The newly renovated Houston Marriott Medical Center is the closest full service Marriott property to downtown Houston. The hotel is ideally located in the heart of the Texas Medical Center, a complex of forty-one institutions on five hundred twenty-five acres including M D Anderson, Hermann, Methodist, St Luke's and Texas Children's hospitals, and is connected via climate-controlled skywalks to Methodist Hospital, Scurlock Tower and Smith Tower. Complimentary transportation is provided within the medical center complex which also features a beauty salon, commercial bank, gift and novelty shops, pharmacy and restaurants. Rice University is across the street from the Marriott and downtown Houston is three miles north. Houston's new MetroRail system is just steps away. Pets up to twenty pounds are allowed with a non-refundable fee of USD 50. Indoor self-parking is USD 9 per day with no in/out privileges or USD 16.95 per day valet service with in/out privileges. Please note the hotel is a non-smoking facility.