Generating PDFs from marked TXTs

Hello,
I have around thousand TXT files, which use special syntax (kind of like Markdown text, but with hyperlinks and other stuff). I created a program, which converts them to a HTML+CSS website and it works great for online consultation. But for offline consultation I would like to generate a single PDF file from all those marked TXTs. Now, from what I gathered on the Internet, one (and possibly the best) solution would be:
1. LaTeX
but the LaTeX syntax is fairly complicated, so I wonder if Adobe provides some kind of facilities for my case. Another solution I thought of:
2. Convert my HTML+CSS website to PDF using Acrobat Pro
but I don't know if the result will look good and if the hyperlinks will be preserved. Another solution, which doesn't involve Acrobat Pro:
3. Control InDesign using a script to generate PDF
but the problem is that those TXT files have variable length (between 1 and 5 pages), and InDesign would require me to detect when a new page is needed.
In summary, which of the 3 methods above would you recommend me?

Thank you for your reply. I ended up using the method you recommended.
I changed the CSS so it ressembles a little more a printed format, then I mounted my website to a local address using "Apache HTTP Server", then I used Acrobat Pro to convert my website to PDF. This way no Internet connection is involved.

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