Houston Sightseeing: Iconic Sites and Galveston Tour

Experience the best of Houston and Galveston on a 6-hour sightseeing tour. Explore iconic sites in Houston and enjoy free time in the scenic town of Galveston. Don’t miss this amazing adventure!

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Houston City Tours - Head to the Visitors Center in downtown Houston to meet your double-decker bus for a fully-narrated sightseeing tour of Houston’s most iconic sites.
What's Included
  • Choice of professional guide or pre-recorded audio
  • Air-conditioned vehicles
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Embark on a 6-hour exciting journey through central Houston’s most renowned landmarks and the historic shores of Galveston. In Galveston, you’ll have free reign to wander the town known for its captivating scenery on the Gulf of Mexico. Admire the grandeur of Victorian homes, the Galveston Seawall, and the Strand’s historic district, with the option to…

Location
1302 Dallas St
Dallas Street
Located at Convention center district behind the Four Seasons Hotel
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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206genub
May 26, 2024
Amazing experience! - What a wonderful experience! Ben, our tour guide was one of the best tour guides I've seen in my many domestic and foreign travels. The amazing history lesson on Texas in general, Houston and Galveston in particular and his pleasant personality made the tour a lot of fun. Thank you, Ben!
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Jhobell_j
Apr 19, 2024
Recommended ! Esp if you like history and love informative info. - I recommend this tour! Plan for it all morning until early evening. We started at 10am and got back to base around 5-530! This business is amazing and family owned. I recommend doing this tour day 1 of your visit to Houston because there were a lot of things I learned that were already done. Houston Sightseeing Tour: Our tour guide was very informative and shared a lot of interesting facts about Houston and what the beautiful city offers. He was able to provide our group with both Spanish and English! We were well entertained by the facts and history of Houston! We saw beautiful murals and different views of the cityscape. The sightseeing tour exceeded our expectations. Galveston: Our driver was very informative and knowledgable about Galveston. He provided interesting information about the history of Galveston and showed us the beautiful architecture that Galveston offered. Houston has major traffic and our tour guide was very patient and drove safely! Thank you for a great time!
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Marisa_w
Mar 16, 2024
Covers Houston overview & Galveston in a day!!! - My mother and I took this tour and Ben was our guide (for the Houston part AND Galveston). He was nice, informative, and did his best to make it efficient for the entire group. The pick up point was easy, there was plenty of parking (it was Friday ~9:30am) right there, and all the staff was friendly and helpful. The tour was exactly what we wanted/expected: an overview of Houston and a trip to Galveston with some time to spend walking around there by ourselves. We ate lunch at Katie’s which was delicious but pretty busy, so it took ~1.5 hours of our time without the group. We had ~45 minutes left to ourselves to wander around; I could’ve used another hour at least! There was plenty to look at on the Strand (restaurants, shops, etc) and I would’ve liked to walk near the water but didn’t have time. It was a nice time though. We got back a little later than expected (~5:40pm) due to traffic and my parking was only paid until 5pm; I did not get a ticket though so maybe I just got lucky. Overall, the tour was worth the information and not having to drive/navigate the area myself.
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Loriaa5956md
Mar 5, 2024
Great travel group. - We had an amazing time. They worked with me to get a time that worked. All the employees were very friendly and informative. I would highly recommend.
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Michelle_s
Mar 1, 2024
Fun day - It was a great mix of humor and information. I felt we had a very personalized adventure. Yolanda handled Houston and a great gentleman took us on to Galveston Katie's was awesome.
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Thomas_c
Sep 25, 2024
The trip was cancelled by... - The trip was cancelled by Tour operator . What to say on a cancelled tour . Nothing to add on this trip. Last minute cancellation is not good for a tourist
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Karen
Sep 9, 2024
Great day trip - The company offices in downtown houston are excellent, and the check-in process was easy. We started out on the open top bus with Ben as our tour guide. Ben is friendly and professional and has a great knowledge of the city. It was very informative, and as it was a Sunday, there was no traffic to contend with. The tour is mainly buildings and murals and is a non-stop ride of just over an hour. We then transferred to a comfy minivan and drove an hour to Galveston Island. This is a lovely day trip with quant shopping on the strand and great restaurants on the pier. Ben prebooked a table at Katie's Seafood house so we didn't have to wait for anyone that wanted to go, but it was optional. Our group opted to eat here, and it's highly recommended. All in all a good day out.
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Yvonne_s
May 3, 2024
Pleasant - First tour guide around town was great. Very informative and fun. Guide & driver to Galveston were underwhelming. Didn’t seem focussed on group at all. Overall though it was a good day out.
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H5298dzjaynec
Aug 8, 2024
Galveston…a ‘must visit’ when in Houston - The trip was great in that it got us to Galveston with no stress or organisation…Galveston is a must see on a trip to Houston. However we needed more time there & didn't get close to getting around all the wonderful shops & soak in the area. Next time I would Uber much earlier in the day & spend the whole day there.
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Martha_p
Jul 8, 2024
Complete Rip off with no apology or consideration total loss for us steal for the tour Co. - We signed up for Mansions in Galveston. We are Texans we are familiar with Gulf coast beaches, a drive by to see beach and sea wall is fine, but to dig into our mansion seeing to stop and look at the sea wall was a waste. Have you All seen the sea wall? you now what I mean. The morning tour was spent seeing Houston Murals which dug into our Galveston sight seeing, nice but we did not sign up for murals. The woman was running 10 min late to take us out to Galseston. she dropped us off for lunch at 1:42 and stated she would pick us up @ 3:30 she was another 10 min late for pick up. By lunch time we had seen no mansions only the sea wall. one hour would have been enough for lunch so we could have seen some mansions she finally got us over to one mansion, but they were closing and the gift shop was all we were allowed to enter which was the kitchen part of the Mansion. she said she would take us to see sculptures we saw one Dog. so we saw 1/4 of a mansion and one Dog sculpture. then we left the island and instead of taking us back to the station she played uber and went to pick up someone they left at NASA. so she cut our sight seeing short to uber some people they left at NASA and dug into our time by taking us on a non wanted trip to the parking lot of NASA. She had no real knowledge of the History of Galveston, she had mostly very base knowledge so even the stuff she showed us was non- educational. The gift shop at the one mansion had several books on the history of the Island if I were her Id buy and read them. We learned they had 3 people call in sick. I feel at That point they should have told us it would not be a good sight seeing trip and allow us to decide if we wanted go on it or not. Total waste of time and 300.00 . That uber trip to nasa was the icing on the horror cake. I want our money back this was a complete crock. My aunt was so looking forward to seeing and learning about this city and its Mansions and history. We saw One sculpture and 1/4th of a mansion and we walked off the van to see a very non impressive sea wall which if you all have ever seen it you would know. She had no real knowledge of history it was not a professional Tour it was some Dick off the street taking us out to see the city.
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