Dallas, Texas offers many activities and attractions for family vacations. Popular destinations include Six Flags Over Texas, the Texas Discovery Gardens and the eight museums at Fair Park. The city also hosts several festivals that are specifically geared towards families, with most of them taking place during summer months. Dallas is home several hotels that are convenient for travelling with children and are easy to access from highways and nearby attractions.
Located within the Dallas Historic District and just one half mile from the Dallas World Aquarium Zoo, the Hilton Regency is in a central location for a family trip to Dallas. The three on-site restaurants, Parrino's Oven, Centennial Cafe and Coffee's Post eliminate the need to load the kids into a car to drive to an off-site restaurant. Kids can enjoy the indoor splash pool, or burn off some energy on the nearby trails that lead to parks within the Historic District.
Hilton Regency also features several distinct room designs for family travel. For smaller children and for families on a budget, rooms can be equipped with one king bed, two full beds and a roll-away bed or crib. Adjoining rooms and multi-room suites are also available for parents and older children that may require more privacy. Each room comes equipped with cable television with premium movie channels and video games, as well as high speed wireless Internet access to help keep children occupied between family outings.
Hilton Regency Dallas
300 Reunion Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75207
(214) 651-1234
dallasregency.hyatt.com
The Magnolia Hotel is a boutique hotel located in downtown Dallas, just a few blocks from the Dallas Museum of Art, the Dallas World Aquarium and the Dallas Zoo. The hotel features several kid-friendly features such as a complimentary bed time cookies and milk buffet each evening, along with a complimentary evening reception with soft drinks. The evening reception also offers wine and beer for the adults. The Magnolia also features a complimentary breakfast each day, and babysitting services can be arranged through the hotel concierge.
Guest rooms and suites are available at the Magnolia Hotel, each equipped with free wireless Internet, flat-screen television and mini refrigerator. Rooms can be furnished with a queen bed or two double beds, and a roll away bed or crib can be added to any room. Suites come with a fully-equipped kitchen, a larger bathroom and oval soaking tub.
Dallas Magnolia Hotel
1401 Commerce Street
Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 915-6500
magnoliahoteldallas.com
Great Wolf Lodge is a well-known chain of family-friendly suite hotels with on-site indoor water parks, and the Dallas location is just three miles from the Dallas-Forth Worth airport. With easy access to International Parkway and highway 26, the hotel is close to the major thoroughfares through the city.
Great Wolf Lodge has 11 distinct cabin-styled suite floor plans to accommodate any size family or group. Suites offer amenities such as separate sleeping areas for kids and adults, cable television and video games. Room reservations come with admission to the four-story water park, MagiQuest arcades and gr8_space Technology Center. The water park offers activities for family members of all ages, with a small splash pool and kiddie slides, bigger slides for older children and teens, and hot tubs for adults.
Great Wolf Lodge Dallas
100 Great Wolf Lodge
Grapevine, TX 76051
(817) 488-6510
greatwolf.com/grapevine
