Houston
Houston
Apr 8, 2004 | 8:45 am
#2
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 126
Houston
You may have a better chance of getting responses if
-you post this under the South section instead of the Midwest
-you specify which airport - Houston has two major airports which are about 40 miles apart from each other, so suggestions on what to do could vary based on your location
Good luck
-you post this under the South section instead of the Midwest
-you specify which airport - Houston has two major airports which are about 40 miles apart from each other, so suggestions on what to do could vary based on your location
Good luck
Apr 8, 2004 | 12:28 pm
#3
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Amah - I'm pretty familiar with IAH, so let me give it a shot:
The airport is quite a distance north of the center city. Given that fact, I usually rent a car (even on one-day visits). A car would allow you to easily reach far-flung attractions.
If a rental car is not in your plans, you could use either a cab, shuttle service, or Metro bus (of course, all of these will require transit time).
Some suggestions:
The downtown area (specifically Bayou Place) with many restaurants and a high-tech Angelika Film Center with art house films )
The Museum area (the Museum of Fine Arts recently opened a new wing, and the Menil Collection is impressive - and is free).
The Galleria area - the centerpiece is the huge upscle shopping mall with an ice skating rink on its lower level.
The IAH ground transportation website gives suggested proces for cab prices.
http://iah.houstonairportsystem.org/transportation
A link on the above site will show you the shuttle van services. The shuttles to downtown or to the Galleria area run about $20 each way (possible discount for round trip).
The least expensive method is to take the Metro bus. Obviously, this will consume a considerable amount of time (one factor - once on I-45, special busway lanes can speed that portion of the trip.).
Metro Bus Line 102 will get you to within 2 blocks of Bayou Place:
http://www.hou-metro.harris.tx.us/pd...es/102-iah.pdf
From there, the newly-opened MetroRail could get you to the Museum District:
http://www.hou-metro.harris.tx.us/pd...00-redline.pdf
Musuem sites:
http://www.mfah.org
http://www.menil.org
The airport is quite a distance north of the center city. Given that fact, I usually rent a car (even on one-day visits). A car would allow you to easily reach far-flung attractions.
If a rental car is not in your plans, you could use either a cab, shuttle service, or Metro bus (of course, all of these will require transit time).
Some suggestions:
The downtown area (specifically Bayou Place) with many restaurants and a high-tech Angelika Film Center with art house films )
The Museum area (the Museum of Fine Arts recently opened a new wing, and the Menil Collection is impressive - and is free).
The Galleria area - the centerpiece is the huge upscle shopping mall with an ice skating rink on its lower level.
The IAH ground transportation website gives suggested proces for cab prices.
http://iah.houstonairportsystem.org/transportation
A link on the above site will show you the shuttle van services. The shuttles to downtown or to the Galleria area run about $20 each way (possible discount for round trip).
The least expensive method is to take the Metro bus. Obviously, this will consume a considerable amount of time (one factor - once on I-45, special busway lanes can speed that portion of the trip.).
Metro Bus Line 102 will get you to within 2 blocks of Bayou Place:
http://www.hou-metro.harris.tx.us/pd...es/102-iah.pdf
From there, the newly-opened MetroRail could get you to the Museum District:
http://www.hou-metro.harris.tx.us/pd...00-redline.pdf
Musuem sites:
http://www.mfah.org
http://www.menil.org