Free Wi-Fi easy freeway access and free parking equal happy guests at the non-smoking Courtyard by Marriott Houston West University. This hotel has three floors and 100 rooms that feature cushy king-size or double beds microwaves mini-fridges and work desks. You can Google away contentedly with free Wi-Fi in the room. Start and end your day at the on-site restaurant which serves yummy breakfast and delicious dinner fare. If you feel the need to stretch your arms then head down to the on-site fitness center or the sports court to limber up. You can jump into the outdoor swimming pool or ease into the soothing hot tub. Free parking is also available. Located one block from a major freeway the Courtyard by Marriott is two and a half miles from Rice University a private research university in Houston. The hotel offers a free local shuttle to destinations within three miles. For outdoor fun Hermann Park and the Houston Zoo are just three miles away. In a two-and-a-half-mile drive you can visit the Houston Museum of Natural Science and come up close to fossils. The hotel is located 24 miles from Bush Intercontinental Airport and 14 miles from William P. Hobby Airport. An airport shuttle service is available for a fee.