England and we have no stadium for any sport in the same class...
10 Reviews Caption by alphabetical order 4th Ward = Freeman's Town 4 (Old) 6th Ward 13 Arboretum (in Memorial Park) 9 Armand Bayou 30 Astrodome & Reliant Stadiums 22 Baytown Town E of Houston Bellaire & Sharpstown 20 Braeswood & West University 8 Brays Bayou (Riverside) 25 Children's Museum (Museum District)...
8 Reviews Not just in Houston either. If you have to get anywhere during the rushhour time and have to get on the tollway and travel, allow for extra time. I went through 3 tolls on the way to the airport and probably added a good 25-30 minutes onto my drive just sitting in line waiting at the toll booths.
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Houston, Texas; Beyond Oil, Heat and Space - Houston is the 4th largest city in the USA. It was built mainly around the oil industry, but is also famous as the location of NASA-Johnson Space Center, which is among other things the training...
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Q: My wife and I are visiting Houston area from UK for 2 weeks starting 31st March. We are in our 50's and enjoy outdoor activities....
A: The weather should be pleasant, not overly hot. It does tend to be rainy but that can be hit and miss. San Antonio and Austin make for nice overnight trips, not day...
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Welcome to Houston, my birthplace and hometown. I have lived in and around Houston my whole life, and although I have dreamed of living in other places around the world at various times, I don't...
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Houston, Texas; Beyond Oil, Heat and Space
Houston is the 4th largest city in the USA. It was built mainly around the oil industry, but is also famous as the location of NASA-Johnson Space Center, which is among other things the training...
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I moved here because my parents both live here. The school district I currently work with offered me a job the first time I walked into a job fair. And I went to high school here. Although I do feel...
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I've been in Houston for almost 6 months now. Since arriving I've had a good introduction to Houston and the different parts of the city. So far I'm pretty familiar with the Uptown area around the...
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Houston: Home to the Rodeo and Oil Business
I have spent alot of time in Houston over the years, but I never did take the time to enjoy the sights and sounds of the city as much as when I started thinking about writing tips for Virtual Tourist....
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