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Houston: Heights, Montrose, Gandhi District
Houston, Texas, US · 12 stops · 82.6 mi (133 km) · about 2 h 29 min driving · 26 spoken stories · driven 1×
From IAH to Galleria, explore Houston's historic inner-loop neighborhoods—Victorian Heights, arts-focused Montrose, and the Museum District—before heading south through Little India's temples and restaurants to affluent Sugar Land and Tanglewood. 150 minutes, 83 miles.
Photo: Ed Schipul ( https://www.flickr.com/people/eschipul/ ), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
From George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Hyatt Regency Houston/Galleria
The stops
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Houston Heights
lunchHouston Heights is a community in northwest-central Houston, Texas, United States. "The Heights" is often referred to colloquially to describe a larger collection of neighborhoods next to and including the actual Houston Heights. However, Houston Heights has its own history, distinct from Norhill and Woodland Heights.
“Welcome to the Heights.”
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Old Sixth Ward
quarter · Houston, Texas
“The Old Sixth Ward is the oldest intact neighborhood in Houston, with the largest concentration of Victorian structures outside Galveston.”
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Montrose
Montrose is a neighborhood located in west-central Houston, Texas, United States. Montrose is a 7.5-square-mile (19 km2) area roughly bounded by Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59 to the south, Allen Parkway to the north, South Shepherd Drive to the west, and Taft to Fairview to Bagby to Highway 59 to Main to the east.
“Now we are in Montrose, in west central Houston.”
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Houston Museum District
The Houston Museum District is an association of 21 museums, cultural centers and community organizations dedicated to promoting art, science, history, and culture, located in Houston, Texas, United States.
“The Houston Museum District is an association of twenty one museums, cultural centers and community organizations devoted to art, science, history and culture.”
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Norhill Historic District
board · North Main Street, Houston, Texas
“Here we are at the Norhill Historic District, just off North Main Street.”
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Pondicheri
restaurant · Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas
“Lunch at Pondicheri, which opened in twenty eleven as a bright, sun soaked place serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.”
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Sugar Land
Sugar Land is the largest city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, located in the southwestern part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area.
“This is Sugar Land, the largest city in Fort Bend County, about nineteen or twenty miles southwest of downtown Houston.”
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BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
1150, Brand Lane, Stafford
“The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is the first of its kind in North America, built according to ancient Indian architectural scriptures that go back five thousand years.”
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Mahatma Gandhi District
The Mahatma Gandhi District is an ethnic enclave in Houston, Texas, United States, named after Mahatma Gandhi, consisting predominantly of Indian and Pakistani restaurants and shops and having a large South Asian population.
“This is the Mahatma Gandhi District, named for Mahatma Gandhi, an ethnic enclave made up mostly of Indian and Pakistani restaurants and shops, with a large South Asian population.”
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Garson Restaurant
restaurant · Hillcroft Avenue, Houston, Texas
“Garson has been serving Houston since nineteen ninety two, with Persian and Mediterranean cooking built on fresh ingredients and family recipes.”
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River Oaks
River Oaks is a residential community located in the center of Houston, Texas, United States. Located within the 610 Loop and between Downtown and Uptown, the community spans 1,100 acres (450 ha).
“River Oaks is Houston's grandest address, eleven hundred acres right in the center of the city, inside the six ten Loop between Downtown and Uptown.”
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Tanglewood
Tanglewood is an affluent neighborhood in western Houston, Texas, located off San Felipe Road.
“Tanglewood is an affluent neighborhood in western Houston, just off San Felipe Road.”
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