Where to Go

If You Have…

One Week:

Hit up one of Texas’s big cities, since the state’s larger-than-life reputation is in full force at attractions, restaurants, and events in its metropolitan areas. Dallas [1] and Fort Worth [2] offer a perfect one-two punch of Southern and Western culture, respectively, and Texas’s other metropolitan areas each have a distinct sense of place — Houston [3]’s Southern cosmopolitan charm, San Antonio’s [4] Hispanic heritage, Austin’s [5] creative energy, and El Paso’s Wild West spirit.

Two Weeks:

Explore the hardy countryside and enormous sky in the Panhandle Plains, Big Bend region [6], and El Paso area. They’re captivating to city slickers from across the globe who often consider an open parking space to be a vast expanse of property.

A Month:

Take a Texas road trip starting in Dallas [1] or Houston [3] and tour the metro areas of central Texas before setting your sights to the west. Plan a night or two in distinctly Texan towns like Fredericksburg [7], San Angelo, and Abilene as you make your way to the natural majesty of Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains national parks.