7-Day Texas Tour ( Houston departure ) ( APH7 )

7-Day Texas Tour ( Houston departure ) ( APH7 )

1. In-Depth sightseeing within most of attractions. Get to know why everything is bigger in Texas or Texas size.

2. Hotel breakfast included every day, enjoy the breakfast before we start the tour.

3. Learn the spirit of “Cowboy culture”, enjoy the world famous “Rodeo”, have a taste of “Texas Steak”.

4. Guests will have a chance to see the NBA games.

5. Visit Rice University, University of Texas at Austin.

6. Gulf of Mexico Dolphins Cruise、NASA Space Center.

7. Texas State house and military museum.

Departure date Wednesday, Thursday

D1 Hometown-Houston (Airport-pickup)

D2 Houston In-Depth Tour

D3 Houston-Fort Worth

D4 Fort Worth-Dallas

D5 Austin-San Antonio

D6 San Antonio-Houston

D7 Houston City Tour

Departure date Friday

D1 Hometown-Houston (Airport-pickup)

D2 Houston-Fort Worth

D3 Fort Worth-Dallas

D4 Austin-San Antonio

D5 San Antonio-Houston

D6 Houston In-Depth Tour

D7 Houston City Tour

Itinerary

Day 1: Home - Houston

Pass By: Crowne Plaza Suites Houston - Near Sugar Land, 9090 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77074, USA
Airport Pickup Information：

1. Free Airport Pick-up IAH and HOU（George Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P. Hobby Airport）9:00AM-10:00PM;

2. Paid Pick-up: Available 24hrs, $100 for the 1st and 2nd guest, $20 extra per guest starts from the 3rd guest.

Please choose IAH (George Bush Intercontinental Airport) or HOU (William P. Hobby Airport）when you book your flight. Our professional tour guide will meet guests at the baggage claim area for the domestic flight, or at the Passenger Waiting Area for the international flight. Hotel check-in time would be after 3pm, guests arrive before 3pm may secure their luggage to the front desk. You may rest in the lobby or shopping around mall or stores nearby. Our tour guides will have the room keys, terms and conditions for the tour, breakfast voucher (if needed) ready for you.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Crowne Plaza Suites Houston - Near Sugar Land Or equivalent（Breakfast Included)

Day 2: Houston In Depth Tour

Pass By: Houston, Houston, Texas
(All day schedule)We will make our first stop to Battleship Texas, took part in some of the most significant naval battles of the 20th century during both world wars. Then go for San Jacinto Monument, the world's tallest masonry column. The most important part of the day is NASA Space Center. We will go to the Space Center for Tram tour to Rocket Park, see the control center, astronaut training center, space shuttle.

Itinerary:

Battleship Texas（Outside visit, 30 mins）→ San Jacinto Monument（30 mins）→ Dolphin Cruise（ Optional, 45 mins）→ NASA Space Center（Optional, 280 mins）

Stop At: BayWatch Dolphin Tours, 2100 Harborside Dr, Galveston, TX 77550, USA
Dolphin Sightseeing Tour
Dolphin Cruise in Golf of Mexico brings you up close to view the dolphins in their natural habitat, see birds and marine life. We are usually able to get a close up view of playful dolphins jumping.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Space Center Houston, 1601 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058-3145
NASA Space Center
This facility in Houston is where NASA conducts human spaceflight training, research, and flight control simulations to prepare astronauts who are preparing to go into the vast expanse of space. We will go to the Space Center for Tram tour to Rocket Park, seethe control center, astronaut training center, space shuttle. The center features more than 400 space artifacts, permanent and traveling exhibits, attractions and theaters related to the exciting future and remarkable past of America's human space-flight program. Uncover the mysteries of outer space on an exhilarating visit to the Space Center Houston, the official visitor center for NASA's Johnson Space Center. During your self-guided tour of one of Houston's top attractions, ride a tram on an orientation tour of the Space Center; see enthralling exhibitions of full-size rockets and rock samples; and marvel at the real Apollo 17 space shuttle, which returned from the moon in 1972. Dolphin Cruise in Golf of Mexico, we bring you up close to view the dolphins in their natural habitat, see birds and marine life. We are usually able to get a close up view of playful dolphins jumping.
Duration: 4 hours 40 minutes

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Crowne Plaza Suites Houston - Near Sugar Land Or equivalent（Breakfast Included)

Day 3: Houston - Fort Worth (Rodeo Night Tour)

Pass By: Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
(All day schedule)Fort Worth is a city in North Central Texas. In the late 19th century, it became an important trading post for cowboys at the end of the Chisholm Trail. Today, it's a modern city, with international art institutions like the Kimbell Art Museum. The Fort Worth Stockyards are home to rodeos.

Itinerary:

Fort Worth →Fort Worth Water Gardens （40 mins）→ the place where President Kennedy gave the last speech (20 mins) → Rodeo Night Tour（Optional, 300 mins. Stockyard Championship Rodeo Included ）

Stop At: Fort Worth Water Gardens, 1502 Commerce St, Fort Worth, TX 76102-6553
Fort Worth Water Gardens
The Fort Worth Water Gardens, built in 1974, is located on the south end of downtown Fort Worth between Houston and Commerce Streets next to the Fort Worth Convention Center.Designed by Philip Johnson, the Fort Worth Water Gardens is an architectural and engineering marvel to be enjoyed any time of the year. Visitors can experience a variety of water features as they wander through this relaxing urban park.
Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: JFK Tribute, 916 Main St Corner E 8th St, General Worth Square, Fort Worth, TX 76102-6240
JFK Tribute
The JFK Tribute in Fort Worth has at its center a heroic scale bronze sculpture of President Kennedy, created by the late Lawrence Ludtke. The sculpture is placed within an elegant granite plaza featuring photographic displays and selected quotes from a number of JFK’s historic speeches.
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Stockyards Rodeo, 121 E Exchange Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76164-8211
Rodeo Night Tour
Enjoy the authentic cuisine of Texas, and then we start to explore more about the town, it’s a great place to walk around. And then we will enjoy the Stockyards Championship Rodeo; the Stockyards Championship Rodeo maintains a strong commitment to visitors looking for an authentic Western Cowboy Experience. The show features bull riding tie down roping, team roping, barrel racing, bronc riding and break away roping.
Duration: 5 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Radisson Hotel Fort Worth North-Fossil Creek Or equivalent（Breakfast Included)

Day 4: Dallas City Tour

Pass By: Dealey Plaza National Historic Landmark District, 500 Main St, Dallas, TX 75202-3521
(All day schedule)Dealey Plaza is a city park in the West End district of downtown Dallas, Texas. It is sometimes called the "birthplace of Dallas". It also was the location of the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, on November 22, 1963. The Dealey Plaza Historic District was named a National Historic Landmark in 1993 to preserve Dealey Plaza, street rights-of-way, and buildings and structures by the plaza visible from the assassination site, that have been identified as witness locations or as possible locations for assassins.

Stop At: The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, 411 Elm St, Dallas, TX 75202-3301
(Outside visit)The sixth floor of the Dallas County Administration Building is located in the downtown Dallas. This museum will show you the legency life of President John F. Kennedy and the assassination timeline based on the record released.
Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Pioneer Plaza, Young and Griffin Streets, Dallas, TX 75202
Pioneer Plaza is a large public park located in the Convention Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). It contains a large sculpture and is a heavily visited tourist site. Adjacent to the plaza is the Pioneer Park Cemetery which features the Confederate War Memorial. Behind the Pioneer Square is a graveyard that is said to have buried the pioneers of the Midwestern United States in the early years. Later, this cemetery became part of the city center.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla St, Dallas, TX 75201-6318
Dallas City Hall is the seat of Dallas municipal government, located at 1500 Marilla in the Government District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). The current building, the city's fifth city hall, was completed in 1978 and replaced the Dallas Municipal Building.

The inverted V-shaped body can form a large shadow, making the square in front of the City Hall a good outdoor space for people to stay. Viewed from the side, the City Hall is like the shape of a map of Texas.


Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N Harwood St, Dallas, TX 75201-2398
Then we will come to the Museum of Art. It collects more than 24,000 pieces of art of works, from the 3,000 years ago to the present, and open to public for free. The museum is also well known for its flexible exhibition policies and excellent educational programs.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

Stop At: The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, 2943 Smu Blvd, Dallas, TX 75205-2563
Located on the campus of Southern Methodist University, this presidential center opened in 2013. It features the second largest presidential library in the country and contains the offices of the George W. Bush foundation.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Pass By: Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Dallas, a modern metropolis in north Texas, is a commercial and cultural hub of the region. Downtown’s Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza commemorates the site of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. In the Arts District, the Dallas Museum of Art covers thousands of years of art.

Itinerary:

Dealey Plaza (outside visit), Sixth Floor Museum (outside visit), Dallas Holocaust Museum, John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza (50 mins) →Pioneer Plaza（30 mins）→ Dallas City Hall （outside visit, 15 mins）→ The Dallas Museum of Art (150 mins) → George W Bush Library（Optional, 90 mins）

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Radisson Hotel Fort Worth North-Fossil Creek Or equivalent（Breakfast Included)

Day 5: Austin- St.Antonio

Stop At: Texas State Capitol, 1100 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704-1728
Situated in downtown Austin, Texas' capitol building was completed in 1888 in an Italian Renaissance Revival style. Covering over 51 acres, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: University of Texas at Austin, Guadalupe and I-35 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and 26th St., Austin, TX 78705
The University of Texas at Austin, informally UT Austin, UT, University of Texas, or Texas in sports contexts, is a public research university and the flagship institution of the University of Texas System.
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Texas Military Forces Museum, 2200 W 35th St Building 6 Camp Mabry, Austin, TX 78703-1222
The Texas Military Forces Museum is a museum about the history of Texas' militia, volunteer forces and Texas Military Forces from 1823 to the present and is located in Austin, Texas. The museum displays dozens of tanks, armored personnel carriers, self-propelled guns, trucks, jeeps, helicopters, jet fighters, observation aircraft and towed artillery pieces. Living history programs, battle reenactments and other special events take place throughout the year. Admission to the museum is always FREE.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: 26495 Natural Bridge Caverns Road, San Antonio, TX 78266-2671
The Natural Bridge Caverns are the largest known commercial caverns in the U.S. state of Texas. The caverns feature several unique speleothems and other geological formations. The temperature inside the cave is 21 degrees Celsius (70°F) year-round and the humidity rate is a constant 99 percent. The caverns are still very active and considered living. Due to the porosity of the limestone, rainwater travels downwards through the layers of rock, where it dissolves out calcite, a weak mineral that makes up all the speleothems at Natural Bridge Caverns. After exiting the limestone, water enters the caverns where it flows and drips constantly throughout, causing the formations to retain a waxy luster that can be seen in few caverns.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: San Antonio River, San Antonio, TX
San Antonio‎ Night Tour
We will take you to see the tower of Friendship, tower of Americas, the river walk cruise for night view. Ernie Pyle once described the River Walk as “The American Venice” and it’s easy to see why. If you tried to imagine a place where the sights, sounds and flavors of Native America, Old Mexico and the Wild West blend effortlessly with the hustle and bustle of a modern city, it would probably look a lot like the San Antonio
Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes

Pass By: Austin, Austin, Texas
(All day schedule)We will arrive at the Capital city of Texas: Austin. Guests will have a chance to go inside for the State Capitol, contains the offices and chambers of the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor. Next, we will visit Texas Military Forces, a museum about the history of Texas' militia, volunteer forces and Texas Military Forces from 1823 to the present. At night, you may choose to join our Night Tour in San Antonio.

Itinerary:

Austin→ Texas State Capitol （Inside visit，60 mins）→ University of Texas at Austin（tour on bus, 20 mins） → Texas Military Forces Museum（60 mins, will not be visited for Saturday departure tours）→ Natural Bridge Caverns（Optional, 90 mins，canclled from 01/01/2020）→ San Antonio Night Tour（Optional, 160 mins）

Special Notes:

1. If Texas State Capitol is closed, we only visit outside.

2. Texas Military Forces Museum is closed on every Monday, will not visit if closed.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott San Antonio Downtown/Alamo Plaza Or equivalent（Breakfast Included)

Day 6: St.Antonio - Houston

Stop At: The Alamo, 300 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX 78205-2606
The Alamo, originally a Roman Catholic mission, was the site of a famous historic battle in 1836 in which the Mexican army laid siege to the building that was defended by a small group of Texans.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: The Buckhorn Saloon and Texas Ranger Museum, 318 E Houston St, San Antonio, TX 78205-1816
Located right in the heart of downtown San Antonio, we are two blocks from the Alamo and one block from the Riverwalk. For over 131 years, The Buckhorn Saloon has been known as a gathering place for good conversation, great food and spectacular wildlife exhibits. Today, the saloon houses a Café, Gift Shop, Shooting Gallery and our two museums, the Buckhorn Museum and the Texas Ranger Museum.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Historic Market Square - City of San Antonio, 514 W Commerce St, San Antonio, TX 78207-8102
Enjoy the sights and flavors of old Mexico at Historic Market Square, a favorite of locals and tourists for generations. Explore over 100 locally owned shops and stalls, all at a festive indoor mall famously described as the largest Mexican market outside Mexico. Find authentic Talavera pottery, exotic curios and handcrafted works of art. Stay for the gourmet Mexican cuisine at Mi Tierra and La Margarita, or kick back at the Farmers Market Food Court and enjoy the show on the stage.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Tower of the Americas, 739 E. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78205-3204
The Tower of the Americas is a 750-foot (230-meter) observation tower-restaurant located in the Hemisfair district on the southeastern portion of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States. The tower was designed by San Antonio architect O'Neil Ford and was built as the theme structure of the 1968 World's Fair, HemisFair '68.
Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
(All day schedule)In the morning, we will go to the Alamo Mission. Next, the Buckhorn Museum features wildlife from all over the world; including fish from the seven seas, animals from every continent and strange animal oddity which have been collected for over 100 years! Later on, we will visit Historic market Square and Tower of the Americas.

Itinerary:

The Alamo（60 mins）→ The Buckhorn Saloon and Texas Ranger Museum (Optional, 60 mins）→ Historic Market Square（60 mins）→Tower of the Americas（Optional, 60 mins）

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Crowne Plaza Suites Houston - Near Sugar Land Or equivalent（Breakfast Included)

Day 7: Houston City Tour

Stop At: Toyota Center, 1510 Polk St, Houston, TX 77002-7130
Toyota Center is an indoor arena located in downtown Houston, Texas. It is named after the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. The arena is home to the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association, and the former home of the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League.
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Rice University Campus, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005-1827
William Marsh Rice University, commonly known as Rice University, is a private research university located on a 300-acre (121 ha) campus in Houston, Texas, United States. The university is situated near the Houston Museum District and is adjacent to the Texas Medical Center.
Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: 6201A Hermann Park Dr, Houston, TX 77030-1709
One of Houston's oldest public parks, Hermann Park was first envisioned as part of a comprehensive urban planning effort by the city of Houston in the early 1910s. Following the recommendation of a 1913 report which identified the then-rural area between Main Street and Brays Bayou as ideal for a large urban park, real estate investor and entrepreneur George H. Hermann, who owned most of the area and served on the city's parks board, bequeathed his estate to Houston for use as a public green space in 1914.
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: The Houston Museum of Natural Science, 5555 Hermann Park Dr, Houston, TX 77030-1718
Founded in 1909, the HMNS is one of the top 5 most popular museums in the United States based on its large number of special or great exhibits. In addition to its exhibits, it complex consists of a central facility with four floors of natural science halls, the Burke Baker Planetarium, the Cockrell Butterfly Center, and the Wortham Giant Screen Theatre.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

Stop At: George Ranch Historical Park, 10215 Fm 762 Rd, Richmond, TX 77469-9352
The George Ranch Historical Park is an internationally-recognized living history site that authentically preserves and interprets the four-generational storyline of a remarkable Texas family beginning in 1824 and spanning more than 100 years. Just 30 miles southwest of downtown Houston, the Park is located on a 20,000-acre+ working ranch featuring historic homes, costumed interpreters and livestock. The Park aims to educate people of all ages about Texas history and the region’s unique heritage through programming that connects and inspires learners of all ages.
Duration: 2 hours

Pass By: Houston, Houston, Texas
(All day schedule)First, we will stop by Toyota Center, an indoor arena famous of the Houston Rockets. And then head to Rice University. Later, we will go for the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The museum complex consists of a central facility with four floors of natural science halls and exhibits, the Burke Baker Planetarium, the Cockrell Butterfly Center, and the Wortham Giant Screen Theatre. In the afternoon, you won’t want to miss George Ranch Historic Park.

Itinerary:

Toyota Center（Outside Visit, 20 mins）→ Rice University（40 mins） → Hermann Park (20 mins) → Houston Museum of Natural Science（Optional, 150 mins）→ George Ranch Historic Park (Optional, 120 mins)

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.