| Bright accommodations range from standard rooms to 2 bedroom suites with dining areas. There's also a chic Italian restaurant and a bar with regular live music. Check in time: 3:00 PMCheck out time: 12:00 PM. This upscale hotel resembling an Italian villa is a block from the West Loop highway, a 2 minute drive from Memorial Park and a 5 minute drive from the Galleria. All include free Wi Fi, iPod docks, flat screen TVs, and views of the gardens or pool; rooms also have either kitchenettes or full kitchens. Fresh fruit awaits guests upon check in, and tea/coffee is served in room. Amenities include a 24 hour fitness center, a seasonal outdoor pool and a garden veranda.
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Memorial Park (13 min.)
Expansive city park with lush natural features popular running trail golf course & lots of shade. Hermann Park (14 min.)
Expansive park featuring a golf course Japanese garden a natural science museum & a kiddie train. Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park (9 min.)
Park whose centerpiece is a 64-ft.-tall fountain circulating 11 000 gallons of water every minute. Houston Zoo (18 min.)
Visitors can see 6 000 animals in natural habitat-style exhibits & watch daily care & feedings. Buffalo Bayou Park (14 min.)
Winding 160-acre green space featuring views of the Houston skyline plus a fountain & a skate park. Bayou Bend Collection And Gardens (9 min.)
American decorative arts & paintings displayed in a historic home set in a serene 14-acre garden. The Museum Of Fine Arts (13 min.)
Distinct campus & sculpture garden with notable art from antiquity to today plus films & programs. Art Car Museum (12 min.)
Museum of elaborately decorated cars & contemporary art with a scrap-metal & chrome exterior. Beer Can House (11 min.)
Guided tours are given at this folk art house built from 1968 1988 using 50 000 recycled beer cans. The Menil Collection (15 min.)
Over 16 000 pieces of art & artifacts from the Paleolithic era to the present in a historic space. Children S Museum Of Houston (15 min.)
Bustling family museum with a wealth of hands-on activities such as a Bubble Lab & a Tot Spot. Houston Museum Of Natural Science (16 min.)
Museum with dinosaur hall & other permanent exhibits planetarium IMAX theater & butterfly house. Downtown Aquarium (14 min.)
Sprawling spot for sea life including touch pools shark tank & displays of aquatic ecosystems. Discovery Green (16 min.)
Park with live music public art restaurants playground pond for kayaking & exercise classes. | 
