Lonely Planet Texas

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781786573438
• eBook ISBN: 9781787012431

Lonely Planet Texas is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Rock out, get the blues or chill to country classics in live-music capital, Austin, or appreciate just how big Texas is on a hike at Big Bend National Park -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Texas and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Texas Travel Guide: Color maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, music, lifestyle, culture, football, landscapes, wildlife, Texas BBQ, cuisine Over 42 color maps Covers Austin, San Antonio, Hill Country, Dallas, Panhandle Plains, Houston, East Texas, Gulf Coast, South Texas, Big Bend National Park, West Texas, and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Texas, our most comprehensive guide to Texas, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less traveled. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's Southwest USA guide for a comprehensive look at all the region has to offer. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. Lonely Planet enables the curious to experience the world fully and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves, near or far from home.TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in

Dallas & the Panhandle Plains

Dallas & the Panhandle Plains Highlights

Dallas

Fort Worth

North of Dallas & Fort Worth

Grapevine

Frisco

McKinney

Denton

Decatur

South of Dallas & Fort Worth

Arlington

Waxahachie

Glen Rose

Waco

Panhandle Plains

Midland

Odessa

Big Spring

San Angelo

Junction

Abilene

Albany

Lubbock

Along Texas Hwy 70

Turkey

Quitaque

Caprock Canyons State Park & Trailway

Palo Duro Canyon

Amarillo

Around Amarillo

Canadian

Dallas & the Panhandle Plains

Why Go?

Dallas and Fort Worth may be next-door neighbors, but they're hardly twins – or even kissing cousins. Long regarded as being divergent as an Escalade-driving sophisticate and a rancher in a dusty pickup truck, these two cities have starkly different facades. Beyond appearances, however, they share a love of high (and low) culture and good old-fashioned Texan fun. In the surrounding area is a plethora of fabulous small towns worthy of a road trip, including Waxahachie and McKinney.

Leave the big smoke behind and you'll find that the Panhandle and Central Plains may be the part of Texas that most typifies the state to outsiders. This is a land of sprawling cattle ranches, where people can still make a living on horseback. The landscape appears endlessly flat, punctuated only by utility poles and windmills, until a vast canyon materializes and seems to plunge into another world.

When to Go

AMar–May Spring comes early to Texas and the wildflowers stage a grand show.

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Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Texas
• Texas' Top 25
• Need to Know
• If You Like
• Month by Month
• Itineraries
• Outdoor Activities
• Travel with Children
• Texas BBQ & Cuisine
• Regions at a Glance
• Austin
• San Antonio & Hill Country
• Dallas & the Panhandle Plains
• Houston & East Texas
• Gulf Coast & South Texas
• Big Bend & West Texas
• Understand Texas
• Texas Today
• History
• Life in Texas
• Music Scene
• Football!
• Land & Wildlife
• Directory AZ
• Transportation
• Behind the Scenes
• Our Writers