Dallas

Best things to do in Dallas

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   1. Dealey Plaza and the Sixth Floor Museum

   • 2 to 3 hours
   • Check entry rules before you go
   • Adults
   • Rainy day
   • No car needed

   Dealey Plaza is a downtown Dallas park and National Historic Landmark district, the site of the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. The Sixth Floor Museum, in the former Texas School Book Depository, covers Kennedy's life, death and legacy.

   The museum is inside a building overlooking the plaza; check its website for hours and tickets. The plaza itself is a public park.

   9,881 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Dealey Plaza
   • Wikipedia, Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

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   2. Six Flags Over Texas

   • A full day
   • Tickets needed
   • Families

   A 212-acre amusement park in Arlington, between Dallas and Fort Worth. It opened on 5 August 1961 and was the first park in the Six Flags chain.

   Check the official site for opening days and ticket options.

   9,078 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Six Flags Over Texas

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   3. Fair Park and the State Fair of Texas

   • Half a day, or a full day at the fair
   • Check entry rules before you go
   • Fair starts the last Friday in September, runs 24 days
   • Families
   • Couples

   Fair Park is a 277-acre National Historic Landmark complex just east of downtown, with many buildings from the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition. It hosts the State Fair of Texas, held every year since 1886 apart from wartime years and 2020.

   Fair Park is a year-round site; the fair runs about 24 days each autumn. Check the fair's website for exact dates and tickets.

   4,531 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Fair Park
   • Wikipedia, State Fair of Texas
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   4. George W. Bush Presidential Center

   • 2 to 3 hours
   • Check entry rules before you go
   • Adults
   • Rainy day

   Opened on 25 April 2013 on the Southern Methodist University campus in University Park, near Dallas. It holds the presidential library and museum of the 43rd US president, a policy institute and the foundation's offices.

   Check the official website for opening times and ticket details before you go.

   3,884 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, George W. Bush Presidential Center

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   5. Reunion Tower

   • About an hour
   • Check entry rules before you go
   • Families
   • Couples
   • No car needed

   A 561-foot (171 m) observation tower in the Reunion district of downtown Dallas, one of the city's best-known landmarks.

   Check the official website for opening times and ticket details before you go.

   2,712 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Reunion Tower

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   6. Kimbell Art Museum

   • 1 to 2 hours
   • Check entry rules before you go
   • Couples
   • Rainy day
   • Adults

   An art museum in Fort Worth hosting a permanent collection, travelling exhibitions and a research library. It began with the private collection of Kay and Velma Kimbell.

   Fort Worth is a separate city from Dallas, so allow travel time. Check the official website for opening times and ticket details before you go.

   2,433 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Kimbell Art Museum

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   7. Fort Worth Stockyards

   • Half a day
   • Check entry rules before you go
   • Families
   • Couples

   A historic district north of central Fort Worth, with a 98-acre area on the National Register of Historic Places. It holds a former livestock market that ran under various owners from 1866.

   Fort Worth is a separate city from Dallas, so allow travel time.

   2,359 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Fort Worth Stockyards

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   8. Deep Ellum

   • An evening
   • No booking needed
   • Adults
   • Couples
   • No car needed

   A historic neighbourhood near downtown Dallas with arts venues, restaurants, bars and entertainment venues. Its name comes from a corruption of Elm Street, its main street.

   Many venues here are bars and music clubs; check ages and times for the places you choose.

   1,907 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Deep Ellum, Dallas
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   9. Perot Museum of Nature and Science

   • 2 to 3 hours
   • Check entry rules before you go
   • Families
   • Rainy day

   A natural history and science museum in Dallas's Victory Park, named in honour of Margot and Ross Perot.

   Check the official website for opening times and ticket details before you go.

   1,679 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Perot Museum of Nature and Science
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    10. Dallas Museum of Art

    • 2 to 3 hours
    • Check entry rules before you go
    • Couples
    • Rainy day
    • No car needed

    An art museum in the downtown Arts District, on Woodall Rodgers Freeway. The building was designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes, and the museum moved there from Fair Park in the 1970s.

    Check the official website for opening times and ticket details before you go.

    1,260 readers a month

    Sources

    • Wikipedia, Dallas Museum of Art

Just missed the list: Klyde Warren Park (11th; a 5.4-acre park built over a freeway in downtown Dallas); Dallas Zoo (12th; Texas's oldest and largest zoo, with over 2,000 animals)