Best Hotels with Activities in Dallas

Dallas puts families within a short drive of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, the Dallas World Aquarium and the playgrounds of Klyde Warren Park, the deck park that covers the Woodall Rodgers Freeway downtown. Family hotels cluster in three useful spots: Uptown and Turtle Creek near the American Airlines Center and the Katy Trail, Downtown and the West End within walking distance of the Sixth Floor Museum and Dallas World Aquarium, and the corridor near Dallas Love Field Airport for short layovers or quick check-ins. Summers run hot, often above 38C from June through August, so a hotel with a real pool (indoor or shaded) matters more here than in most Texas cities. DART light rail connects several hotel clusters to Fair Park and the Dallas Zoo without a rental car.