Cities to Visit: Paris, Texas
The "Second Largest Paris in the World" is
located 110 miles northeast of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, via major
state and U.S. Highways, making an ideal day or weekend getaway.
Historic downtown is flavored with unique architecture,
art galleries, antique shops, restaurants, live theater performances
and specialty shopping opportunities surrounding an Italian marble fountain.
Other attractions include guided tours of the Sam Bell Maxey
State Historical House, the Hayden Museum of American
Art, the Pine Branch Daylily Farm, and our Texan-ized
Eiffel Tower, complete with a cowboy hat!
Southern hospitality runs rampant as many groups choose to hold state
and district meetings in the beautiful Love Civic Center,
a 30,000 square foot facility. Many couples choose to marry in the city
that noted commentator Paul Harvey described as "…a city
where tomorrow fell in love with yesterday and, side by side, they lived
happily ever after."
Officially declared "The Crape Myrtle City of Texas" by
a joint resolution of the Texas House and Senate in 1997, Paris held
the unofficial title since 1936. Since that time, thousands of Crape
Myrtles adorn public areas and gateways to the city with delicately blooming
flowers welcoming visitors during July and August.
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