check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. additional amenities include a meeting room, a business center and coin-operated laundry facilities. this modern hotel off highway 290 is a 12-minute walk from aquarium world and 7 miles from the galleria shopping center. freebies include hot breakfast (served daily in a cozy dining room) and takeout breakfast bags, offered on weekdays. there's an outdoor pool, an exercise room and parking space. contemporary rooms have free wi-fi, coffeemakers and flat-screen tvs with hd channels William
The Menil Collection (19 min) Over 16,000 pieces of art & artifacts from the Paleolithic era to the present in a historic space. Art Car Museum (14 min) Museum of elaborately decorated cars & contemporary art with a scrap-metal & chrome exterior. Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park (13 min) Park whose centerpiece is a 64-ft.-tall fountain circulating 11,000 gallons of water every minute. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (17 min) Distinct campus & sculpture garden with notable art from antiquity to today, plus films & programs. Hermann Park (18 min) Expansive park featuring a golf course, Japanese garden, a natural science museum & a kiddie train. Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens (13 min) American decorative arts & paintings displayed in a historic home set in a serene 14-acre garden. Memorial Park (9 min) Expansive city park with lush natural features, popular running trail, golf course & lots of shade. Children's Museum of Houston (19 min) Bustling family museum with a wealth of hands-on activities such as a Bubble Lab & a Tot Spot. Downtown Aquarium (16 min) Sprawling spot for sea life, including touch pools, shark tank & displays of aquatic ecosystems. Houston Museum of Natural Science (20 min) Museum with dinosaur hall & other permanent exhibits, planetarium, IMAX theater & butterfly house. Houston Zoo (21 min) Visitors can see 6,000+ animals in natural habitat-style exhibits & watch daily care & feedings. Beer Can House (13 min) Guided tours are given at this folk art house built from 1968–1988 using 50,000+ recycled beer cans. Discovery Green (18 min) Park with live music, public art, restaurants, playground, pond for kayaking & exercise classes. Buffalo Bayou Park (15 min) Winding, 160-acre green space featuring views of the Houston skyline plus a fountain & a skate park. Houston Arboretum & Nature Center (13 min) 155-acre urban green space offering nature trails, exhibits, workshops & events in various habitats. |