Travel Reference
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Itineraries
1 WEEK
Coastal Texas
Trade the cities for sunny beaches, small museums, historical towns and some of the state's
best bird-watching. Begin in
Galveston
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, spending two days admiring the turn-
of-the-20th-century mansions, exploring the state park and dining and shopping on the
Strand.
Follow the coast south, stopping at the fun little Sea Center Texas aquarium and hatcheries
in
Lake Jackson
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)
. Then make your way down to
Aransas National Wildlife
Refuge
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)
, the best bird-watching site on the Texas coast. Stay a night nearby in
the seaside town of
Rockport
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)
; in season boat tours depart from here for the
endangered whooping crane's feeding grounds.
