What to see in Dallas in one day, from the JFK museum to the series ranch

In our new day of Coast to coast trip through the United StatesAfter breakfast we went directly to the downtown de dallas, where we managed to park the car in an open-air parking lot for just 2 dollars for the whole day.

Dallas It is the third largest city in Texas, after Houston and San Antonio. but its metropolitan area, with 6,2 million inhabitants, is the largest in the state and the fourth in the country.

The city of Dallas It is mostly known for the assassination of the president John F. Kennedy, which occurred in November 1963, and this event will mark our visit to the city.

The best things to see and do in Dallas in Texas in one day

Initially we walked for about four hours through the urban center downtown from the city. Large in size, it is mainly an office and restaurant area.

In many buildings of a certain size, in the basement floors you find hospitality services, generally with a Food Courtt.

We took the opportunity to eat in one of these places called Alonti, located in the basement of the Bank Of America skyscraper.

This place specializes in salads of all kinds, with wraps and similar, all of good quality.

Holocaust Museum in Dallas

We also visited the Dallas Holocaust Museum that commemorates the Jewish holocaust of the Second World War.

The visit was interesting, but hard and sensitive.

JFK and the Memory of a Nation Museum in Dallas

Next it was time to visit the Sixth Floor Museum where the JFK and the Memory of a Nation, which is how it is known museum of the assassination of President JFK, John F Kennedy.

Located at 499 Elm St, this is the building from which, according to the Warren Commission, at 12:30 p.m. on November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was shot.

At that time this building was a library.

The name of the museum already tells us that it is located in the sixth floor of the building, right in the space from where the three shots were fired.

The exhibition facilities dedicated to JFK also extend across the seventh floor, and everything is very well documented and presented.

The visit is carried out with an audio guide, so that you progressively receive the progressive explanation of all aspects of the assassination,

You will have a journey from the 1960 electoral campaign that JFK - the first Catholic president and the youngest in history - won, to the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald and the death of Jack Ruby, in 1967, in prison for cancer.

The evidence and indications and conclusions of the Warren Commission.

After having seen it so many times on television or in movies, now it is really exciting to see up close what was visible from that window and see the exact place where the shot car was located.

Tras visit the JFK museum, we approach the place where President JFK was at the moment the shots hit him.

You will be able to see an X on the road in the exact place.

Dallas We found it to be a clean city, where we discovered that, as in many American cities, the tram exists as a means of transportation, and where, to end our visit, we were also able to see a simple but original memorial dedicated to President Kennedy.

Where is the Ranch from the TV series Dallas

Finally, we did not want to abandon the city ​​of dallas without having the opportunity to remember one of the most popular television series of the 70s-80s, Dallas.

It is in the Dallas metropolitan area, in the residential area called Parker, which allowed us to see a more residential and rural image of Texas.

To get to the ranch, we drove through various developments and residential areas, some of which had a very high economic level.

It must be recognized that the North American custom of numerous enormous, well-kept houses, one after another without fences separating one from the other, has a much more attractive visual impact than the usual image in Spain of chalets all separated by high fences.

From the looks of it, everyone knows where their land ends, and they should be responsible enough to keep it in good condition, with the grass well mowed.

Otherwise, you would be considered a bad neighbor by devaluing the property.

Southfork Ranch We located it through the Internet.

This mansion became famous for the aforementioned TV series which dealt with the vicissitudes of Ewing family (JR, Pat, Sue Ellen, Bobby, Jack, Elly, …), who lived on this ranch.

After driving several times around the roads in the area, we were able to locate and visit this ranch, after paying the relevant entrance fee.

They inform us that in the television series Dallas only the outside appeared Southfork Ranch, since the interiors were always recorded in film studios in California.

Despite this, the ranch inside is decorated with photos and paintings as if it really were Ewing family I would have lived there.

I guess it's a good business for the ranch owners, thanks to the tourist visits and their grocery store. remembrances.

I imagine that the protagonists of the series and the producers also share part of the pie for lending their image.

However, regardless of the fact that Southfork Ranch will be partially used for the TV series, it is about a real ranch, the real ones, where a well-off family lived, as can be seen from its dimensions, the decoration and the quality of the furniture.

From there, returning to the hotel, we detour to get lost through the residential areas around Dallas.

We have really seen beautiful houses, large and spacious, in a very idyllic and well-kept environment, with a lake/river incorporated, and as always, in the American style, which still gives greater presence to these residential areas.

Already at the motel, it was a great opportunity to see the movie JFK, Oliver Stone, which analyzes in almost exhaustive detail everything that surrounds JFK and his assassination.

It gained intensity and emotion by having been able to physically be in the places where the historic events in Dallas took place.

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