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Dallas and Fort Worth
3 days · 8 things to do
Best time to go: March to May and October to November
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Welcome
Dallas and Fort Worth, in a few days
Two cities 50 km apart that could hardly be more different: Dallas, the city of glass towers, of the museum of the Kennedy assassination and of an arts district designed by Renzo Piano, Norman Foster and I. M. Pei, and Fort Worth, the old cattle town where longhorns still parade down the street twice a day. Between the two, the Cowboys' stadium, brisket barbecue and the frozen margarita, whose machine was invented here in 1971, set the tone for a Texas that is more urban than you might imagine.
- Day by day
- D1 Day 1 3 things
- D2 Day 2 3 things
- D3 Day 3 2 things
- Worth sorting before you go
- Words that help
- The practical page
- Packing checklist
The trip
Day by day
Map of the sights (numbers follow the suggested order). It prints with the base map.
D1
Day 1
3 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Sixth Floor Museum · about 1 h 30On the sixth floor of the old Texas School Book Depository, the museum retraces the assassination of John F. Kennedy on 22 November 1963, with the sniper's corner reconstructed behind glass.
- Afternoon · Dallas Museum of Art free · about 2 hFive thousand years of art, from West African masks to Frederic Church's The Icebergs and the Reves collection of Renoirs and Van Goghs, with free general admission since 2013.
- Late afternoon · Nasher Sculpture Center · about 1 h 30A Renzo Piano pavilion and garden holding modern sculpture by Rodin, Matisse, Picasso, Giacometti, Calder and Henry Moore, with a James Turrell Skyspace framing a square of sky.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Hotel Indigo Dallas Downtown ↗ · All places to stay by budget →€160 a night
D2
Day 2
3 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Bishop Arts District free · 2 to 3 hA few streets of 1920s and 1930s brick buildings in Oak Cliff, packed with independent shops, galleries, cafés and restaurants: walkable, human-scale Dallas, reached by streetcar from Union Station.
- Afternoon · AT&T Stadium · about 1 h 30The Dallas Cowboys' Arlington stadium, with its retractable roof and giant screen above the 50-yard line, offers tours of the locker rooms, suites and sometimes the field itself.
- Evening · Deep Ellum free · an eveningA former working-class Black district and 1920s cradle of Texas blues, whose brick warehouses are now covered in murals and filled with music venues, bars and the famous Pecan Lodge.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Hotel Indigo Dallas Downtown ↗€160 a night
D3
Day 3
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Fort Worth Stockyards free · half a dayThe old Chisholm Trail cattle market keeps its brick streets and saloons, with cowboys driving a longhorn herd down East Exchange Avenue twice a day and country concerts at Billy Bob's.
- Late afternoon · Kimbell Art Museum free · about 2 hLouis Kahn's silver-lit concrete vaults house a small but first-rate collection, including Michelangelo's first known painting, Caravaggio's The Cardsharps, Velázquez, Rembrandt, Monet and Cézanne.
Before you go
Worth sorting before you go
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Health, luggage, cancellation.
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Good to know
Flavours & local habits
🍽️ Worth tasting
- Burgers and barbecue: brisket and ribs cooked low and slow, done differently in every state.
- Clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl: the classic lunch on the San Francisco waterfront.
- Mexican food: tacos from a truck in Los Angeles, a Mission burrito in San Francisco.
- Pancakes and weekend brunch: a national habit, generous to the point of excess.
- Craft beer, and California wine from Napa and Sonoma.
⚠️ Best avoided
- Tipping is not optional: add 15 to 20% in restaurants and bars.
- Prices on menus and in shops exclude sales tax, which is added at the till.
- Do not plan more than four or five hours of driving a day: the distances are larger than they look on the map.
- Never travel without health insurance. A night in hospital can cost thousands of dollars.
- In summer, do not hike down into the Grand Canyon in the heat of the day: the climb back out is where people get into trouble.
Getting by
Words that help
🗣️ English is the main language here, so there is nothing to learn by heart.
The essentials
The practical page
CurrencyUS dollar (USD, $)
BudgetAbout €160 a day, mid-range
Best seasonMarch to May and October to November
PlugA/B · 120V
Tap waterSafe to drink
Tipping15 to 20%, expected
Emergency911
EntryUK, Australian and most EU passports need an ESTA, applied for online before departure, for stays of up to 90 days; a few EU countries sit outside the Visa Waiver Program and need a full visa. Canadians need neither, only a passport. Anyone who has been to Cuba since January 2021 cannot use an ESTA and must apply for a visa.
HealthNo vaccination required. Keep tetanus, diphtheria and polio up to date; hepatitis A is worth considering if you eat well off the tourist trail. In the desert parks, the heat is the real risk.
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