West Texas Travel Guide

As soon as visitors set their soles on the dry-as-the-Sahara soil of West Texas, they'll realize they've entered a completely different world. Remote from urban population centers, isolated within the northern plains of the Chihuahua Desert, West Texas lives by its own rules, not unlike Australia's Outback. It's a land of flat and rugged beauty and twisted vegetation like the kind that might float on the bottom of the sea.

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West Texas Hotels

Major chains, such as Hilton, Holiday Inn, Days Inn, and Comfort Inn, are represented in the major population centers such as Odessa, Midland, and El Paso...read more

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West Texas Restaurants

Due to a mix of geographic isolation and Hispanic heritage, the food is a redolent, sumptuous mix of north Mexican cooking and Southern home cooking, giving...read more

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West Texas Experiences

  • West Texas Top 5

    Jumping Jackrabbits: West Texas wildlife runs the gamut, from prairie dogs to roadrunners.... Read more

  • Bush Country

    Despite a fierce rivalry between the similar-sized and closely spaced cities of Midland and Odessa, there's no denying that the histories of... Read more

  • Getting There & Around

    Most of West Texas is easy to access via the region's small airports in El Paso and Midland, as well as via the airports in the neighboring Panhandle... Read more

  • Crossing the Border

    Border crossing has become more complicated. Americans crossing back over the border must now show passports along with secondary identification... Read more

  • Seeing the Lights

    Nobody knows what they are. Nobody knows where they came from. And, to many's frustration, nobody knows when they'll appear.... Read more

  • Friday Night Lights: Football as Religion

    There are two main ways to socialize in the Panhandle. No, make that three. There's church. There's football. Then there's the church of football—one... Read more

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