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Private tour in Houston Keith R
Walking Tunnel Tour
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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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Architectural or Visual Stimuli Tunnel Tour
Overview of your Houston tour
We will go through 4 different tunnels and into 7 to 11 historic buildings dating to the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1970s, and 1980s. We will see lots of shops and restaurants. These tours are 3.0-hours. However, they can be shortened to 1. 5, 2. 0, or 2.5 hours or lengthened to 3. 5 hours to include fewer or more buildings, tunnels, and flood gates. This tour is only available on Monday through Friday during the day. The tunnels are open from about 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. The tunnels are closed on weekends and holidays. The start time can be flexible.
Your Houston tour itinerary
The tour is divided into 3 segments: 1. A 30-minute introduction inside City Hall about the options, architectural features to observe, viewing a map of the tunnel system, a history of Houston's downtown area and the building in which we meet - City Hall, its architect, and features, and use of bathrooms. 2. A 30-minute walk outside from City Hall to the site where we enter the tunnels. I will be pointing out over 1 dozen buildings along the way, their architects, dates and periods of construction, architectural themes in downtown, and unique structures. This is also a good time for photo opportunities. 3. A 2-hour walk into the tunnels and buildings or a 1.25-hour walk with a stop in a food court in the tunnels. We stop at least every 5 minutes to look at the sites and architectural features. A walking tour only moves as fast as the slowest person.
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Type: Walking
Legs and feet.
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Houston, Texas, United States
Rotunda of City Hall at 901 Bagby Street, Houston, Texas 77002. Street metered parking is available on the north side of City Hall on Walker Street and the south side of City Hall on McKinney street. Garage parking is available in the 500 block of Rusk Street on the right side. Cross the MetroRail tracks at Theater Parking 2 and enter the garage beneath Tranquility Park.
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