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Private tour in Houston Keith R
Galveston Private City Tour Starting in Houston
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Keith R.
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Hi everyone. I am a retired professor and teacher. I taught in middle and high schools, colleges, and universities. I began teaching history and social science classes in August 1981 and continued to December 2015. This led to a comfortable segue into conducting tours by 2000 to share with tourists the information that I had been teaching. I have three collegiate degrees and multiple teaching certificates. I will inundate you with information about the history, government, politics, diversity, growth, economy, businesses, demography, climate, geography, topography, sociology, arts and architecture, taxation, transit, and more of the area and Texas. I will share stories with you about famous and infamous Texans; some are true, some are folklore. I have a dry sense of humor. My intent is to entertain and educate you. I enjoy sharing knowledge with you so that you have a good time and will want to return to or stay longer in our fair city. 1. Certified tour guide with the Professional Tour Guides Association of Houston, 2. Member of the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau since 2001. 3. Certified Travel Ambassador (CTA) trained and member since 2014. 4. Tour guide since 2000. 5. Master tour guide for the City of Houston's Multicultural Tours in 2003 and 2004. 6. Included in AAA Tour Books since 2011. I can take up to nine people with their luggage in our full-size van. I pick-up and drop-off people at cruise terminals. I take tourists to museums, and let them tour exhibits at their own pace, telling them what time we need to meet again at the van.
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Sunrise from the Gateway to the South
Overview of your Houston tour
Galveston is similar to New Orleans (NO), but on a 1/7 scale. Galveston's population is 53,538; NO has 362,701 people as of 2024. Galveston's Strand is similar to NO's Bourbon Street. On Harborside Drive, see the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), the ruins of Pirate Jean Lafitte's home, seafood restaurants, fishing boats, fish markets, and museums. Enter the beautiful 1904 Rosenberg Library to watch the 1900 Great Storm film. See the 1830s plantation style houses, the 1850s to 1890s Victorian homes, the Silk Stocking District mansions from 1890 to 1920, and Cedar Lawn mansions from the Roaring Twenties. View Kempner Park with the 1880 Garten Verein gazebo. Galveston is home to the Grand 1894 Opera House, art galleries, the Schlitterbahn Waterpark, great restaurants, and hole in the wall bars. We drive along Seawall Boulevard and get out to see the 17-foot high Seawall and Gulf of Mexico.
Your Houston tour itinerary
9:00 - 9:15 AM - Meet and introductions. 9:15 - 9:55 AM - Drive from the Houston City Hall to Buc-ee's in Texas City. 9:55 - 10:25 AM - Bathroom, refreshment, snack, and souvenir break at Buc-ee's. 10:25 - 11:25 AM - Drive from Buc-ee's to Galveston. 11:25 AM - 1:15 PM - See the south side of the island: Moody Gardens, Schlitterbahn, Scholes Airport, the Seawall, the mansions of the Silk Stocking District, and the old plantation homes. Go to the north side of the island to see historic current and former houses of worship and tour the 1904 Rosenberg Library where we will see the film "The Great Storm." 1:15 - 2:30 PM - Lunch at a site of the clients' choice. 2:30 - 3:15 PM - Stroll and shop along The Strand. 3:15 - 5:00 PM - See the ruins of Jean Lafitte's home, UTMB, museums, Victorian homes, the mouth of the Houston Ship Channel, and more. 5:00 - 6:30 PM - Drive from Galveston back to Houston.
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Type: Private Transportation / Category: Minivan
Chrysler Touring L minivan.
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Houston, Texas, United States
Houston City Hall at 901 Bagby Street, Houston, Texas 77002.
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