Houston Travel Forum

Hello,
We're from the UK visiting my uncle in Spring, Houston for a week from 29th March 2008.

I would appreciate your suggestions on:

1) Where to stay?
We're looking for a decentish hotel (3* upwards) within a 30 minute drive of Spring preferably where there are some bars and restaurants.

2) What to do?
There will be four of us(all male), 2 in our 30's and 2 in their early 60's. As my uncle is recovering from an operation and my father has bad knees, we can't do anything too active. Ideas so far include:
- Boating/fishing
- Sporting event
- Gun shooting (not hunting)
- Something motoring related - we're all petrol heads.
- Anything slightly off the wall - e.g. visiting the mirrored glass toilet downtown??!!

Any other ideas??

Thanks in advance.

Howdy,

Houston is not a very exciting town, but it is big. If you need to be within 30 minutes of Spring, your best bet is to stay near Greenspoint and the airport area.

If our interested in shooting, there are indoor ranges around, just look in the telephone book. If you want to go fishing, I would recommend going to Galveston. You can charter a boat, fish in the bay, or off a pier. For motorsports your choices are limited. There are drag racing strips, dirt bike tracks, and dirt oval track racing, but they don't race every week.

Here's some racing links:

http://www.houstonmotorsportspark.com/Dstrip.htm
http://www.houstonraceway.com
http://swmxpark.com/
http://www.houstonmotocross.com/getTracks.do
http://txsz.com/track_schedules

Hope you enjoy your stay in Texas,

Marc

Welcome to Texas!
You may already be aware, but be sure to rent a car while you are here, its impossible to get around otherwise.

We have a F1 fan group that meets at the Fox Sports grill at the Galleria on Sundays to watch the race. If you are interested, we will probably be meeting to watch the Bahrain race. You can get more information on that at http://formula1.meetup.com/46/

You might want to get a hotel in The Woodlands, which is closer to Spring, but farther from downtown. Its a nice area with lots of bars and restaurants in a close area. http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/houmw-the-woodlands-waterway-marriott-hotel-and-convention-center/

There are also some outdoor gun ranges on HWY 290, which is not too far from Spring.

Basketball season is in full force, so you might want to see about getting some Rockets tickets.