Texas Travel Guide Information about Texas

Cobra GPS | Delphi GPS | Garmin GPS | Lowrance GPS | Magellan GPS | Navman GPS | Pharos GPS | Pioneer GPS | Sony GPS | Tomtom GPS

Still cherishing the memory that it was from 1836 to 1845 an independent nation in its own right, Texas stands apart from the rest of the United States. While its sheer size - eight hundred miles from east to west and nearly a thousand from top to bottom - gives it a great geographical diversity, is firmly bound together by a shared history, culture and ideology. Independence is key to the Texan mentality, from the overriding distrust of government - any government - to the absence of unionized labor. As the old anti-litter campaign put it, ''Don't mess with Texas.'' Your Ad Here Preconceived ideas about what exactly is ''Texan'' are soon shattered. It's actually one of the most eclectic and cosmopolitan states in the Union and each of the major tourist destinations has its own distinct character. Hispanic San Antonio, for example, with its Mexican population and historic importance, has a laid-back feel absent from the big-city neurosis of Houston or Dallas, while trendy Austin revels in a lively music scene and intellectualism found nowhere else in the state. Regional differences are vast. The swampy, forested east is more like Louisiana than the pretty Hill Country or the agricultural plains of the Panhandle, and the tropical Gulf Coast has little in common with the mountainous deserts of the west. Changes in climate are equally dramatic: snow is common on the Panhandle, whereas the humidity of Houston, in particular, is only made bearable by nonstop high-power air conditioning. Destinations by City in Texas Abilene Addison Alamo Alba Alice Allen Alpine Alvarado Alvin Amarillo Andrews Angleton Anthony Aransas Pass Arlington Athens Atlanta Austin Azle Balch Springs Bastrop Bay City Baytown Beaumont Bedford Beeville Bellmead Belton Benbrook Big Spring Bishop Boerne Borger Bowie Brady Breckenridge Brenham Bridgeport Brownfield Brownsville Brownwood Bryan Buda Buffalo Burkburnett Burleson Burnet Cameron Canton Canyon Carrollton Carthage Cedar Park Center Centerville Channelview Childress Cisco Clarendon Clear Lake Cleburne Cleveland Clifton Clute Coleman College Station Colorado City Columbus Comanche Conroe Copperas Cove Corpus Christi Corsicana Dalhart Dallas Dayton Decatur Deer Park Del Rio Denison Denton Desoto Diboll Dickinson Dilley Donna Dumas Duncanville Eagle Pass Early Eastland Edinburg El Campo El Paso Elmendorf Ennis Euless Fairfield Falfurrias Farmers Branch Flatonia Floresville Forney Fort Stockton Fort Worth Franklin Fredericksburg Freer Frisco Fulton Gainesville Galveston Garland Gatesville George West Georgetown Giddings Glen Rose Gonzales Graham Granbury Grand Prairie Grapevine Greenville Groves Gun Barrel City Halletsville Haltom City Hamburg Hankamer Harlingen Hearne Hempstead Henderson Henrietta Hereford Hewitt Hidalgo Hillsboro Hondo Horseshoe Bay Houston Humble Huntsville Hurst Hutchins Ingleside Irving Jacksonville Jasper Jefferson Johnson City Junction Katy Kaufman Kemah Kenedy Kerrville Kilgore Killeen Kingsville Kingwood Kountze La Feria La Grange La Marque La Porte Lago Vista Lake Dallas Lake Jackson Lake Worth Lancaster Laredo League City Levelland Lewisville Liberty Lindale Lindsay Livingston Llano Lockhart Longview Los Fresnos Lost Pines Lubbock Lufkin Luling Lytle Madisonville Manor Mansfield Marble Falls Marshall Mathis Mc Kinney Mcallen Mckinney Memphis Mercedes Merkel Mesquite Mexia Midland Mineola Mineral Wells Mission Monahans Montgomery Mount Pleasant Mount Vernon Nacogdoches Nasa Navasota New Boston New Braunfels New Bruanfels North Richland Hills Odem Odessa Olmito Orange Ozona Palestine Pampa Paris Pasadena Pearland Pearsall Pecos Perryton Pharr Plainview Plano Port Aransas Port Arthur Port Isabel Port Lavaca Portland Post Pottsboro Quanah Rancho Viejo Raymondville Red Oak Refugio Richardson Rio Grande City Riviera Roanoke Robstown Rockdale Rockport Rockwall Rosenberg Round Rock Rowlett Salado San Angelo San Antonio San Benito San Juan San Marcos Schertz Seabrook Seagoville Sealy Seguin Shamrock Shenandoah Sherman Sinton Smithville Snyder Somerville Sonora South Houston South Padre Island Southlake Spring Stafford Stephenville Sugar Land Sugarland Sulphur Springs Sweetwater Taylor Temple Terrell Texarkana Texas City The Colony The Woodlands Three Rivers Tomball Tyler Universal City Uvalde Van Horn Vega Vernon Victoria Vidor Waco Waller Waxahachie Weatherford Webster Weslaco West Columbia Westlake Wharton Wichita Falls Willis Willow Park Winnie Winnsboro Woodland Woodville Woodway Zapata One thing shared by the whole of Texas is the constant boasting - everything has to be bigger and better than anywhere else. Such chauvinism is tempered both by a delight in self-parody and by the state's melting pot of cultures. The much-cited Texan friendliness is not imaginary; to be unwelcoming would simply be unpatriotic. Texas is, after all, named for a Native American word meaning friend, tejas, and a visit here, especially to the Panhandle or the Hill Country, is not for those who want to be alone. Your Ad Here Texan distances are best negotiated by car; in fact, in the larger cities like Dallas or Houston driving is all but essential. Greyhound routes are concentrated between the major cities of the east and the central region, though buses also serve the Gulf Coast, the Rio Grande Valley, West Texas and, to a lesser extent, the Panhandle. Two Amtrak trains pass through Texas: The Texas Eagle travels between Chicago and San Antonio, stopping in Dallas and Austin; while the Sunset Limited stops in Houston, Alpine and El Paso on its way between Orlando and Los Angeles. An Amtrak Thruway bus links San Antonio with Laredo. Flying saves time and can be very cheap; look out for price wars between airlines such as Southwest and smaller local carriers.

sitemap