Victoria (Texas)

Victoria is in the South Barrier Coast of Texas. At over 60,000 residents, it is the second largest city on the South Barrier Coast (although it is actually 30 miles inland).

Courthouse in Victoria

Understand

Get in

Get around

See

• 🌍 DeLeon Plaza, bound by Main, Constitution, Bridge, and Forrest Sts. The town square in the heart of Victoria. (updated Feb 2018)
• 🌍 Five Points Museum of Contemporary Art, 1201 N Moody St, ☎ [phone]. W-Su noon-5PM. Small contemporary art museum with rotating exhibits from regional and national artists. Free. (updated Feb 2018)
• 🌍 Museum of the Coastal Bend, 2200 E Red River St (at Ben Jordan St, on the Victoria College campus), ☎ [phone]. Tu-Sa 10AM-4PM. Regional history museum, the centerpiece of which are seven of the eight cannons brought to Texas by French explorer Robert de La Salle on the ship La Belle. Admission is pay-what-you-wish. (updated Feb 2018)

Do

Buy

Eat

• 🌍 Fossati's Delicatessen, 302 S Main St, ☎ [phone]. M-F 11AM-2PM. The oldest delicatessen in Texas, opened in 1882 by Italian immigrant Fraschio Napoleon Fossati. (updated Feb 2018)
• 🌍 Rosebud Fountain & Grill, 102 S Main St, ☎ [phone]. M-Th 11AM-2PM, F 11AM-2PM and 6PM-10PM, Sa 11AM-10PM. Old diner that also functions as a record store and occasional music venue. (updated Feb 2018)

Drink

Sleep

Budget

🌍 Chaparral Motel, 3401 US-59, ☎ [phone]. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: Noon. Simple motel on the edge of the city with basic amenities. Free Wi-Fi and cable tv. Swimming pool open in the summer months. Continental breakfast is offered, but sometimes there is a little extra offered (bacon, scrambled eggs, sausage). $60 a night for a single. (updated Aug 2018)

Connect

Go next

Routes through Victoria

Laredo ← Goliad ←	S  N	→ Sugar Land → Houston
Schulenburg ← Hallettsville ←	N  S	→ Refugio → Corpus Christi
San Antonio ← Cuero ←	N  S	→ Port Lavaca → END