Pavel1379

We are planning 6 days trip from Las Vegas to Houston in March. Would appreciate your advises on the driving route suggestions and any attractions (scenic roads, parks, sightseeing), mainly in NM, TX (AZ and Canyon area is already visited many times). We am from Russia, not living in US. Thanks a lot!

youngtom2910

hello pavel

i don't have maps in front of me--but you need to go to the grand canyon--you will be on the north side and i don't know if it is totally closed--even if the facilities are closed you can look at the canyon i believe unles it is too snowy and the road s are closed

if you go east along the arizona/utah border, on the east side of arizona you will come to monument valley, which is spectacular, particularly at sunrise/sunset..

you will be in the navajo nation as well, which i believe is the largest body of land set aside to native americans in the US

if you keep going into southwestern colorado, there is a great native american site called mesa verde.

from mesa verde, go east/southeast to get to taos in northern new mexico. tehre are many places
around taos and santa fe to explore.

from santa fe, go south to albuquerque--you eventualy want to get to interstate 10 east. the drive from el paso to houston is very long. SAn antonio is a common stop.

volcanogirl

In Houston, I'd go to NASA and while you're down there eat at the Kemah Boardwalk. Moody Gardens in Galveston is really neat. A Rockets game would be really fun. Lots of great restaurants, theater, and museums in Houston as well. Good shopping at the Galleria. If you can, stop in San Antonio and see the Alamo and eat on the River Walk.

dfr4848

When you say "Canyon area is already visited many times" I'm assuming you mean Grand Canyon.

If so, I'd head out I40 through Flagstaff and Sunset Crater NP and Petrified Forest NP. Then over through Alguquerque, Bandelier NP and Santa Fe. A day in Santa Fe and include trip to Taos (a little out of the way but not much and well worth it).

Then down US285 past Roswell to Carslbad NP in NM and Guadalupe NP in TX. Continue on to I10 to San Antonio for a day or so to see Alamo and Riverwalk, etc. Then it's only about 3 hrs from SA to Houston.

maria_so

I live in Houston and have visited many of the mentione places. The route dfr4848 mentions is one I would suggest, especially if you've seen the canyons. Sunset crater is fantastic beautiful and NM is superb and offers a different type of desert setting. Santa Fe is a good stopping town too with many wonderful restaurants and top notch art galleries. A really cool hike on the way from there to Albuquerue is tent rocks.

If you can manage Austin on a slight detour to San Antonio, it is a city also worth the visit in Texas.

Pavel1379

Thanks to everyone for your answers!

ElendilPickle

>>Alguquerque<<
>>Albuquerue<<

That's Albuquerque, if you try to Google it or search for it here on Fodor's.

You've gotten good suggestions on how to spend your time.

Lee Ann

cowpieace

The Houston Rodeo is going on in much of March. They have different big name musicians proforming after each rodeo in the Reliant Center.

volcanogirl

Great suggestion, cow. You should definitely check out the rodeo. It's enormous with lots of entertainment and a huge carnival atmosphere outside. www.hlsr.com is the website if you want to check it out.

Rich

Interested in Carlesbad Caverns??