Canton Visitors Travel Guide » About Texas http://www.cantonvisitorsguide.com Best Travel Information, Guide and Reviews Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:16:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Texas Holidays http://www.cantonvisitorsguide.com/texas-holidays/ http://www.cantonvisitorsguide.com/texas-holidays/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:55:34 +0000 admin http://www.cantonvisitorsguide.com/?p=25 Texas is a very popular holiday choice. Here there is something for everybody. You can choose to relax on the beaches or you can choose to have a traditional Texas ranch holiday. A ranch holiday , will be a very pleasant one especially  if you didn’t had the chance in your childhood to ride a horse or to feed the animals from a ranch.

If you want to swim or enjoy some water sports you should pick a destination from the 600 miles seashore that Texas have.A very popular location is South Padre Islan d.Is not very easy to reach this destination, located near the Mexican border , but the green waters the nightlife and the good restaurants will make it a unique experience for sure.

Another beach destination in Texas is Mustang Island.You have to take a ferry ride in order to arrive there. You will find same crazy nightlife and very delicious restaurants with Mexican influences.This Island is located very close to South Padre Island, so if you are in the region, you should visit it for at least few hours.

If you like more traditionally holidays, with cultural objectives to visit, you should go to visit the city where NHL was born. Canton city is a small town , with a big variety of objectives and attractions. So if you are a football fan you will need to visit NHL Hall of Fame. If you like cultural objectives you should visit First Ladies Library and Research Center. And off course if you are lucky enough to be in the city in the weekend before of the first Monday of the month, you will be in the middle of the biggest and oldest flee market from the world.

Around Texas if you choose to go by car, you will find also some ghost towns, that seems to be cuted from cowboys movies.

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In Austin, the state capital you can go and see the Capitol Building or The University of Texas. If you like history you have to visit The Alamo site in San Antonio, the place where the free state of Texas fought a well known battle against the Mexican Army.
For the fans of sport, they can go and look for the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium. Amarillo is the city where you will find The Big Texan, a restaurant were if you can eat a 72 ounce steak, you eat for free!
If you like to have a walk or to go with the boat, visit The Riverwalk in San Antonio.
For the people who want to buy something inexpensive to remember them of their trip, they have to go to the First Monday Trade Days, the biggest flee market, located in Canton, Texas.
If you travel with a car you can find a lot of ghost towns. They are deserted now, but were in the past days places where a lot of people came to start a new life.

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