Location
6100 Main Houston Tx, Rice University.
The Festival will take place on a beautiful Rice University campus. It is surrounded by fantastic old post oak trees and is in a walking distance from the hotels, museum district, including the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston and Contemporary Art Museum of Houston, Metro station, and Rice Village, which boasts fine restaurants and boutiques fine restaurants and boutiques. We are grateful to have Rice Social Dance Society as co-sponsors of the Houston Tango Festival and want to acknowledge them for making this location and university setting possible.


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Lodging
The hotel is about 10-15 minutes walking distance away from the Festival location at the Student Center in Rice University, the metro line runs alongside and can be used to shorten the trip.
   Holiday Inn (Holcombe @Main)
   6800 Main St
   Houston, TX 77030
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   (713) 528-7744

Transportation
For those who are coming to either the Intercontinental airport (IAH) or Hobby Airport, the options include:

1. Rental cars: (counters from major national rental companies available at each airport)
Depending on the traffic, it takes approximately 30-40 mins from the Intercontinental airport and about 20-30 from the Hobby airport to arrive at the festival location at the Rice University or the nearby Holiday Inn.

2. Airport shuttle:
Supper shuttle www.supershuttle.com provides shuttle service from both airports, as well as the pick up service and you can make reservations online. The shuttles leave about three times every hour. The costs should be about $20 per person from Hobby and about $24 from Intercontinental, but please check with Super Shuttle to confirm the exact price.

3. Taxis:
Taxis run from both airports, but can be a bit pricey, especially from the IAH--up to $55, so you may want to see if you can share a ride or wait for the shuttle instead.

Parking
There are six visitor parking lots. See the map below for lot locations. The Student Center is building number 37 in the center of the map. View Parking Map Here

1. Paid Visitor Parking
Alice Pratt Brown Lot, West Lot 5, Founders Court Lot, Central Campus Garage, & North Visitor Lot.. The closest lot is the Central Campus Garage, located just West of the Student Center.
Lot fees (without parking passes) Alice Pratt Brown Lot and West Lot 5: $1 for each 35 minutes, with a $10 daily maximum.
Central Campus Garage, Founders Court Lot, North Lot: $1 for each 17.5 minutes, with a $10 daily maximum.

2. Free Visitor Parking
The Greenbriar Lot is free, however it is about a 10-15 minute walk from the Student Center. We may have a van to carry dancers back and forth from this lot and will provide additional information about such shuttle van at the registration table. Enter Greenbriar Lot from Greenbriar Blvd at campus entrance 13A or 13B.