Hotel at a Glance: Magnolia Hotel Dallas Park Cities

Visitors to Dallas looking for a few evenings of understated luxury often find themselves at Magnolia Hotel Dallas Park Cities, where a posh lobby bar cast in warm earth tones signals the hotel’s blend of modern style and traditional grandeur. Those same earth tones guest rooms, where they’re contrasted with striking turquoise accents. Rooms pair plush bedding with modern conveniences including complimentary WiFi and 37” flatscreen TVs.

• Eat well at the hotel’s on-site restaurant, or order in with the hotel’s room service menu.
• Take a dip in the indoor pool, or stay active at the hotel’s well-equipped fitness center.
• Make your flight: The hotel operates a complimentary shuttle to and from Dallas Love Field Airport, as well as other destinations within a three-mile radius of the hotel.
• Nearby attractions include Southern Methodist University, the Cotton Bowl, and the American Airlines Center.

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.

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