Houston Cemetery Tours
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- 5 ore
- Cancellazione gratuita fino a 24 h prima
- Guida in inglese
- Tour privato
In evidenza
This is a great tour if you like history, art, hauntings, and culture. We will discuss notable people, what to look for in evaluating stained glass and inaccurate details in carvings, and burial practices.
Incluso
Cosa è incluso
- Expert Guide
Cosa non è incluso
- We can either eat lunch between the 1st and 2nd cemeteries or the 2nd and 3rd cemeteries. We normally eat at a small local Mexican restaurant, but if you prefer something else, just tell us.
Itinerario
This is the most prominent cemetery in Houston with some of the most distinguished people in Houston history. It was the first chartered cemetery in Texas in 1872. It was the first professionally landscaped in Texas. Among the dignitaries buried here are early philanthropist George Hermann, the wealthiest man in the world Howard Hughes, actress Gene Tierney, former governor Ross Sterling, and the Hobby family as in the airport and performing arts center. From Glenwood, we will also enter and tour the German Cemetery that is attached to it. We will see the only woman who won a Congressional Medal for her service in the American Civil War.
This is one of the most beautiful and largest cemeteries in the US. It has over 122 acres. It has dozens of statuaries including a 20 foot long x 10 foot high carving of The Last Supper and a 3 foot high image of the face of Jesus that appears to turn and follow you. It also has 2 Tiffany stained glass windows in a mausoleum. It also has notable famous and infamous people including guitarist Lightnin' Hopkins, former Senator Lloyd Bentsen, former mayor Oscar Holcombe, pick-axe killer Karla Faye Tucker, Mellie and Niels Esperson, and the greatest civic leader in Houston's history Jesse H. Jones. It has headstones with images of Batman and Spiderman. The cemetery has rolling hills, a lake, and ducks in it.
This is the oldest African-American Cemetery in Houston. It is in the neighborhood of Harrisburg which originally was a separate city. It predates the existence of Houston. It has former enslaved people, folks who were born in the 1700s, and veterans of the Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War. It has been abandoned since 1967. With the advent of integration, Blacks began paying to be buried in professionally operated cemeteries.
Cancellazione
Cancellazione gratuita fino a 24 ore prima dell’inizio, con rimborso totale.
Da sapere prima di partire
- Punto d’incontro
- We meet inside the rotunda of the Houston City Hall at 901 Bagby Street, Houston, Texas 77002 on Monday through Friday. City Hall is closed on weekends. On weekends, we meet at a park bench on the east side of City Hall.
- Prelievo
- Tutti si ritrovano al punto di partenza; non c’è prelievo.
- Tipo di biglietto
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Gestito da
- Houston Historical Tours - Day Tours
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- When we are in a cemetery, we ALWAYS have to be deferential to any mourners and for any funeral or burial activities that may be about to begin or are onging. We might have to skip an area where a ceremony is about to begin or in progress. Please talk quietly and do not create a disruption.
- Parents and guardians need to provide booster seats for children 2 years old and under
How it compares in Houston
- Its from-price is 32% below the median of the 16 gite di un giorno we list in Houston.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Houston
Houston is the largest city in Texas, a sprawling Gulf Coast metropolis of space history, big museums, bayou parks and food from around the world.
Houston sprawls across the flat coastal plain of south-east Texas, inland from the Gulf coast, with a skyline of towers downtown. It was founded in 1836 and named for Sam Houston, the general who won Texas independence at the Battle of San Jacinto. The San Jacinto Monument, a tall masonry column topped with a star, marks the battlefield, and Buffalo Bayou Park runs through the city, with trails, bridges and an underground cistern.
Top-ranked sights in Houston: Space Center Houston, Market Square Park, Downtown Aquarium.
Offerte speciali a Houston
I prezzi barrati arrivano dall’operatore, mai da noi.
