Dallas Travel

Backgroud in Dallas

Backgroud information about Dallas
topics: Overview
August 30, 2010

Overview : Dallas

Contrary to popular belief, there's no oil in glitzy, status-conscious DALLAS . Since its foundation as a prairie trading post, by Tennessee lawyer John Neely Bryan and his Arkansan friend Joe Dallas in 1841, ... more

August 30, 2010

Overview : Arrival, information and getting around

Dallas is served by two major airports. Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) (tel 972/574-4420, www.dfwaiport.com ), as big as Manhattan and the world's second busiest airport, ... more

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Things to Do in Dallas

Things to Do in Dallas
August 30, 2010

Fair Park : Fair Park

Not far southeast of Deep Ellum, Fair Park , a gargantuan Art Deco plaza bedecked with endless Lone Stars, was built to house the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936, and hosts the annual State Fair of Texas, ... more

August 30, 2010

Southfork Ranch : Southfork Ranch

The former TV home of the Dallas soap's wheeling-and-dealing Ewing clan, Southfork Ranch (daily 9am5pm; $7.95) lies about 25 miles northeast of Dallas, beyond I-75 at 3700 Hogge Drive, in Parker. ... more

August 30, 2010

Attractions Overview : Entertainment and nightlife

The two nightlife destinations in Dallas have to be offbeat Deep Ellum where among the trendy clubs the innovative Pegasus Theater , 3916 Main St (tel 214/821-6005, www.pegasustheatre.org ), ... more

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Eating in Dallas

Eating and dining information for Dallas
topics: Dining Overview
August 30, 2010

Dining Overview : Eating

Many of the less expensive and least extravagant of Dallass five thousand restaurants are concentrated in Lower Greenville Avenue which runs northeast of downtown parallel to I-75 and trendier Deep Ellum more

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