Welcome to Houston

Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth largest in the United States. It is huge, both in population and in land area. "Urban sprawl" is a term tailor-made for this city. Houston's culture is not limited to diverse population, it boasts a world class symphony and theatre district that includes a full-time ballet company and opera. Known around the world for NASA Space Center in the Clear Lake area and Texas Medical Center, Houston is also the proud home of a dizzying array of performing arts groups, professional sports teams, shopping destinations and great restaurants.

Some of the city's top choices for visitors include:

The Galleria
Westheimer Rd & Post Oak Blvd, Houston, TX 77056
+1 713 622 0663
Westheimer at Post Oak. Huge shopping mall in the center of the Galleria area (also known as uptown), filled with high end retail stores, several hotels and even includes an indoor year-round ice skating rink used by Tara Lipinski

Children's Museum of Houston
1500 Binz St, Houston, TX 77004
+1 713 522 1138
Rated as the No. 1 children's museum in the country by a MSN.com survey of youth museums and serving more than 750,000 people annually, the Children's Museum of Houston is the highest-attended youth museum in the country for its size and is dedicated to transforming communities through innovative, child-centered learning.

Water Wall
2800 Post Oak Blvd, Houston, TX 77056
+1 713 966 7799
Standing beside the tallest building in the nation outside of a downtown area, the Water Wall is a popular Houston landmark and tourist attraction. The 64-foot curved, black obsidian wall is an extraordinary sight and even more amazing when illuminated at night

Houston Museum of Natural Science
Hermann Circle Dr, Houston, TX 77030
+1 713 639 4629
As one of the most heavily attended museums in the United States, and one of the most attended venues in Houston, the Museum is in the distinguished company of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History, both in New York City.

Space Center Houston
1601 Nasa Road One, Houston, TX 77058
+1 281 244 2100 / +1 800 972 0369
Space Center Houston is a place where people can experience space -- from its dramatic history and exciting present to its compelling future. Space Center Houston is the only place on Earth that gives guests an out-of-this-world journey through human adventures into space.