Houston Travel Forum

Hi folks,

Is there any shuttle from downton Houston to go to Space Center?

And, where's the best shopping places to make good bargains?

Thank you so much and have nice trip ;-)

Violette

No shuttle. METRO runs a public bus, but 246 and 249 commuter service are on very limited schedules and it would take a LONG time to get there from Downtown. http://www.ridemetro.org/pdf/routes/gulfcorridor.pdf
What sort of shopping are you looking for?
Brand-name stuff would be the Harwin Drive area on the weekends, which is along Harwin Drive between about Fondren and Gessner.
For antiques, there's a strip along Westheimer in the Montrose, but also along 19th Street in The Heights. I'm not into antiquing, but I think they're about the same on prices.
There are also lots of flea markets around town, usually only open on the weekends. But these would be hard to reach without a car and probably not worth the trouble.
And, of course, many thrift stores around town.
hth

i'm not sure what you mean by "good bargains". harwin is pretty ghetto now. unless you live in a small place in california and haven't been exposed to throngs of asian knock off shops, i wouldn't bother. you really can't get any good fake designer stuff there anymore either. perhaps you want to check out the outlets out in katy--that would be cheaper nicer clothes. but all over the city are cool places with nice prices, it just depends what you want. plus you need a car.