Dallas, the third largest city in Texas, is famous for a diverse assortment of attractions. There are a multitude of tours available for tourists to explore the city's most famous haunts, its world class museums and to trace the local events leading up to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Tours about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas are very popular. More than six million people have visited the site of the Texas School Book Depository, the site that Kennedy's killer Lee Harvey Oswald hid so he could fire the fatal shots that killed the president. The Dallas Historical Society offers a "Retracing the Steps of Lee Harvey Oswald" tour which includes lunch at the legendary Tex-Mex restaurant, El Fenix.
Dallas Historical Society
Hall of State at Fair Park
3939 Grand Avenue
Dallas, TX 75210
214-421-4500
dallashistory.org
Swiss Avenue is a wide residential street in the Lakewood neighborhood of Dallas lined with historic and grandiose houses of varying styles including Italian Renaissance, Prairie, Craftsman, Neoclassical, Tudor, Georgian, Spanish, Mediterranean and Colonial Revival. The annual Mother's Day tour is popular among locals. The Swiss Avenue Historic District sponsors the tour and provides guides for participants.
Swiss Avenue Historic District
P.O. Box 140998
Dallas, TX 75214
sahd.org
The National Football League's Dallas Cowboys, known as America's team, plays in Cowboys Stadium, a colossal state-of-the-art domed structure with a retractable roof and the world's largest high definition video screen. It is located across the street from Rangers Ballpark, home of Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers. Both facilities offer standalone tours. For fans who want a game experience along with their tour, Five Points Texas Tours has a "Home Game" tour package which includes accommodations at the Dallas Embassy Suites, a tour of the stadium and tickets to a football game.
Cowboys Stadium
1 Legends Way
Arlington, Texas 76011
817-892-8688
stadium.dallascowboys.com
Rangers Ballpark
1000 Ballpark Way
Arlington, Texas 76011
817-273-5099
texasrangers.com
Five Points Texas Tours, LLC
4016 Grant Street
Reading, Pennsylvania 19606
fivepointstexastours.com
866-599-5787
For those on a budget, the state agency Texas Tourism offers a free podcast that is a walking guide to attractions and sights in downtown Dallas' Arts District. The MP3 gives visitors an in-depth history of the city's world-class arts facilities. There are nine stops along the tour: Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Nasher Sculpture Center, the Meyerson Symphony Center, the Dallas Center for Performing Arts, St. Paul United Methodist Church, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts, Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe and Belo Mansion and Pavilion.
Texas Tourism
PO Box 141009
Austin, Texas 78714
512-936-0101
TravelTex.com
