GALVESTON _ Each day, Galveston visitors and residents dart across five lanes of traffic on Seawall Boulevard, evading a stream of fast-driving cars to get to businesses or hotels on the other side.

Grand Galvez, Galveston's historic hotel on the seawall, has welcomed guests for more than a century. Opening after the 1900 Great Storm, it's known as "The Queen of the Gulf" and was Galveston's ...

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This highly anticipated boutique hotel — a complete overhaul of what was a shabby midcentury motel on the northern stretch of the Galveston seawall — is finally ready to open to the public Nov. 10.

When booking a cruise departing from Galveston, the two most important things to have organized before you board the ship is where to park your car and where to stay before and after your trip.