Tour Houston on a Ricky Rickshaw
Enjoy and learn about Houston from a personal tour guide, also your Ricky Driver.
Pick from several areas of interest and sit back and enjoy the ride and tour from your personal tour guide and Ricky
Driver.
Areas to
choose from include attractions downtown, theater district, mid-town, Hermann park, and medical center.
Rates
- $60 per hour. Each rickshaw can comfortably seat two full size adults or three regular build people. See our
pictures for a better idea.
Select your areas of interest and reservation
time by calling Ricky at 866-54 RICKY (866-547-4259), by email ride@rickyrides.com, or request in person from a Ricky Driver you see driving around.
Passengers under age 21 are required to wear a helmet which is provided on each rickshaw.
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Downtown Tour
o George R Brown Convention Center
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Minutemaid Park (home of the Houston Astros)
o The New Co-Cathedral
o Drive down Main Street and see new Metro Light Rail
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City Hall, Heads of State, Beer Can House
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George H W Bush Presidential monument and Buffalo Bayou
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The Aquarium restaurant
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Alley, Sarofim, and Jones Halls, as well as the Wortham theater
Mid-Town
History
At the turn of the century, Midtown
began to flourish as the second residential neighborhood for the city of Houston after Allen's Landing. This area now
South of the Central Business District was better known as Southside place, predominantly developed as single family Victorian
style homes on small lots of approximately 5000 square feet. The homes were generally 4000-6000 square feet in size and occupied
by families of the original founders of the Humble Oil & Refinery Company. The subdivision flourished through the mid
1940's and began to decline into the 1980's and 90's as a result of the sudden decline in oil production.
Houston's population grew less than one percent between 1980 and 1990 and the area that includes Midtown was the only
district in the state of Texas to lose population during this time. The make-up of the neighborhood better known as Midtown
after 1990 was comprised of vacant land, boarded up buildings, a few single family residences, and a few prosperous businesses
in the area. Generally the area had been marred by blight lack of direction and very little cohesiveness, all of which led
to the revitalization efforts that exist today.
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See new mixed use apartment buildings mixed in with old houses
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Drive around through new neighborhoods
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Learn history of transformation
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See some of Houston’s newest and most popular local destinations
Hermann
Park / Museum District
o See some of Houston’s most beautiful tree covered streets
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Campus of Rice University
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Mecom Fountain
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Hotel ZaZa (formerly the historic Warwick Hotel)
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Children’s, Holocaust, and Museum of Natural Science museums
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Hermann Park, Houston Zoo
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Statue and park area for Sam Houston
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Houston Medical Center
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Drive through one of the world’s largest medical complexes including
Baylor, Hermann, MD Anderson, St. Lukes and Texas Children’s hospitals
Online Tour Request Form (minimum 12 hour notice):
