Posts Tagged with #Paris Dining Room
Beautiful, old, historic mansion that gives you a glimpse into what Galveston must have been like in its early days. The self-guided tour is good - highlighting interesting facts and stories of the mansion, its occupants, and its builders. The tour doesn't allow access to the third floor, however, so it feels a little incomplete.
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Bishop’s Palace is great. It’s a self guided tour with reasonable ticket prices ($12 per person) with plenty of space to meander about. Really interesting information on the original owners as well included in the tour and all of the detailed hand carved woodwork, to me, is worth the price of admission. The gift shop has some very cool and unique items to check out when you’re done.
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I wish I could give a zero star rating .The 2 ladies working there were super rude and hovering around us the whole time trying to get us to leave even though we were there an hour before they closed. We paid 45 for 4 tickets and they kicked us out before we finished the tour. Then we tried to buy some souvenirs at the gift shop and they said "sorry we're closed." And then just shrugged their shoulders. They were supposed to be open until 6, and they were literally escorting my family and I out the door at 5:50. We only came to Galveston from Fort Hood to see this place. Terrible experience. Will not be returning here or recommending this place to anyone. They were even turning the lights off on us to try and make us want to leave. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY!!!
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The architecture, furniture, paintings, and even the woodworker are absolutely incredible. There is so much to see and study here and our family thoroughly enjoyed our visit. We were only able to do one tours, but I wish we could go back and take some of the other special tours.
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Beautiful home. And incredible library collection of Harvard classics and turn of the century literature and science! So insightful to get a glimpse into the world 100 years past. Great place to take kids to show them a little history. And fun for adults too to see the many ways in which life actually hasn’t changed for families over time.
The gift shop has many unique items so be sure to spend some time browsing that as well!
Overall a good, unique choice for your Galveston visit which might otherwise be all beach.
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