Dallas gorgeous Arboretum and Botanical Gardens offers lots of interest, including Rory Meyers Children's Adventure Garden with its fun play and exploration area as well as the Children's Garden Café.
Klyde Warren Park is unusual in that it sits over a freeway; the Woodall Rodgers Freeway, in fact! This unique park sits right in the middle of uptown Dallas, with amazing food trucks and restaurants along its perimeters.
To get a really great view of Dallas, why not visit Reunion Tower? this is one of the best known Dallas landmarks, reaching the dizzy height of 561 feet, making it the city's 15th tallest building. The family can enjoy a 360 degree view of the city as the Tower's platform revolves. There is also the legendary chef Wolfgang Puck's Five Sixty restaurant at the top of the tower if you're in the mood to enjoy a meal.
If your family enjoys extreme fun, here's a great opportunity to get your thrills! Zero Gravity Thrill Park features extreme thrill rides which include the 7 story drop Bungee Jumping, the Skycoaster where you will experience the amazing sensation of gliding about 100ft, Nothin' but Net, the 16 story free fall attraction, and Texas Blastoff, with its rocket travelling straight up 70 mph! Whew!
Getting to know a location you're visiting doesn't just stop at sight-seeing, it should also include taste-seeing. Food Tours of America offer an in depth tasting tour of the best cuisines that Dallas has to offer, from mouth watering Mediterranean dishes at Baboush restaurant, then dropping into Shell Shack to experience their special crawfish and delicious sauce, then next on the list to The Rustic for cactus fries and goat cheese, moving on to Bisous Bisous to indulge in some light as a feather French macaroons, and finally finishing off at Mutt's Canine Cantina to treat yourselves to some delicious ice cream.