Downtown Houston comes alive after 5pm! Enjoy our world-class Opera, Ballet, Symphony, Broadway plays and Musicals. Enjoy outstanding regional theatre at the Alley Theater, and after the play, check out the variety of restaurants and clubs, including great jazz at Sambuca’s.
The Houston Theater District, a 17-block area in the heart of downtown, is home to Houston’s nine professional performing arts organizations, the 130,000-square-foot Bayou Place entertainment complex, restaurants, movies, plazas, and parks.
Football
Houston Texans
www.houstontexans.com
Basketball
Houston Rockets
www.nba.com/rockets
Horse Racing
Sam Houston Race Park
www.samhoustonracepark.com
The Galleria
Features more than 375 fine stores and restaurants as well as an impressive ice rink open year round.
www.galleriahouston.com
Uptown Park
Houston’s European-Style Shopping Center
www.uptownparkhouston.com
Highland Village
One of Houston’s most elegant shopping and dining destinations.
www.shophighlandvillage.com
Memorial Park
www.memorialpark.org
Houston’s largest park and the second largest municipal park in the US is only 1 .5 miles from the facility
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
www.houstonarboretum.org
155 acres of urban nature sanctuary only one mile from the facility
Hermann Park
www.hermannpark.org
Home of the highly acclaimed Houston Zoo, Japanese Gardens and Houston Botanical Society. Across from the Houston Medical Center and Rice University.
The Bay
www.kemahboardwalk.com
20 miles southeast of Houston
Watch the boats sail into Kemah from the Boardwalk, while enjoying fresh gulf shrimp at one of the fine restaurants.
Or charter a fishing boat. Be sure to stay over at the luxurious Boardwalk Inn.
NASA/Johnson Space Center
www.spacecenter.org
25 miles southeast of Houston
Galveston and The Beach
www.galveston.com
45 miles southeast of Houston
Try the San Luis Resort 1.800.445.0090 or rent a beach house for the weekend. Wonderfully restored Victorian homes. Nature lovers, take the ferry to Boliver Island
or visit Moody Gardens (www.moodygardens.com)
