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Amarillo Holidays, Hotels & Travel Guide
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Amarillo Holidays Overview
A guide to holidays in Amarillo - The city of Amarillo, about 330 miles (531km)
northwest of Dallas-Fort Worth, is where the old West lives on in
the commercial centre of the Texas panhandle.
Amarillo started out in 1887 as a "buffalo-hide tent camp"
for railroad construction workers. Today, the town named for a
nearby stream, the Arroya Amarillo, boasts a convention centre,
symphony, ballet, theatre, opera and two higher education
facilities, Amarillo College and Texas State Technical
College. Amarillo's fortunes have long rested on
the horns of cattle-ranching, but it has also become a popular
stopover for tourists keen to play cowboy or cowgirl, with numerous
motels and restaurants having opened up in recent years. The town
is located on the major Route 1-40 east-west highway, making it
easily accessible for visitors and those who come for the famed
frenetic Amarillo Livestock Auctions. At first
glance Amarillo may seem unprepossessing and have little to offer
apart from cowboys and cattle, but it is worth digging below the
dust of the high plains to discover its
attractions.
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Amarillo
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1. Cadillac Ranch
On the I-40, between exits 60 and 62
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What is it? Approaching Amarillo from the west on the
1-40 highway visitors will come across one of America's most noted
roadside attractions, conceived and funded by an eccentric local
man, helium tycoon Stanley Marsh 3. The Cadillac Ranch consists of
10 finned vintage Cadillac cars, buried nose first in a field about
12 miles (19km) from the town. They have been buried, allegedly, at
the same angle as the angle of the sides of the Great Pyramid of
Egypt. Visitors are permitted to spraypaint the
vehicles.
Hours of Operation: Open 24-hours daily
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2. Don Harrington Discovery Centre
1200 Streit Drive
www.dhdc.org |
What is it? Focussing on physical, earth and life
sciences the Don Harrington Discovery Center is set in a 51-acre
park with a lake and picnic area. The Center boasts more than 100
hands-on activities and a recently renovated planetarium. There is
also an aquarium on site featuring both saltwater and freshwater
tanks as well as a botanical garden. Most popular sights here are a
Foucault Pendulum, rotating independently of the earth's
gravitational pull, a helium technology exhibit and a weather-watch
section with a tornado machine.
Hours of Operation: Tuesday to Saturday 9.30am to 4.30pm; Sunday noon to
4.30pm. Closed Mondays
Phone:(806) 355 9547 |
3. Amarillo Museum of Art
2200 South Van Buren Street
www.amarilloart.org |
What is it? The Texas Panhandle's one and only accredited
art museum is the Amarillo Museum of Art. The museum has six
galleries housing a permanent collection that includes 17th through
19th century European paintings, 20th century modernists,
photography, Asian art and Middle Eastern textiles. The museum also
offers frequently changing exhibits ranging from contemporary art
to the American and European masters.
Hours of Operation: Tuesday to Friday 10am to 5pm; Saturday and Sunday
1pm to 5pm
Phone:(806) 371 5050 |
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