Experience the best of 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.
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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.
Space Center Houston, beside NASA's Johnson Space Center, shows rockets and spacecraft. The Museum District has the Museum of Fine Arts, the Menil Collection and the Houston Museum of Natural Science, with Hermann Park and the zoo beside it, while the Rothko Chapel is a quiet octagon of dark paintings. Galveston Island, with beaches and a historic district, is about an hour's drive south-east.
Houston's food reflects its many communities: Tex-Mex fajitas, barbecue, Gulf shrimp and Viet-Cajun crawfish boils in spring, plus Vietnamese, Indian, Nigerian and Mexican kitchens. The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo fills the city in February and March.
- 4 skip-the-line tickets
- Free cancellation on 80% of experiences
- 4.7 across the top 18
Top 10 attractions in Houston
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Questions about Houston
- What is there to do in Houston?
- We list 301 experiences in Houston. The largest groups are city tours (29), attraction tickets (20), museum tickets & passes (19), day trips (16).
- What are the top attractions in Houston?
- Ranked by the experiences that visit them, the top attractions in Houston are Space Center Houston, Market Square Park, Downtown Aquarium, Houston Museum of Natural Science.
- What is the most popular experience in Houston?
- By number of traveller reviews it is "Space Center Houston Admission Ticket", rated 4.1 out of 5 from 1,517 reviews.
- How long do tours and tickets in Houston take?
- The typical experience in Houston lasts about 2 hours; the middle half run between 70 minutes and 3.5 hours.
- Can I cancel a booking in Houston?
- The operator lists free cancellation on 81% of the 301 experiences we hold for Houston. The cut-off differs by experience and is shown on each product page before you choose a date.
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