Tours & Experiences in Houston

The official visitor center of NASA's Johnson Space Center. Real Saturn V rocket, the shuttle carrier aircraft you can walk through, and a tram tour into the working campus where astronauts train. Allow five hours.

Clear Lake & Kemah · Indoor · Kids

A 1926 underground drinking-water reservoir with 221 columns, now an eerie art and sound installation space. Guided tours run every half hour. Unlike anything else in Texas.

Downtown · Indoor

Dim sum at Ocean Palace, pho on Bellaire, Taiwanese shaved ice, Malaysian roti, and the crawfish-and-garlic-butter fusion that only exists here. Houston's most underrated food day.

Asiatown (Chinatown)

Walking and van tours through Montrose, the Heights, EaDo, and Asiatown, typically five or six tastings in three hours. The fastest way to understand why Houston is a food city.

Montrose

Paddle through downtown Houston with skyscrapers on both banks, past turtles, herons, and the occasional alligator gar. Guided sunset and bat-colony paddles are the ones to book.

Downtown

More than six miles of air-conditioned pedestrian tunnels 20 feet below downtown, lined with food courts and shops, connecting 95 city blocks. Open weekdays; a genuine curiosity.

Downtown · Indoor