Big Bend
National Park. The Big Bend National Park is a wonderland of desert beauty that has something to offer everyone. Dubbed el despoblado, “the uninhabited land” by Spanish explorers, this area is harsh, dry, beautiful, and dangerous, but time seems to stand still in the silence of the Chisos Mountains or while floating down the Rio Grande River. If you ever wanted to get away from it all and back to nature, Big Bend is the perfect spot.
. The name means “friend” in the Caddo Indian language and new friends are what you will find in the second largest state in the country. Texas usually evokes visions of the lonely cattleman, gun-toting cowboys and rough oilmen but there is far more diversity of people and land in this great state.
San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio is located in south central Texas about 200 miles southwest of Houston and 150 miles north of the Mexican border. It is renown for its beautiful River Walk and for the Alamo, a national historic site and a shrine to Texan independence. The city has a rich Hispanic culture and a large Tejano (Texan – Mexican) population that produces a distinctive community with the grandeur of an old Spanish colony. It is a popular tourist destination with many historic and cultural attractions and a wide selection of entertainments.
Luckenbach, Texas. If you occasionally like to stray off the beaten path to visit sights seldom seen by the tourist crowds, Luckenbach, Texas is a secret corner of the USA worth visiting. This authentic American town is located in the middle of nowhere with not much to see. Yet, a visit to this tiny cowboy community is like a trip back in time to a previous era when life was less complicated.
Houston, Texas. Houston, Texas is located on the eastern coast of the state approximately 30 miles inland from the port city of Galveston. It is 350 miles west of New Orleans, Louisiana, and 300 miles northeast of the Mexican border. Houston is a large modern metropolitan hub with a sophisticated cosmopolitan environment and all of the amenities that you expect to find in a major city. It is the primary business, technological and commercial center of Texas.
. Dallas is located in northeast Texas, approximately 245 miles north of Houston and 190 miles south of Oklahoma City. The Trinity River flows through the city and there are more than 60 lakes in the area. Many of the lakes are used for recreational activities like boating and fishing. Dallas is basically flat. Some evenings viewers on the outskirts of the city can see the green outline of the Bank of America Plaza building in downtown Dallas.
Austin, Texas. Austin, Texas is the fourth largest city in Texas and seventeenth largest in the United States. Located in the Texas Hill Country region, Austin is about 176 miles (283 km) south of Dallas, Texas, 147 miles (237 km) northwest of Houston, Texas, and 458 miles (737 km) west of New Orleans, Louisiana. Austin experiences mild winters and hot, humid summers. Frequent rain showers are common in the spring and then again in the fall.