How about a quick trip to Mexico and beyond? Galveston Island has become a hotspot for the cruise ship industry and has become home for several cruise boats with regularly scheduled trips for your extended vacations! 
The Galveston Yacht Basin & Club has both a dry stack storage facility and a very well built and deep yacht basin for your in the water yachts or slings for the smaller fishing boats. This marina is protected by a concrete wall with two entrances to protect your boat from the port boat traffic and also affords limited hurricane protection as well. 
The Galveston Party Boats have several boats available for jetty and deep sea trips and can carry up to 100 passengers. I have been a fill in Captain for this boat and the fish finding electronics are state of the art! Private and overnight trips are available! There are also many private yachts available in Galveston to take you out for your own private deep sea fishing adventure! Most private yachts carry from 6 to 15 passengers. 
| | |  We have our annual Mardi Gras Festival at the Strand. The Strand is located downtown sporting many gift shops and restaurants, along with the Railroad Museum. Restaurants abound with some of the finest seafood restaurants and freshest sea food in the country. Check out this link and watch the pre-recorded past Mardi-Gras movie that plays for you! You can see the Strand here.
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Located next to our famous seafood restaurants is the Texas Seaport Museum which houses our square rigger Elissa built in 1887, and is open for tours. Click on the photo for more information about the Elissa. 
Moody Gardens in the center of the Galveston Island has a nature museum and the famous IMAX theater for the ultimate in your movie experience. There's a lot to see at Moody Gardens. Very close to here is the Lone Star Flight Museum displaying antique military planes. The cruising boater finds the deep water of Offatts Bayou a safe overnight mooring place during their transit up and down the Texas Gulf Coast with Moody Gardens in the background. 
Flagship Hotel and fishing pier website 
Use this photo link for Galveston's history |
