3-Hour Explore Dallas Sightseeing Tour - History, Landmarks, Culture - 5-Stars

Itinerary
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Stop At: West End Historic District, Dallas, TX 75202

Enjoy a walking tour highlighting Dealey Plaza, Texas Book Depository Building, Grassy Knoll, Kennedy Memorial and the historic Old Red Courthouse that houses the Cultural History of Dallas and Dallas County. The 6th Floor Museum @ Dealey Plaza is an added option with required advanced booking and ticketing (ticketing not included in tour fee).

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Pioneer Plaza, Young and Griffin Streets, Dallas, TX 75202

Stroll among the herd of 49 longhorn steers and 3 cowboys on horseback in bronze statues larger than life size. The 4.2-acre sculpture park commenorates the cattle drives along the Shawnee Trail and the arrival of pioneers seeking a new Texas homestead.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Dallas Arts District, Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201

Explore this 68-acre Dallas centerpiece of the region's cultural life housing 5 performance venues and 3 art museums. The District is home to some of the world's finest architecture dfesigned by Pritzker Price Laureates I. M. Pei, Norman foster, Renzo Piano, Rem Koolhaus and AIA Gold Medal recipient Edward Larrabee Barnes.

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: Highland Park, Highland Park, Texas

The Park Cities -- Highland Park and University Park -- feature multi-million-dollar homes of corporate titans, oil barons and civi leaders, the exquisite Highland Park Village shopping center that caters to the affluent, and the George Bush W. President Center and the highly acclaimed Meadows Museum of Spanish Art located on the campus of Southern Methodist University.

Stop At: Southern Methodist University, 6425 Boaz Ln, Dallas, TX 75275-0001

The Huffington Post selected the campus of Southern Methodist University as one of the top 5 most beautiful in the United States! View the Boulevard with its bounteous view of trees, Dallas Hall (the highest point in Dallas), the dominate Mid-Georgian archecture style that enhances every campus building, Meadows Museum Sculpture Plaza, Santiago Calatrava's "The Wave"
and the Laura Bush Promenade. Also located on the campus is the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Dealey Plaza National Historic Landmark District, 500 Main St, Dallas, TX 75202-3521

Built in 1937 - 1938, Dealey Plaza is now a grim reminder of that fateful day, November 22, 1963. Explore the now-all-familiar landmarks of the assassination of President Kennedy: the Book Depository Building, 6th Floor Window, Grassy Knoll, Abraham Zapruder’s perch as he filmed the event on that fateful day along with the location of other camera locations, the Kennedy Memorial and Oswald’s escape route from the Book Depository Building through downtown Dallas streets.
Your tour guide's commentary compares the findings of recent National Geographic documentaries that challenge the findings of the Warren Commission.

Discussions include the events for which Kennedy traveled to Texas, why the itinerary route was changed at the last minute, how many shots were actually fired, why the Oswald's transfer from the Old City jail was botched and Oswald's attempted assassination of Dallas resident General Edwin Walker a local leader at the time of the John Burch Society. What have been the political consequences in Texas as a result of a special election to replace Senator Lyndon B. Johnson after he was elevated tot he Office of the Presidency.

For those with a keen interests in the JFK assassination, a one-hour addition can be added to this tour that includes drive-by's of Oswald's room at the boarding house, the spot where Oswald shot and killed Officer Tippit and the Texas Theatre.


Duration: 45 minutes