'''Athens'''[http://www.athenstx.org/] is a small city in the Piney Woods region of Eastern Texas.

Get in

'''By car'''

To get here from Dallas, take US 175 South. From Houston, take I-45 North to Corsicana, then Texas State Highway 31 East. From Austin, take I-35 North to Waco, then Texas State Highway 31 East. From Tyler take US 31 West.

'''By plane'''

Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (website) offers service to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport via American Eagle Airlines and to Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Colgan Air Continental Connection.

Get around

See

  • East Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society. 601 Patterson Rd. 1 903 675-5630. tabs@mycvc.net. 1 903 675-1618. ttp://www.eastexasarboretum.org/. PM-5PM daily. $/vehicle or 25$ yearly membership. 100+ acre botanical gardens built largely by volunteers on the site of an old abandoned truck farm.

    Do

  • East Texas Arboretum?. 601 Patterson Rd. 903) 675-5630. astexasarboretum.org.
  • Christmas Park Athens. and of Lights. 500 NW Loop 7. 03-675-7469. ttp://www.christmasparkathens.com/. :00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.. 15 /car.
  • Athens Motocross Park?. 898 County Road 3711. 903) 675-5057. thensmxpark.com.
  • Athens Scuba Park? . 00 N Murchison St. 903) 675-5762?. thensscubapark.com.

    Buy

    Eat

  • Cherry Laurel Cake Shoppe?. 05 S Prairieville St. 903) 677-5599?. hecherrylaurel.com. Anything prepared here is personally done with expertise, good taste, and great care. From catering to cakes to salads or sandwiches, these ladies know what they are doing.

    Drink

    Sleep

  • Super 8. 05 US Hwy 175 West. 03-675-7511.
  • Best Western Inn On the Hill. 050 State Highway 31 East. 903) 675-9214. ttp://www.bestwestern.com/.
  • Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Athens . 119 E. Tyler ST. . 877) 863-4780. ww.hiexpress.com.
  • America Best Value Inn . 903) 675-5173. ww.americasbestvalueinn.com .
  • Victorian Inn . 803 Hwy 31 East. 903) 677-1470. www.victorianinn.us.

    Contact

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