🛍️ Shopping in Houston
The Galleria, Rice Village, vintage in Montrose, and the biggest Asian markets in Texas.
1.The Strand Historic District
FreeFive blocks of iron-front Victorian buildings, once the 'Wall Street of the Southwest.' Shops, old-fashioned candy stores, the 1877 tall ship Elissa, and the Galveston Railroad Museum.
Galveston
2.The Galleria
FreeThe largest mall in Texas: 400 stores, two hotels, and a full-size ice rink under a glass atrium. A legitimate rainy-day or 100-degree-day destination.
Galleria / Uptown · Indoor
3.Rice Village
FreeSixteen walkable blocks of boutiques, bookstores, and restaurants next to Rice University. The most pleasant strolling-and-shopping afternoon in a city built for cars.
Rice Village & West U
4.19th Street, The Heights
FreeA four-block strip of antiques, vintage clothes, a classic soda fountain, and bakeries in the middle of the Heights' Victorian streets. Small-town Texas inside the loop.
The Heights
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