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Houston Travel Tips

  • Know when to go: June can be miserably muggy, averaging 6.6 inches of rain and a high temperature of 91 degrees. July and August, though hotter, are generally drier. Winter temperatures rarely get below 45 degrees.
  • Hop aboard the M/V Sam Houston for a 90-minute tour of the Port of Houston, the second busiest port in the U.S.
  • Take the METRORail Red Line to the Museum District stop—parking can be atrocious—for 18 museums (including the world-class Houston Museum of Natural Science) that pull in some eight million visitors every year.
  • Relive the frontier days in Sam Houston Park. The Heritage Society runs tours of reconstructed 19th-century homes for $6 per person.
  • Houston, you'll have no problem touring NASA's Space Center Houston, home to various space vehicles and a fascinating tram tour of the space administration's high-tech interior.

Houston Travel Guide

Situated on a flat, near featureless Gulf Coast plain, Houston sprawls from its center in vast tracts of subdivisions, freeways, office parks, and shopping malls. In undisturbed areas you'll find marshy grasslands in the south and woods in the north. Meandering across this plain are several bayous on whose banks cypress and southern magnolia trees chance to grow. Many visitors, imagining the Texas landscape as it is usually drawn—barren and treeless—are surprised by such green surroundings, but, in fact, the city is at the tail end of a large belt of natural forest coming down through East Texas, and the climate is much the same as coastal Louisiana and Mississippi—warm and humid with ample rainfall. Read More

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Hotels

from: $87

Hyatt Regency Houston

1200 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX 77002 Map

Distance: 0.5 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 4 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended
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from: $119

Courtyard by Marriott Houston Downtown /Convention Center

916 Dallas Street
Houston, TX 77002 Map

Distance: 0.5 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 3 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended
3.0
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from: $69

Doubletree Hotel Houston Downtown

400 Dallas Street
Houston, TX 77002-4777 Map

Distance: 0.6 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 3 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended
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Attractions

Market Square Historic District

412 Main St.
Houston, Texas 77002

Distance: 0.2 mi. (from destination center)

Description: On a clear day, there is no experience quite as pleasant as a stroll through Market Square. The... Read More
Expert Rated & Recommended
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Houston Symphony

Suite 102
615 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002

Distance: 0.2 mi. (from destination center)
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Rothko Chapel

1409 Sul Ross Street
Houston, Texas 77006

Distance: 2.6 mi. (from destination center)
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Airports

Major Airports near Houston

Distance (mi.)
Houston Hobby Airport 8.7 map
Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport 15.3 map
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport 141.4 map

Other Smaller Airports near Houston

Distance (mi.)
Beaumont Jefferson County Airport 78.9 map
College Station Easterwood Field 82.6 map
Victoria County-Foster Airport 113.0 map

Flight Deals to Houston

Originating From
Washington, DC (WAS) to Houston (HOU) $172
Tampa (TPA) to Houston (HOU) $177
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Houston (HOU) $177
Atlanta (ATL) to Houston (HOU) $179
Orlando (ORL) to Houston (HOU) $182

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    This football season, get off your couch, turn off the NFL Sunday Ticket, and venture out to these ten football stadiums, the cream of the crop. If scoring tickets to a game proves too elusive, bring some brews and don your best paraphernalia to tailgate outside with all the die-hard fans.
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Houston Vacation Rentals

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Acker Vacation Homes & Suites Rentals Houston TX

Bedrooms: 6
Bathrooms: 6
Sleeps: 12
Amenities: Air Conditioning, BBQ, Balcony, CD Player, Cable/Satellite TV, Coffee Maker, Dishwasher, Fireplace, Full kitchen, Garage, Hot Tub, Internet Access, Jacuzzi, Linens, Microwave, Phone, Refrigerator, Stove, TV, Utensils, VCR
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Upscale Private Cottage - 5 Minutes from Downtown

Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 1
Sleeps: 5
Amenities: Air Conditioning, BBQ, Cable/Satellite TV, Coffee Maker, Full kitchen, Internet Access, Linens, Microwave, Phone, Refrigerator, Stereo, Stove, TV, Utensils, VCR
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Houston Vacation Rental

Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3
Sleeps: 8
Amenities: Air Conditioning, BBQ, CD Player, Cable/Satellite TV, Coffee Maker, Computer Access, DVD Player, Dishwasher, Filtered water, Internet Access, Iron, Ironing Board, Lakefront, Laundry, Linens, Microwave, No Pets, Non-Smoking, Phone, Refrigerator, Restaurant, Screened porch, Stereo, Stove, TV, Toaster, VCR
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