Hotel at a Glance: Omni Dallas Hotel

Opened in 2011, the 4.5-star Omni Dallas hotel checks off everything you could want in a 21st-century luxury hotel. The on-site eateries include a renowned steak house and a farm-to-table restaurant serving upscale Texas-style entrees. There’s a sleek spa—plus a heated outdoor infinity pool—to help you relax. If that’s not enough, guest rooms feature 42 flat-screen TVs, MP3 players, and the iBahn massaging system.

• Awards and accolades: The hotel receives TripAdvisor’s Certificate of Excellence since 2014, and Frommer’s gives it its highest rating.
• Room with a view: Floor-to-ceiling windows look out on the skyscrapers downtown in stylish guest rooms, which are decorated with works by local artists.
• Diverse dining options: Dig into a thick cut of filet mignon at Bob’s Steak and Chop House, savor farm-to-table ribeye and potato chip-crusted pork schnitzel at Texas Spice, or grab an espresso at the Morsel’s coffee shop.
• Indulgent spa services: Unwind at Mokara Spa with a deep-tissue massage or an organic facial infused with edelweiss flower and oxygen.
• Eco-friendly: The hotel received the prestigious LEED Gold certification.

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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