FT. WORTH, TX

Fort Worth is a city of unending contrasts. A world-class music competition sits side-by-side with the "World's Largest Honky-Tonk." There are live rodeos and cattle-drives complete with horses, wagons and trail bosses as well as exhibitions of artists like Monet, Picasso and Matisse. You can watch performances by a nationally recognized ballet company and then go "two-stepping" to live country and western music.

Downtown

Sundance Square is a 16-block area of buildings that have been restored and/or replicated to match their turn-of-the-century appearances. Named after the Sundance Kid, Butch Cassidy's famous sidekick, the Square is home to such restaurants as Billy Miner's Saloon—where the hamburgers are hot and the beer and margaritas cold—and the Cabo Mix Mex Grill, which offers South/Central American cuisine with a Yucatan influence.

Just south of the Fort Worth Convention Center is the Fort Worth Water Gardens, a four-and-a-half block park with assorted lakes and waterfalls. Entertainment possibilities in the downtown area are almost... more