Hotel at a Glance: Crowne Plaza Dallas - Market Center

Downtown Dallas is a city full of cultural attractions, world-class restaurants, and professional sports teams, and Crowne Plaza Dallas - Market Center is just six miles from all the action. After a day of rewarding site-seeing, guests can return back to the hotel for a bite to eat at the on-site restaurant or a refreshing dip in the indoor pool.

• Stay connected: Business travelers can check on emails and social media addicts can share daily photos thanks to the hotel’s complimentary WiFi.
• Stay fit using the fitness center’s cardio equipment and free weights.
• Catch a game at American Airlines Center, home to both the Dallas Mavericks and the Dallas Stars.
• Get a glimpse of history at the 6th Floor Museum, which recounts the life, legacy, and death of former president John F. Kennedy.
• Don’t miss your flight: When it’s time to leave, simply hop on the hotel’s free airport shuttle, which travels to and from Dallas Love Field Airport.

Dallas: Historical Parks and Rejuvenated Urban Districts in North Texas

Though some know Dallas only for the massive AT&T Stadium (which is actually in Arlington), the city is also an enclave of arts and nature, overflowing with botanical gardens, art galleries, and live theater. Historic Main Street connects many of the city’s recently rejuvenated urban districts, as well as the popular Main Street Garden, a block-long public park surrounded by architecturally significant buildings. Locals come here to picnic on the expansive lawn or watch a movie under the moonlight in the summer and fall.

A short walk from downtown Dallas, you’ll find horse-drawn carriages clopping along brick streets in the city’s historic West End district, which dates back to the 19th century. This part of the city also contains Dealey Plaza, where President Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963. At The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, housed in the former Texas School Book Depository, you can visit the spot where Lee Harvey Oswald is believed to have shot at Kennedy’s presidential motorcade.

Joggers and bikers can zip through the fashionable Turtle Creek neighborhood, located about 4 miles west of downtown, via the Katy Trail, which follows an old interstate railroad. Back near downtown Dallas, the 277-acre Fair Park is the location of North America’s largest Ferris wheel and seven museums and four performing-arts centers, many of which are inside art-deco buildings built for the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition.