Galveston Travel Forum

Would it be safe for me and my 7 year old son to go to the beach. First time to Texas well at least galveston. Or is there anything to really worry about

Going to be in Galveston next week for one night, best location (hotel) to hit the many nightlife spots on the island. Want to be able to walk. Is Galveston more fun than a nighter in Houston???

Does anyone know if you can bring your own sun cabana and beach chairs to Stewart Beach? We have small children and would like to keep them out of the sun as much as possible. Thanks.

I fly into Houston International Airport from the UK and need to get my family of 6 to Galveston for a Cruise. Is there public transport? It would appear that Car hire companies don't do drop off's in Galveston? Can anybody advise. Many Thanks

I need a camping area with bath and/or shower accomadations.

I currently live in Missouri but, I am planning to move to Galveston over the summer. I have read many reviews about Galveston having dirty beachs, with muckey water. I have also read several reviews stating that this is not true or that the beach is clean during the summer. Please help this is a major factor in my move...

Hi All,

just after teh best way to get from George Bush International to Galveston. Prefer not to hire a car if I don't need to.

Cheers,
Mark

The title is a joke from "PeeWee's Big Adventure," but what I want to do is to visit the basements of some of the old stone or brick houses in Galveston, perhaps some of the ones that are open to tourists for a fee. I would like to see the basements and learn the history of the heating systems in these old houses, and the history of heating on Galveston Island. I would also like to know of any periods in the past hundred years when any of these old houses were vacant and liable to going down-hill.
This reminds me of the history of the Battleship Texas, which I have looked into extensively. It holds the same fascination.

hi
can any experiened driver please give us detailed driving instructions from the george bush international airport houston to san luis condominiums in galveston, 5222 seawall boulevard. we may have to drive after sunset hours. are there any pitfalls to be avoided.

it would also help us to know if there is any transit service from galveston to down town houston and vice versa.

galveston has been described as a city steeped in history - what are the main historical features.
regards
musaphir

Can you get out to anything out there or is it blocked off?

Hi
i am planning a visit to galveston with my wife about mid april.based in galveston we feel we should some day trips to houston or texas city. are such options viable?

we need to know what would be economically mode of travel (other than car rental). do please let us know if gets hot in galveston by mid april.
musaphir

I am planning to visit Space centre and Moody Gardens on the same day. I know that I won’t be able to see everything at Moody Garden; therefore I have decided to get evening pass instead of full day pass. My question is how soon can we use our evening pass. In other words how early I can get there in order to use evening pass. I am pretty sure that they won’t let us use evening pass at noon. If anyone has any info on this then pleases post here. I couldn’t find any info about this on Moody Gardens Website. They also have a 1-800 number but its all recording. thanks

I AM TRYING TO FIND A RESORT ON THE GULF SHORES IN OR AROUND GALVESTON THAT WOULD BE ON THE BEACH, HAVE LOTS OF PLACES TO SEE AND FISHING PLACES FOR MY DAUGHTERS BOYFRIEND TO FISH FROM. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS. WE ARE PLANNING ON COMING IN NOVEMBER. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO FIND SOMEPLACE FUN