3 hours (approx.)
Daily Tour
12 people
English
Get more out of your time in Dallas with this private half-day walking tour. With your guide leading the way, you’ll see all the sights on your list’plus the ones you’d never discover on your own. From its epic skyscrapers to its Indigenous history, from Main Street to Pioneer Plaza, you’ll get armed with plenty of Dallas know-how, plus tips for the rest of your time in the Big D.
See the Giant Eyeball, perhaps the most distinctive and weird art installation in Dallas! A 30-foot high fibreglass sculpture of a human eye – that is uncannily realistic;
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Visit Thanks-Giving Square, a public park dedicated to this important American tradition with stunning fountains, colourful mosaics, and a non-denominational chapel with a symbolic spiral design.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Walk down Main Street, a vibrant urban strip lined with designer boutiques, trendy bars and restaurants, high rises and upmarket hotels that is part of downtown Dallas historic district, and hear all about the founding history of Dallas, and the city it has become today.
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Walk past Akard Plaza and see the modern building of Dallas City Hall, and admire the spectacular statue of herding cattle commemorating the 19th-century cattle drives, on Pioneer Plaza, a huge public park. Made up of 49 six-foot-high bronze cows and 3 trail riders – it is the largest bronze sculpture of its kind anywhere in the world.
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Explore the moving John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza just a block away from where he was tragically assassinated, opened in 1970 it is now an integral part of the city.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
See the John Neely Bryan Cabin: erected in 1841 by Dallas founder John Neely Bryan, and hear about his life.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Discover Dealey Plaza a National Historic Monument with the Sixth Floor Museum dedicated to JFK’s life and assassination, and the Grassy Knoll: the spot where John F. Kennedy was fatally shot in 1963.
Finish the tour at Dealey Plaza where you are free to continue exploring – and your guide can make recommendations for what to see and where to eat.
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free