Organized Tours in Dallas

Gray Line/Coach USA (tel. 800/256-4723; www.grayline.com) is the big daddy of bus tours. It offers at least six themed sightseeing tours in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. A full complement of sightseeing tours of Dallas and Fort Worth is also handled by a local company, All In One Tour Services (tel. 214/698-0332; www.allinonetourservices.com).

Dallas Surrey Services, 381 E. Greenbriar Lane (tel. 214/946-9911), offers horse-drawn carriage tours of historic Dallas 7 nights a week, weather permitting. Standard tours originate in the West End and visit Dealey Plaza and the Texas School Book Depository, Pioneer Plaza, and the Arts District, lasting about 20 minutes ($30 for up to four people). Longer, custom tours can last up to an hour ($100, four people). Belle Starre Carriages (tel. 214/855-0410) also offers horse-drawn tours of downtown Dallas, including Christmas Light Tours through Highland Park during the month of December, starting at $165 per carriage.

Hour-long, free Walking Arts District Strolls covering the zone's art and architecture are conducted the first Saturday of every month at 10:30am, leaving from in front of the Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, 2010 Flora St. Call tel. 214/953-1977 for additional information and reservations.