Posts Tagged ‘ Dallas ’

Don’t cry for me Argentina

From an attraction based on heavy earth moving equipment to native Americans celebrating their heritage, Adrian winds up the smaller stories of the week.

Glendale will be getting a lot of love next week when the city hosts the 2015 Super Bowl at the University of Phoenix Stadium. But if you’re not a NFL aficionado, leave the Arizona city to the athletes and their fans and check out these five intriguing yet underrated US cities

The de facto capital of North Texas is a city worth stopping in rather than just using as a landing base. Kaye Holland discovers the real deal Dallas: designer shopping, top notch dining and chic bars

Kaye Holland visits the hottest new destination in Texas

Kaye Holland earns her spurs at Wildcatter Ranch

Don’t confuse Fort Worth with its city slicker cousin, Dallas. Cowtown – as Fort Worth is often referred to – maybe just 30 miles down the road but it’s a world away from Big D’s bright lights and big hotels. For an authentic taste of Texas – think cowboy culture and the old west – Fort Worth is where you go writes Kaye Holland

It’s easy to bash BA but it’s not necessarily fair or accurate writes Kaye Holland

Thanks to the famous TV show, most travellers to Texas make a beeline for Dallas with its bright lights, big hair and shiny cars. But when you’ve ‘done Dallas’ (or no longer care who shot JR) wander a mere 30 miles west to Fort Worth

CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world right now

This was the message that Texas has been trying to get across to Britons for some time. And now it seems to be paying off because last year, for the first time, Britons were the largest international visitors to the state beating the Germans into second place. There I knew a few of you would that like that last phrase. By the time 2010 ends as many as 145,000 of us will have visited the lone star state.
So how has Texas bucked (sorry, a cowboy word just crept in there!) the trend and persuaded us to go there when overall visits to the US have been down and our favourite destination, Florida, has been hit more than many?