If you grew up watching Sue Ellen and Bobby in the hit TV series “Dallas”, you might remember the iconic opening credits sequence, with the helicopter shots of this big Texas city. The imposing, all glass skyscrapers combined with the larger than life farms outside town and the sunny weather present most of the year form a really attractive city, Texas’s third largest and the ninth at a national level. Dallas is these days one of the country’s most important economic centers, having spread wings over all areas that can make money: technology, banking, health care, energy and many more. As such, Dallas is also a very diverse city, having a multicultural and multiethnic profile, distilled over hundreds of years of development.
Initially a Spanish settlement, Dallas was later claimed by the French in mid-19th century and was annexed by the US in 1845. Dallas has a humid subtropical climate, with mild winds coming from the north and North West. Summers can be really hot, with maximum temperatures going over 40 degrees Celsius, while winters are usually very mild, as the average temperature during the season being of 12-14 degrees Celsius. There’s rare snow in winter, as usually only a couple of days per winter having snow falls, which are never thicker than 4 cm. Overall, Dallas has a pleasant climate, being warm and sunny throughout the year, with rare chilly intervals, only during the winter. The most pleasant seasons are spring and autumn, when the city turns into a garden, really, with many wildflowers growing on the sides of the roads.
Dallas is a vertical city mainly, with many buildings being taller than 200 meters. Even so, there are many buildings from the 19th and 20th century, forming a nice mélange of the old and new. The prevalent architecture styles and modernism and postmodernism, with sites like the Reunion Tower, JFK Memorial, Fountain Place, and Bank of American Plaza being good examples of these two styles. Considering that the city is a cultural and economic center visited by millions of people every year, it’s no wonder that Dallas has 4 airports. Fort Worth International Airport is the busiest of its kind in Texas, having to deal, in 2010, with over 55 million passengers, with Dallas Love Field having a passenger count of over 7 million in 2010. Two other airports operate just outside the city. Dallas private jet charter flights form a hefty part of the air traffic in the city, with many business and leisure customers choosing this type of transport over conventional airline flights.
Even if you’re in Dallas mainly for business, you’ll find interesting stuff to do. The local cuisine, famous for the Dallas barbeque, is a mix of Mexican and Texan influences, so if you like eating spicy, Dallas’s restaurants will be just up your alley. Dallas has its own arts district, which is home to many nationwide and worldwide fame institutions, like the Symphonic Orchestra, the Dallas Museum of Art, a fabulous collection of Asian art hosted by the Trammell and Margaret Crow fund, a museum of contemporary art and a sculpture center. Besides these, there are many more “indie” venues throughout the city, exploring more contemporary and experimental ways of artistic expression.
If you’re in Dallas from early September onwards, make sure to check out the State Fair of Texas, which is the largest event of its kind in the country. Lasting almost a month, the event is held in the historical Fair Park and is a great source of entertainment for the entire family, with music, shows, amusement parks and great food making for a truly special early autumn.
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