My Visit to Houston

Can give better advice on what to do with some info. Coming with family or alone? More interested in the culture or the strippers? What time of year (I assume after Nov 1 if you're going to see a Rockets game).

 

San Jacinto Monument/Battleship Texas
NASA
Beer Can House
The Orange Show / Smither Park
See a Texans game if they're still playing
go to the top of Transco Tower (or whatever its called nowadays)

that's all I can think of off the top of my head..but I haven't lived in Houston since '91

 

-museum district
-parks (Hermann, memorial, Eleanor Tinsley, or discovery green)
-downtown/market square
-St. Arnold's Brewery
-restaurants: killens if you can do the wait, Hugo's, underbelly, uchi,food trucks, etc
-Drive out to Kemah

DFW's suggestions are great too

 

Someone mentioned Kemah, which I would highly recommend. Too cold for beach weather so Galveston wouldn't be much worth the side trip (although they do have some non-beach places to visit).

If you want to exercise / stretch your legs, Memorial Park or Buffalo Bayou Park. Eye candy ain't bad, either.

 

Do you know where you'll be staying?

 

If you don't like art or food you probably want to bring a Gameboy or something.

 

10 day vacation in Houston? Do like 5 in Houston,3 in sa, 2 in Austin.

 

Dynamo Game
8th Wonder Brewery
Go watch the bats on Waugh Bridge
Walk through Galleria
Drive down Westhiemer
Bar hop on Main St. in downtown

 

Eat at a Pappas restaurant chain, I like Pappasitos and Pappas Burgers.

 

Or go for the steak at Pappas Steakhouse. Europeans always want steak when they come here.

 

Have a steak for dinner, then Bar hop around Mid town and then hit up:

 

Best thing about Houston is the food and the art. Eat Vietnamese, mexican, and seafood. Some of the best food in America is in Houston.

Go to the Menil and any number of other museums.

If you want a taste of modern american beer, skip St. Arnold and go to 8th Wonder, much more innovative, exciting and what US craft beer is about.


Definitely DONT fly all the way to Texas from Europe and go to Kemah, it's a dump

 

Would be funny if OP is unable to find this thread, since it got moved

 

In houston you may need to rent a car or use Uber to get around depending. Our public transportation sucks and get ready for the traffic. Skip Kemah and Galvestion and as the other member suggest to just spend a few days here and drive or Austin and San Antonio. Dallas sucks so you are not missing out on anything. For sure you should try Texas style BBQ.

 

Avoid midtown unless you're in college.

Go to Montrose, Heights, rice village for drinks

 

Go on the Harden diet with these:

 

this is good advice

 

Treasures

 

Or skip SA and go to New Orleans for 3 days.

1 hour flight/ 6 hour drive