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ITINERARY

0h 45m32 miles27 stops
1
Eleanor Tinsley Park
18-3600 Allen Pkwy, Houston, TX 77019
2
Stages Repertory Theatre
800 Rosine St, Houston, TX 77019-1939
Founded in 1978, Stages Repertory Theatre is a not-for-profit professional theatre with two intimate performance spaces and deep roots in the Houston community. Stages produces year-round, performing a broad scope of new work, popular entertainment and re-imagined classics. Almost all of Stages shows are rehearsed and constructed on-site in Houston, brought to life by an exceptional community of locally-based artists and craftspeople along with occasional guest directors, actors and designers from around the world. With a mission to advance theatre and enliven community, Stages offers a greenhouse for new talent and ideas and a place for art, artists and audiences to thrive.
3
Houston Grand Opera
500 Texas St (Wortham Center), Houston, TX 77002-2737
Opera house in Houston that features opera presentations throughout the year.
4
Sam Houston Park
1100 Bagby St, Houston, TX 77002-2504
Park containing seven historic homes, an oasis of antiquity in the heart of the bustling modern city.
5
Great Heights Brewing Company
938 Wakefield Dr, Houston, TX 77018-6204
6
Pure Spa
1777 Walker Street Marriott Marquis Houston Hotel, Houston, TX 77010
Relax the senses at Pure Spa, a spa in downtown Houston, Texas situated at Marriott Marquis Houston. We offer the perfect place to rest and revive, with spa services that include massages, facials, manicures and other body treatments.
7
Discovery Green
1500 McKinney St, Houston, TX 77010-4011
This downtown park offers free yoga classes, movie nights and toddler story times. The park has a playground, spray fountain and Mist Tree, great for hot Houston days. Enjoy free WiFi and open air reading rooms, or borrow balls or games.
8
Toyota Center
1510 Polk St, Houston, TX 77002-7130
9
Proof Rooftop Lounge
2600 Travis St, Houston, TX 77006-3540
10
The Menil Collection
1533 Sul Ross St, Houston, TX 77006-4729
Houston philanthropists and art patrons John and Dominique de Menil established the Menil Foundation in 1954 to foster greater public understanding and appreciation of art, architecture, culture, religion, and philosophy. In 1987, the Menil Collection’s main museum building opened to the public. Today, the Menil Collection consists of a group of five art buildings and green spaces located within a residential neighborhood. The Menil remains committed to its founders’ belief that art is essential to human experience and fosters direct personal encounters with works of art. The museum welcomes all visitors free of charge to its buildings and surrounding green spaces.
11
Axelrad Beer Garden
1517 Alabama St, Houston, TX 77004-3935
Axelrad is all about celebrating Houston, being outside, and relaxing. Conceived as a community-gathering place offering beer, wine, drinks, Luigi's pizza, live music, and the city's only hammock grove, Axelrad aims to be a place for all. The bar's interior is housed within a 100-year-old renovated building, originally a grocery store built by David and Gertrude Axelrad. Artists added to the beautiful historic interior with tap handles by Venezuelan-based Maria Rangel, seating by New Living's HTX Made, and textiles by Austin-based Nido.
12
The John C. Freeman Weather Museum
5104 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004-5802
The Weather Museum is making the community weather wise. Come see how high the storm surge would be on the upper Texas coast during Category 5 hurricane. Help make your own Tornado. Play Weather Facts and Fun. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday 10am to 4pm and Sunday Noon to 4pm.
13
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
5216 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX 77006-6598
The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is a non-collecting institution dedicated to presenting the best and most exciting international, national, and regional art. Through dynamic exhibitions accompanied by scholarly publications and accessible educational programs, the Museum reaches out to local, regional, national, and international audiences of various ages. CAMH is always fresh, always free.
14
Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden
900 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
15
Holocaust Museum Houston
5401 Caroline St Lester And Sue Smith Campus, Houston, TX 77004-6804
Charged with educating students and the public about the dangers of prejudice and hatred in society, Holocaust Museum Houston opened its doors in March of 1996. Since that time, impassioned notes, poems, artwork, and other gifts, from school children and adults alike, attest to the life-changing thoughts generated by just one visit to this unique facility. After a $34 million expansion, the Museum reopened in June 2019 after more than doubling in size to a total of 57,000 square feet. Ranked as the nation's fourth largest Holocaust museum and fully bilingual in English and Spanish, the new three-story structure houses a welcome center, four permanent galleries and two changing exhibition galleries, classrooms, research library, café, 187-seat indoor theater and 175-seat outdoor amphitheater. With more than 50 screens, mini-theaters and interactive terminals are featured throughout the Museum.
16
British Isles
2366 Rice Blvd Ste B, Houston, TX 77005-2666
17
The Naturalist Cafe & Lounge
6750 Main St, Houston, TX 77030-2202
18
Top Gun Range
5901 Beverly Hill St # B, Houston, TX 77057-6711
19
Reliant Park
1 Nrg Park, Houston, TX 77054-1574
20
NRG Stadium
1 Nrg Park, Houston, TX 77054-1574
Home of the NFL's Houston Texans.
21
Houston Botanic Garden
8210 Park Place Blvd One Botanic Lane, Houston, TX 77017-3105
22
Jersey Meadow Golf Course
8502 Rio Grande St, Houston, TX 77040-1100
23
11 Below Brewing Company
6820 Bourgeois Rd, Houston, TX 77066-3107
24
Klaus Brewing
10142 Jones Rd, Houston, TX 77065-5680
25
Commemorative Air Force - Houston Wing
18000 Groeschke Rd Hangar B-5 West Houston Airport, Houston, TX 77084-5675
26
Escape Artist Kingwood
2628 Chestnut Ridge Dr, Houston, TX 77339-2022
Escape Artist Texas invites you to enter a world of your choosing. Be prepared for an exciting and challenging adventure of solving puzzles, cracking codes, and unraveling mysteries from within. Enjoy an escape from reality with 4-10 friends in 60 minutes while testing your wits. Book now to see if you have what it takes to become and Escape Artist or are you just another chump?!
27
Space Center Houston
1601 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058-3145
Located in the heart of NASA’s spaceflight program, Space Center Houston is a must-visit for fans of space exploration. With more than 400 space-related artefacts and numerous interactive exhibitions, you can easily spend a whole day learning about NASA’s history and current work. Be sure to hop on the tram tour too, which takes you around the real site of the Johnson Space Center, including the original Mission Control room and a behind-the-scenes look at the astronaut training facilities. You might want to join VIP tours by NASA experts to gain a deeper understanding and inside knowledge of the center. – Tripadvisor
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OVERVIEW

1
Start:Eleanor Tinsley Park
Houston, Texas·
4.5
(9) review
18-3600 Allen Pkwy, Houston, TX 77019
2
Stages Repertory Theatre
Houston, Texas·
4.5
(90) review
Founded in 1978, Stages Repertory Theatre is a not-for-profit professional theatre with two intimate performance spaces and deep roots in the Houston community. Stages produces year-round, performing a broad scope of new work, popular entertainment and re-imagined classics. Almost all of Stages shows are rehearsed and constructed on-site in Houston, brought to life by an exceptional community of locally-based artists and craftspeople along with occasional guest directors, actors and designers from around the world. With a mission to advance theatre and enliven community, Stages offers a greenhouse for new talent and ideas and a place for art, artists and audiences to thrive.
800 Rosine St, Houston, TX 77019-1939
3
Houston Grand Opera
Houston, Texas·
4.5
(94) review
Opera house in Houston that features opera presentations throughout the year.
500 Texas St (Wortham Center), Houston, TX 77002-2737
4
Sam Houston Park
Houston, Texas·
4.5
(80) review
Park containing seven historic homes, an oasis of antiquity in the heart of the bustling modern city.
1100 Bagby St, Houston, TX 77002-2504
5
Great Heights Brewing Company
Houston, Texas·
4.0
(9) review
938 Wakefield Dr, Houston, TX 77018-6204
6
Pure Spa
Houston, Texas·
5.0
(8) review
Relax the senses at Pure Spa, a spa in downtown Houston, Texas situated at Marriott Marquis Houston. We offer the perfect place to rest and revive, with spa services that include massages, facials, manicures and other body treatments.
1777 Walker Street Marriott Marquis Houston Hotel, Houston, TX 77010
7
Discovery Green
Houston, Texas·
4.5
(886) review
This downtown park offers free yoga classes, movie nights and toddler story times. The park has a playground, spray fountain and Mist Tree, great for hot Houston days. Enjoy free WiFi and open air reading rooms, or borrow balls or games.
1500 McKinney St, Houston, TX 77010-4011
8
Toyota Center
Houston, Texas·
4.5
(913) review
1510 Polk St, Houston, TX 77002-7130
9
Proof Rooftop Lounge
Houston, Texas·
3.5
(9) review
2600 Travis St, Houston, TX 77006-3540
10
The Menil Collection
Houston, Texas·
4.5
(970) review
Houston philanthropists and art patrons John and Dominique de Menil established the Menil Foundation in 1954 to foster greater public understanding and appreciation of art, architecture, culture, religion, and philosophy. In 1987, the Menil Collection’s main museum building opened to the public. Today, the Menil Collection consists of a group of five art buildings and green spaces located within a residential neighborhood. The Menil remains committed to its founders’ belief that art is essential to human experience and fosters direct personal encounters with works of art. The museum welcomes all visitors free of charge to its buildings and surrounding green spaces.
1533 Sul Ross St, Houston, TX 77006-4729
11
Axelrad Beer Garden
Houston, Texas·
4.5
(90) review
Axelrad is all about celebrating Houston, being outside, and relaxing. Conceived as a community-gathering place offering beer, wine, drinks, Luigi's pizza, live music, and the city's only hammock grove, Axelrad aims to be a place for all. The bar's interior is housed within a 100-year-old renovated building, originally a grocery store built by David and Gertrude Axelrad. Artists added to the beautiful historic interior with tap handles by Venezuelan-based Maria Rangel, seating by New Living's HTX Made, and textiles by Austin-based Nido.
1517 Alabama St, Houston, TX 77004-3935
12
The John C. Freeman Weather Museum
Houston, Texas·
3.0
(9) review
The Weather Museum is making the community weather wise. Come see how high the storm surge would be on the upper Texas coast during Category 5 hurricane. Help make your own Tornado. Play Weather Facts and Fun. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday 10am to 4pm and Sunday Noon to 4pm.
5104 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004-5802
13
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Houston, Texas·
3.5
(91) review
The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is a non-collecting institution dedicated to presenting the best and most exciting international, national, and regional art. Through dynamic exhibitions accompanied by scholarly publications and accessible educational programs, the Museum reaches out to local, regional, national, and international audiences of various ages. CAMH is always fresh, always free.
5216 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX 77006-6598
14
Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden
Houston, Texas·
4.5
(96) review
900 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
15
Holocaust Museum Houston
Houston, Texas·
4.5
(801) review
Charged with educating students and the public about the dangers of prejudice and hatred in society, Holocaust Museum Houston opened its doors in March of 1996. Since that time, impassioned notes, poems, artwork, and other gifts, from school children and adults alike, attest to the life-changing thoughts generated by just one visit to this unique facility. After a $34 million expansion, the Museum reopened in June 2019 after more than doubling in size to a total of 57,000 square feet. Ranked as the nation's fourth largest Holocaust museum and fully bilingual in English and Spanish, the new three-story structure houses a welcome center, four permanent galleries and two changing exhibition galleries, classrooms, research library, café, 187-seat indoor theater and 175-seat outdoor amphitheater. With more than 50 screens, mini-theaters and interactive terminals are featured throughout the Museum.
5401 Caroline St Lester And Sue Smith Campus, Houston, TX 77004-6804
16
British Isles
Houston, Texas·
4.5
(9) review
2366 Rice Blvd Ste B, Houston, TX 77005-2666
17
The Naturalist Cafe & Lounge
Houston, Texas·
5.0
(9) review
6750 Main St, Houston, TX 77030-2202
18
Top Gun Range
Houston, Texas·
4.5
(81) review
5901 Beverly Hill St # B, Houston, TX 77057-6711
19
Reliant Park
Houston, Texas·
4.0
(99) review
1 Nrg Park, Houston, TX 77054-1574
20
NRG Stadium
Houston, Texas·
4.5
(869) review
Home of the NFL's Houston Texans.
1 Nrg Park, Houston, TX 77054-1574
21
Houston Botanic Garden
Houston, Texas·
3.0
(9) review
8210 Park Place Blvd One Botanic Lane, Houston, TX 77017-3105
22
Jersey Meadow Golf Course
Houston, Texas·
4.0
(8) review
8502 Rio Grande St, Houston, TX 77040-1100
23
11 Below Brewing Company
Houston, Texas·
4.5
(8) review
6820 Bourgeois Rd, Houston, TX 77066-3107
24
Klaus Brewing
Houston, Texas·
4.0
(9) review
10142 Jones Rd, Houston, TX 77065-5680
25
Commemorative Air Force - Houston Wing
Houston, Texas·
5.0
(8) review
18000 Groeschke Rd Hangar B-5 West Houston Airport, Houston, TX 77084-5675
26
Escape Artist Kingwood
Houston, Texas·
5.0
(84) review
Escape Artist Texas invites you to enter a world of your choosing. Be prepared for an exciting and challenging adventure of solving puzzles, cracking codes, and unraveling mysteries from within. Enjoy an escape from reality with 4-10 friends in 60 minutes while testing your wits. Book now to see if you have what it takes to become and Escape Artist or are you just another chump?!
2628 Chestnut Ridge Dr, Houston, TX 77339-2022
27
Space Center Houston
Houston, Texas·
4.5
(9889) review
Located in the heart of NASA’s spaceflight program, Space Center Houston is a must-visit for fans of space exploration. With more than 400 space-related artefacts and numerous interactive exhibitions, you can easily spend a whole day learning about NASA’s history and current work. Be sure to hop on the tram tour too, which takes you around the real site of the Johnson Space Center, including the original Mission Control room and a behind-the-scenes look at the astronaut training facilities. You might want to join VIP tours by NASA experts to gain a deeper understanding and inside knowledge of the center. – Tripadvisor
1601 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058-3145

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What's the driving distance between Houston and The Woodlands?
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