From the Dallas Cowboys football team and its cheerleaders to the long-running Dallas television series, Dallas is the city that American legends originate from. Dallas is a city that offers a unique blend of Southern hospitality, cosmopolitan flair, Old West charm and modern sophistication.
Dallas is in northeastern Texas, the most central and southern state in the US. Mexico borders Texas' entire southwestern border; the Gulf of Mexico is the state's southeastern border.
When to Go
Dallas' summers are hot and its winters cool, making spring and fall months the best times to visit. Spring and fall are also the peaks of the festival season in Dallas and neighboring towns.
What to See
Sixth Floor Museum: Dallas will forever be known as the city where President John F Kennedy was shot, and the sites associated with his death are among Dallas' most visited attractions. If you have time to visit only one, make it the Sixth Floor Museum, a thoughtful, comprehensive tribute to the life, death and legacy of JFK. Located in the former Texas School Book Depository, this museum feels frozen in time.
The Museum explains in minute-by-minute detail the events of 22 November 1963. Artifacts include the original layout for the front page of that afternoon's Dallas Times Herald, stills from the famous home movie filmed by Abraham Zapruder, a teletype machine endlessly reprinting the first report of the murder and an FBI model of the assassination site. But the most evocative exhibit is the corner window overlooking Dealey Plaza, the grassy knoll and the triple underpass: the same vista suspected gunman Lee Harvey Oswald had on that fateful November day.
Deep Elum: A renovated warehouse district just three blocks east of downtown, Deep Ellum has long been Dallas' headquarters for live music - first the blues and now rock, jazz, alternative, Latin and country, too. At the turn of the century, the district was the center of Dallas' black community.
Dallas Zoo - The world-class, 95-acre Zoo features the ExxonMobil Endangered Tiger Habitat with rare Sumatran and Indochinese tigers; the Kimberly-Clark Chimpanzee Forest; and the 25-acre Wilds of Africa, named the best African exhibit in the country. A mile-long Monorail Safari allows visitors to view animals in natural habitats.
Dallas Country Historical Plaza - this plaza is marked by an opera area-several historical monuments and a cluster of historical buildings including: The Old Red Courthouse, John Neely Bryan Cabin, Kennedy Memorial and a terrazzo map of Dallas Country in the 1800's.
