'''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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