Houston Urban Adventures
Day tours, with a local
Now 175 years old, downtown Houston celebrates both its past and its present.
Take a tour of Houston in the Downtown Historic District. You'll find narrow, two-story brick buildings that once housed bakeries, grocery stores, warehouses, tailor shops, and brothels. Today, they are home to the restaurants, clubs, and pubs you'll visit on the Historic Downtown Pub Crawl.
In the Skyline District, wide streets are lined with soaring, world-class architectural masterpieces designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, I. M. Pei, Philip Johnson, and Cesar Pelli. Under these avenues is the largest, mostly private, pedestrian Tunnel System in the world, air-conditioned and open to the public during weekday business hours.
Historic Downtown Pub Crawl
From USD 30.00
Join in this unique Houston tour to visit five atmospheric bars dotted throughout the downtown historic district. Listen to tales of ghosts, murder and suicide as you sip drinks in some of the city’s most legendary buildings. See sparkling chandeliers, select songs on old-fashioned jukeboxes or talk to a tailor or artist as you mingle with the locals inside buildings dating from 1861 to 1926.
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Heart of the Tunnel Walk
From USD 30.00
How do Houston’s 140,000 downtown workers survive hot summers? By going 20 feet underground to the Tunnel System. Join them as you see world-class architecture, enjoy a view from the highest sky lobby in Texas, learn Houston history, enjoy a Dutch-style lunch and shop underground and at the Visitors Center on this unique Houston walking tour.
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Juneteenth Celebration
Place: Discovery Green - [ 19/06/2012 ]
The Down Home Blues Kick Off Concert honoring the legendary Grady Gains and Friends
Downtown Carriage RidesPlace: Landry's Downtown Aquarium - [ 22/05/2011 - 30/06/2012 ]
A leisurely horse-drawn carriage ride from Houston's Theater District to Discovery Green and back is a perfect way to enjoy the best parts of Downtown.
Niko Niko's Sangria SaturdaysPlace: Market Square Park - [ 16/04/2012 - 02/07/2012 ]
Head on over to Market Square Park at 9 a.m. on Saturdays to enjoy Niko Niko's morning Greekfest -- a delicious Greek breakfast, complete with Sangrias.
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Why is Houston the Emerald City?
Green glass, trees, and money.
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29 Apr 2012 This is the second tour that we take with Urban Adventures and Sandra Lord as our guide. She is a great guide that manages to adapt her tours to interest her visitors of the day. She has a great wealth of knowledge both historic and esoteric and she peppers her tours with both with great skill, gusto and panache. I highly recommend her tours as you will walk away with a smile and a feeling that you have spent a few hours with an old friend.
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17 Apr 2012 Connie was awesome. She was very easy to talk to and her interest in history made this a very fun trip. Jennifer (my girlfriend and I) came out of this with a whole new perspective on Houston.
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18 Mar 2012 This is a great trip even for "locals" if you don't work and have never worked downtown. I learned a lot and enjoyed every minute of it.
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15 Feb 2012 Had a wonderul time really enjoyed ourselves. Thanks so much!
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06 Feb 2012 This is my second tour with Sandra. She is so good and informative. She makes the tours interesting and fun. She has just the right amount of interaction, joking around, and history in each tour. I tell everyone about these tours. I have been in HOuston for ten years, but now I feel like a true Houstonian after these tours.
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Houston Urban Adventures unlock the secrets of Houston and Texas. Join us on a Heart of the Tunnel Walk or a Historic Downtown Pub Crawl to find out what makes the city tick and get acquainted with the local food, culture, and traditions.
For more fun, food and culture, take a tour of Los Angeles or a tour of San Francisco.
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