This book takes you the cultural mecca of Texas, Houston, which has more than 30 museums and is one of the few US cities with permanent ballet, opera, symphony and theatre companies.
Houston ranks second only to New York City in the number of theatre seats. Houston is the fourth largest city in the US, and received 18.8 million visitors in 1997 (11 million for leisure, 7.8 million for business). More than 46,000 hotel rooms are available in the greater metropolitan area. Houston has 32 miles of public beach, more than 500 parks, and 100+ golf courses.
Houston makes a wonderful family destination or weekend getaway, with popular attractions like Six Flags Astro World, Water World, Splash Town Waterpark, the Space Center, and Moody Gardens.