Corpus Christi is one of the largest cities in Texas, whose name in Latin translates as "The Body of Christ" . Other names Corpus Christi - "The Texas Riviera" and "The Shining City by the Sea" . The city is famous for its beaches - which of the coastal cities of the Gulf of Mexico they are not famous for? What distinguishes Corpus Christi from the others is that the beautifully protected island of Padre, the longest of the world's barrier islands, has stretched right along the continental coastline . And that the coast here is the most windy in Texas, which is not very popular with bathers, but perfectly suited to windsurfers .
How to get to Corpus Christi
The international airport is within the city limits and receives flights from Houston and Dallas / Fort Worth. Some prefer to travel through the airport of San Antonio or Austin-Bergstrom, which is usually a little cheaper. Both are located about 2, 5 hours drive from Corpus Christi. In addition, there are buses "Greyhound" (you need to take into account that the city has two bus terminals). Passenger trains to Corpus Christi do not go.
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A bit of history
At first the Indians of Karankava lived here and this place was a kind of regional trade center . In the 17th century, the French and Spaniards came here, and in the early 19th century, smugglers equiped here with a base for sending goods to Mexico . During the Mexican-American war the city was in the middle of the disputed territory; during the Civil War he was fired at by the Federation ships, but even this did not cause the largest damage to Corpus Christi . The city suffered most from the hurricane of 1919 ., so today there is little left of the old building .
Name its own The city was received, as the Spaniards opened this territory on the first day of the same important Catholic holiday
Entertainment, sightseeing and sightseeing Corpus Christi
Bayfront Coastal Zone stretched along the Shoreline Drive in downtown . The concrete steps lead directly to the water . This is the city center and a great place for a family walk in the evening or morning jogging . Beifront stretches about 3 km from Magee beach, along the marina, past the American Banking Center to the art museum of South Texas in the port area . Here sell cotton candy , you can rent a catamaran or velekab . There are also festivals like celebrating Independence Day or Bookkeepers Day with fireworks and other entertainments . And the most famous restaurants of Corpus Christi are also nearby, a block away on Water Street .
- Ride on the horses by the seashore
- To swim on the island of Padre
- Take a cruise on the bay on the "Kapitan Clarke" steamship.
In Corpus Christi many beautiful churches. The most famous of them, of course, is the cathedral, located on the top of the hill in downtown. The current building was built in 1940 on a plot of land donated for this case personally by John F. Kennedy. The cathedral, built in the style of the Spanish colonial Renaissance, is decorated with two asymmetrical towers: a high southern belltower (41 m with a cross) and a more squat 30 m north.
Museums of Corpus Christi often surprise tourists . Museum of Science and History was was founded in 1952 ., and today it is visited annually by about 100 thousand . people . The museum stores hundreds of thousands of exhibits; There are exhibitions of finds from sunken ships and coastal ecosystems, ethnographic expositions, Kennedy Gallery and the Earth Science Gallery . And the Museum of Asian Cultures of Texas with an educational center is small though, owns an excellent collection of Japanese dolls, Chinese porcelain and other Asian curiosities .The modern K-spice gallery occupies the historical building of the Kress-Building on Star Street . The gallery belongs to a non-profit organization and organizes exhibitions of works by local and national artists .
The art gallery of Del- Mar to Baldwin Street
The Texas State Aquarium was opened after almost 20 years of planning and construction, in 1990 . Here are the expositions of the Amazon forest with poisonous frogs, boa and tarantula spiders; a marine aquarium with a volume of 1.5 million liters with Atlantic bottlenose dolphins; an exhibition of birds of prey that were traumatized and can not return to freedom; Aquarium of the exhibition "floating phantoms" for 3 thousand . liters with different kinds of jellyfish; a replica of the coral reef with its inhabitants; an aquarium with sharks and predatory fish; exposition of coastal fauna; otter houses; a poultry house with parrots, falcons and owls; outdoor swimming pool with ramps; alligator swamp and turtle territory . Also the aquarium offers volunteers the opportunity to even work together with the dolphin trainer (though this is not very expensive) .
Especially famous city museum - the vessel Legsington, moored in harbor. It is an aircraft carrier of the World War II class "Essex" nicknamed "Blue Ghost", which was declared a national monument (in 2000 he was even filmed in the film "Pearl Harbor"). On board you can see a gun battery of the World War II, which is made up of cannons rescued from damaged ships (mainly from the heavy cruiser De Moyn), and get acquainted with ship weekdays.
Corpus Christi has many small parks scattered throughout the city . The most popular among the locals - perhaps Artesian Park . And the largest green oasis of the city is the botanical garden and the natural center of South Texas . He started his story with a cottage garden of 1 acre in 1987 ., but by now very much grew up . Today here you can see sections b Omelius, cacti, succulents and cicadas, a hummingbird garden, a greenhouse with 3000 orchids, a collection of 100 species of tropical plumery, a rose garden with a large pavilion and a water garden . In addition, a hiking trail among the mesquite trees inhabited by white-tailed deer , collar bakers and coyotes .
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Yet most tourists arrive in Corpus Christi not for that to go to museums. They are interested in the beaches, and they can be understood: there are whole kilometers of sand here, and even in the season of the place there is enough for everyone. The beach of Corpus Christi (it is also called the North Beach) is connected to the downtown Harbor Bridge. It is relatively small, but there are not too many people here. Cole Park Beach is just behind the downtown, from the south, to Ocean Drive; and the beach of Magi is not far from the marina
And the most popular small islands off the coast are Mustang Island and Padre Island . Both less than half an hour from the city . On the island of Padre, the longest barrier island in the world, one of the most famous points in the country for windsurfing .Moreover, there is a large migratory bird route here, and almost 45% of all species of feathered North America can be found here .With a width of only 3 km, the island is stretched for 182 km along the continent, and its northern part is connected by highway with Mustang Island .The central part of the island is the national reserve, where very rare sea turtles Ridley @ lay eggs laying eggs..It's a great luck that today travelers can watch them and admire the sand dunes of the island: the Padre Island was in the top eight candidate seats for testing the first US nuclear bomb .