Lone Star Guide to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Revised (Lone Star Guide to Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex) [Paperback]

Robert R. Rafferty (Author), Loys Reynolds (Author)

Book Description

Series: Lone Star Guide to Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex | Publication Date: August 18, 2003

The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex is a nearly 40-mile long mega-metropolitan area anchored by Dallas on one end and Fort Worth on the other, with the area between filled in with more than a dozen attractive, interconnected cities. Among the unheralded facts about these interlocking cities are that they contain more restaurants per capita than New York City (5,000 in Dallas alone), are home to all the major professional sports (including NASCAR and rodeo), and house 30 museums. This guidebook gives readers detailed information on the wide range of choices in lodging, restaurants, and everything worth seeing and doing, not only in Dallas and Fort Worth, but in eleven of the smaller cities between the two. They include: Addison, Arlington, Farmers Branch, Garland, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Irving, Mesquite, North Richland Hills, Plano and Richardson. In addition to the categories one would normally expect in a guide book, the authors have started each city listing with a description of free visitor services, as well as "Bird's Eye View" spots - great places to get a panoramic view of the city. (In Arlington it's the top of an oil derrick at Six Flags.) Finally, for the truly adventurous, there are plenty of "Offbeat" places of unusual interest that don't fit into the routine tourist categories.

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About the Author

Robert H. Rafferty has had an eclectic writing career that includes travel books, children's TV, short plays and humor. His wife, Loys Reynolds, is a writer and clinical consultant. They live in Wellington, Florida.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing; Rev Sub edition (August 18, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589070054
• ISBN-13: 978-1589070059
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #353,894 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #51 in Books > Travel > United States > States > Texas

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GUIDE TO BIG D..oh and fort worth too..LOL, September 21, 2006

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This review is from: Lone Star Guide to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Revised (Lone Star Guide to Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex) (Paperback)

This is a thorough guide to the metroplex, at least u feel the authors have actually been to the region, which is not always the case in books of this kind. If you are planning a trip to dallas, then i believe this guide will give you a good overview of the city and environs..there is actually a great deal to see in the metroplex, expecially Dallas' Nasher Collection and NorthPark Mall..yes, this mall is worth a visit, this is dallas after all..and Fort Worth's Kimbel Museum, and Carter Museum, oh and the zoo..yes, fort worths zoo is superior to dallas'..all that money and dallas still has a mediocre zoo..anyway, consider picking up this guide if ur headed to the area..