Dallas Travel Guide

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Pro

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 Sports, MEXICAN FOOD, affordable, tons of restaraunts and nightlife, lake activities in summer, driving in the country, wildflowers, horses horses horses. 


Con

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 weather (too hot!), lots of concrete, no scenery 


In a nutshell

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 The only Cowboys left in Dallas, play football! You may have to go to The Fort Worth Stockyards to actually see a some cowboys. 

 

Explore Dallas

Things to Do  

Reunion Tower

Reunion Tower, Dallas

 17 Reviews  Reunion Tower observation area is expected to reopen sometime in 2012, but no expected date has been given. In the meantime, you can either eat at the restaurant or go up to the bar to be able to get a vew of the city from the rotating section of the ball. 

Downtown

Downtown, Dallas

 27 Reviews  The Meyerson Symphony Center is located near the Dallas Museum of Art, Guadalupe Cathedral and Nasher Sculpture Center in the Cultural District of Dallas. We've wanted to see the Meyerson since we moved to the Dallas area, so we were thrilled to hear that complimentary tours were given on the... 

Hotels  

Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek

 1 Review and 282 Opinions  WORDS do not express how wonderful and elegant this hotel is! The people are absolutely wonderful... 

The Warwick Melrose Hotel Dallas

 1 Review and 364 Opinions  In downtown Dallas -- The Melrose Hotel. In the 'burbs, I highly recommend the Westin Stonebriar in... 

Restaurants  

Antares

Antares, Dallas

 5 Reviews  More than food drinks are very nice...unexpensive. The restaurant operated all the year round. Wear casual clothes in daytime , during the night kids are not allow and wear semi casual . I recommend if u wanna enjoy the dinner made a phone call and get the reservation..usually weekend time is long... 

Nightlife  

Dancing

Dancing, Dallas

 9 Reviews  If your visiting dallas and want to roll you could get lucky here. They play trance, techno, dance, house, everyone has there glow sticks and beware lots of young punks, it is 18 and up. I havent been in a year but i figure its still the same. 

DEEP ELLUM

DEEP ELLUM, Dallas

 16 Reviews  I have been to Deep Ellum a couple of times. The first time was to see a band...Lifehouse, I believe. And the second time was to eat at the Angry Dog (which you can see in my restaurant tips). Both times I felt it was very low key. While I was in college it was the "place to be" but I believe... 

Transportation  

D.A.R.T. / Other Trains

D.A.R.T. / Other Trains, Dallas

 20 Reviews  You can get to and from the Dallas/Ft Worth airport quite cheap, but it takes a few steps. (1) Take a shuttle bus to the South Remote Parking lot. Buses from terminals and the CentrePort/DFW Airport TRE Station meet there. Don't worry; the buses wait for each other. (2) Take the shuttle bus to the... 

Airports / Flights

Airports / Flights, Dallas

 16 Reviews  The Dallas/Fort Worth airport is American Airline's hub city with hundreds of flights departing this airport to most places AA flys to. American Airlines is always my choice of airline when I fly and I will usually fly into DFW as an onward connection. The airport is one of the nicest and easiest... 

Shopping  

Dallas Galleria

Dallas Galleria, Dallas

 7 Reviews  The Galleria is an awesome, upscale shopping mall…and this is coming from a Los Angeles shopaholic, who frequents the stores in Beverly Hills! The main anchor department stores are Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Nordstrom’s. This mall combines some of the best stores of Rodeo Drive such as Tiffany &... 

For Bargin Hunters

For Bargin Hunters, Dallas

 10 Reviews  Recovery Resale is a donor based resale store in Dallas benefitting Planned Living Assistance Network (PLAN) of North Texas. This resale store has great bargains on furniture, clothing, and household items. It is open from 10:00 until 6:00 Monday thru Saturday. You’ll always find great deals, and... 

Local Customs  

Cultural Events

Cultural Events, Dallas

 11 Reviews  There are various Asian food stalls which are not huge in variety but are not bad. A lot of the dancing and singing are performed by children and there are many stalls offering activities specifically for children. Along with the sponsors stalls, there are various Asian stalls offering goods from... 

The Lingo

The Lingo, Dallas

 4 Reviews  Okay, just so you know where this knowledge is coming from, a little bit about me: I was born in Dallas, lived there until I was 4, then moved to Kansas, moved back home to Texas when I was 10. From 10-16 I lived in small-town East Texas, just north of Dallas (near Sherman/Denison). When I was 16 I... 

Warnings and Dangers  

Areas to Avoid / Crime

Areas to Avoid / Crime, Dallas

 39 Reviews  I'M GOING TO TELL IT ALL...READ AND PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT I AM TELLING YOU. BEWARE!!! BEWARE!!! BEWARE!!! I RECENTLY HAD TO RELOCATE BACK TO DALLAS FROM ANOTHER STATE, DUE TO A FAMILY EMERGENCY. I ALMOST MOVED UP TO THE FAR NORTH DALLAS AREA - FRISCO TO BE EXACT, BUT I MOVED TO DALLAS TO BE... 

Driving / Traffic

Driving / Traffic, Dallas

 17 Reviews  As you may have heard on the news, locking children in your car is a life-threateningly dangerous thing. In Dallas TX, Pop-A-Lock offers FREE emergency door unlocking for any emergency situation where someone is locked in a vehicle or building. It is a FREE SERVICE offered to the community by... 

Tourist Traps  

The West End

The West End, Dallas

 11 Reviews  I went to the West End many years ago & had a blast with my kids & my brother. We walked around, took the carriage ride & learned some Dallas history on the trip, got hit up by the rose peddlers, listened to street musicians, looked in the shops at the warehouse & had the best time listening to the... 

What to Pack  

Weather Related Clothing

Weather Related Clothing, Dallas

 3 Reviews  Although you can probably leave out your snow boots, I would suggest being prepared for almost any other kind of weather (especially in spring)! You can never tell what the weather is going to be like. One day it is a hot, dry, 95 degrees, and the next day is 70 and raining. I would definitely... 

Off The Beaten Path  

Parks / Lakes

Parks / Lakes, Dallas

 15 Reviews   I decided to walk from West Village to Mansion on Turtle Creek. Tell you the truth I didn't see anything interesting about Mansion; however, I discovered nice park area along the creek with tall fashionable buildings. Try Turtle Creek Dr and Cedar Springs to see new condominium buildings with... 

Other CITIES

Other CITIES, Dallas

 20 Reviews  There are various reasons you may head South when you leave Dallas. Most people want to do the Texas trifecta, heading from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, south through Austin to San Antonio. On this journey, there are a ton of neat little towns to stop in, including Luling, Salado, Gruene, New... 

Sports & Outdoors  

Dallas Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks, Dallas

 6 Reviews  The American Airlines Arena is the site of many events, but it was the Dallas Mavericks game that drew us there over Christmas. The arena was jam-packed, so we had to split our group between two sections, which were across the court from each other. Our visit began with a bang, when our... 

Favorites  

Architecture / Historic Buildings

Architecture / Historic Buildings, Dallas

 15 Reviews   If you are anywhere near the West End or the JFK sites, you'll notice the old Dallas Courthouse sitting proudly on 100 S. Houston Street. The former courthouse, affectionately called OLD RED is a Romanesque Revival style building, which was erected in 1892 and is comprised of old granite and... 

About Dallas / Texas

About Dallas / Texas, Dallas

 8 Reviews  Dallas is a huge sports town. The Dallas Burn is a new major league soccer team. The Dallas Cowboys , the Dallas Mavericks, Texas Rangers, Dallas Sidekicks, Dallas Desparados and the Dallas Stars are some of the professional teams in Dallas. There are 4 local college teams (SMU, TCU, UTA, and North... 

Comments (1)

  • aznaphrodite's Profile Photo
    Oct 25, 2012 at 10:44 AM

    My heart will always belong to the Big D!

    • rudysmom626's Profile Photo
      Nov 14, 2012 at 5:34 PM

      Dude, Tinstar is SUPER GOOD. Their roasted tomato salsa is delish!! I miss it mucho!

    • mccalpin's Profile Photo
      Nov 14, 2012 at 6:38 PM

      Hmmm, Blake, it will take a lot to get me to abandon our local Tex-Mex place called Holy Frijoles...mostly because I know the owner, Mario, who has built it up to three restaurants now...and since I don't care for salsa, oh, well...

      Hey, Rebecca, no TinStar here, and Frisco is rather too far to go for Tex-Mex when there are plenty of places closer...hey, the same is true even of the location in Plano...nope, I've got great stuff just down the street ;-)

      Bill

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