HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Recently named to Budget Travel magazine’s 2011 list of top value destinations, Houston is one big city that won’t bust your budget. In fact, a quick check of Houston’s average hotel rates and restaurant prices reveals that the oft-quoted mantra “everything’s bigger in Texas” does have a few pleasant exceptions. And, as Budget Travel’s editors noted, Houston CityPASS offers a value-packed way to see Houston’s best attractions for a fraction of the price.
A 2011 adult Houston CityPASS sells for $39, shaving 41 percent off the combined attraction admissions. Child (ages 3-11) passes retail for $29. Each CityPASS includes prepaid admission to Space Center Houston, the Downtown Aquarium and Houston Museum of Natural Science, as well as two option tickets that give visitors a choice between the Houston Zoo and The Health Museum, and between the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and The Children’s Museum of Houston.
Space Center Houston is the home of astronauts and history. The guided tram tour (included with CityPASS) provides a behind-the-scenes look at this impressive facility.
With white tigers and tarantulas to go along with sharks and shipwrecks, there’s nothing conventional about Houston’s Downtown Aquarium. CityPASS users bypass the ticket lines, heading straight into this watery wonderland.
Located in Hermann Park, the Houston Museum of Natural Science brings visitors face-to-face with huge dinosaurs, as well as rare gems and spectacular shells, an African ecosystem and the museum’s resident mummy, Ankh-hap.
The first of Houston CityPASSes two option tickets gives visitors a choice between the Houston Zoo — whose two baby elephants are stars — and The Health Museum, where visitors can take a hands-on walk through the human body. CityPASS’s second option ticket offers a choice between The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and The Children’s Museum of Houston.
Valid for nine consecutive days, Houston CityPASS can be purchased online at CityPASS.com or at any of the participating attractions. Passes are also available for New York City, San Francisco, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Hollywood, Philadelphia, Seattle, Southern California and Toronto.