8000 E Mockingbird Ln
Dallas, TX 75228, United States
Are you planning to visit Dallas for your vacations along with your kids then you must visit White Rock Lake Park one of the most photographed & mesmerizing places to visit in Dallas? It is a place where you can enjoy the natural beauty of the modern urban retreat. The park has a nine mile long stretch of waterfront and takes around three hour to complete a round the lake. Some of the main attractions of this place are fishing, sailing, bird watching and horseback riding. The White Rock Lake also offers several playgrounds and picnic spots for vacationers. One of the main attractions of this place is the upcoming ecology center.
8525 Garland Road
Dallas, TX 75218
Tel: +1 214 515 6500
Website: events@dallasarboretum.org
Another main attraction of Dallas is Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens which lies just off the shores of White Rock Lake. This garden is spread over 66 acres with lush, perfectly manicured scenery that hold a treasure trove of trees, shrubbery and beautiful flowers and looking at this gorgeous garden will definitely make anyone green with envy. This garden also provides picturesque quiet sidewalks meander throughout the grounds surrounded with countless coves. Some of the main attractions that this mesmerizing garden offers are Johnson Color Gardens, the Woman's Garden, the Lay Ornamental Garden with water walls and the 1940s-style Spanish mansion known as the DeGolyer House are also located on the grounds. If one looks around this house then you will come across many beautiful sculpture & monuments. This garden is open for visitors all throughout the week from Monday to Sunday from nine in the morning to five in the evening except on public holidays.
Young Street and Griffin Street
Dallas, TX 75202
Tel: +1 214 953 1184
Have you ever imagined lifelike cattle drive sculpture spread across an area of 4.2 acre? Then you need to visit Pioneer Plaza which is situated in front of the City hall & Dallas Convention Center to believe it. It was earlier the site of Shawnee Cattle Trail which was built in the year of 1854 was re-sculpted by the famous artist and native Texan Robert Summers. It is a best place for clicking photographs & kids just loves this place as they get to climb over these huge cow shaped sculptures. This place is open everyday and twenty four hours. Although watch out during the summer as the place gets very hot.
411 Elm St # 120
Dallas, TX 75202, United States
Tel: +1 214-747-6660
The Museum at Dealey Plaza records the assassination and heritage of President John F. Kennedy; understands and supports the Dealey Plaza National Historical milestone District and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza; and presents modern culture within the perspective of presidential past. So if want to know more about the life, death and legacy of President John F. Kennedy then this is the place for you. With the help of artifacts, photographs, documentary movie, main evidentiary areas, eyewitness accounts and interactive educational program offered on both the sixth and seventh floors all assist in providing an insight into the life & death of President John F. Kennedy. Get to discover the history through one of the world's most important repositories of original photographs, film and tape footage, documents and artifacts all connected to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy—a repeatedly growing, versatile collection of approximately 35,000 stuff all depicting the past history.
1801 North Griffin Street
Dallas, TX 75202
Tel: +1 214 720 2224
Website: daryl@dwazoo.com
during your vacations in Dallas don’t forget to visit this fabulous Aquarium where one can get to discover a South American tropical rain forest packed with unique plants and animals such as monkeys, multi-colored toucans, crocodiles, manatees and otters. The aquarium segment also features eighty five thousand gallons of sea water which is filled with marine life brought from around the globe and comprises of rare sea dragons, giant clams and rare sea turtles are some of the few fascinating animals on display. Dallas World Aquarium also exhibits an open-air lagoon that features Black-footed penguins. The museum is open daily from ten in the morning to five in the evening.
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201
Tel: +1 214 922 1200
Website: humanresources@DallasMuseumofArt.org
Dallas is also welcomes art lovers throughout the world all through the year and Dallas Museum of Art is just one of the main places where you would get to experience the rich & unique architectural background that the city boast about. The museum has a legendary & renowned collection of artifacts. Some of the main collections are the "Ten Treasures," which depicts the main areas of the museum welfare and the "Wendy & Emery Reves Collection," which is a private gathering of classic pieces from their mansion. The place is continuously visited by million of tourists & art enthusiast from all over the world. Some of the earlier exhibitions were the "Degas to Picasso: Painters, Sculptors and the Camera", "Watch the Skies, The Art of David Wisner" and "Art in Post-Revolutionary Mexico" to name a few. Other facilities provided at this hotel are Museum Store from where tourist can buy extensive selections of books, posters, fashionable items, café, and restaurant. The museum remains open from 11 am to 9pm on Thursday & rest of the days from 11am to 5pm.
Greenville Avenue and Mockingbird Lane
Dallas, TX 75206
Tel: +1 214 368 6722
Website: info@greenvilleavenue.org
Dallas is a city that lives with the slogan of “live large and think big” so tourist would get to experience amazing nightlife when locals and visitors flock to the myriad of unique shops, restaurants and clubs situated at the stretch of Greenville Avenue from Ross Avenue to Mockingbird Lane. This place can be divided into three different parts which comprises of upper which is known for its international services, lower offers a variety of unique shops and outdoor dining spotted among an historic 1920s neighborhood and Lowest Greenville is considered to be one with a Greenville's free-spirited atmosphere is obvious in the mix of antique shops, homey pubs and ethnic restaurants. This place is just opposite to Downtown Dallas where open hours of shops vary from business.
650 S R.L. Thornton Freeways
Dallas, TX 75203
Tel: +1 214 670 5656
Website: info@dalzoo.org
It is one of the major tourist attractions in Dallas which provides safe haven for some of the exotic and traditional zoo animals spread over an area of 95 acres. Guests are welcomed at the entrance by one of the tallest effigy in Texas a 67.5 foot shaped giraffe. Some of its key attractions include the chimpanzee forest, the gorilla center, and an aviary on a quarter-mile nature track where around six natural habitats are featured such as forest, mountain, woodland, river, and desert a perfect place for animal to stay in their natural habitat. The Zoo also offers a monorail ride that runs on the track of the main zoo attraction and costs an additional fee. The Zoo North attraction consists of bird and reptile building, children's zoo where kids even get to touch & feel them, cheetah exhibit, elephants, giraffes, beautiful flamingos and other traditional animals. The best time to visit this place is in the month of October, when the little children can enjoy Halloween hi jinks party at the Boo at the Zoo. The zoo remains open all throughout the week from nine in the morning to four thirty in the evening.
13350 Dallas Parkway
Dallas, TX 75240
Tel: +1 972 392 3361
If you love ice skating then this is the place for you located perfectly at the middle of the Galleria Dallas. This exclusive ice skating rink is positioned in the center of the mall and is bordered by four stories of magnificent shopping arenas. The Center also offers "broomball," for beginner to advanced skating lessons, open public skating sessions, and has facility for providing private parties as well. You may also rent skate at the Rental shops that are close by that too at a very nominal charge. It is must visit place especially for kids to use up some of their unlimited energy. It is a great place for family outing where both kids & adults can equally enjoy.