 Welcome to Tyler Texas! |
This site is a comprehensive directory for Tyler travel, tourism, hotels, restaurants, shopping, attractions, news, weather, maps, government, and recreation. Tyler is the largest retail, medical, and business center in East Texas.
We cover Tyler and much of East Texas for visitors traveling to Tyler, those attending Tyler conventions and business meetings, newcomers, and long-time residents.
 Entrance area to the Caldwell Zoo |
Our Tyler Travel Guide lists popular attractions, and links to travel reviews. Tyler features widely recognized attractions such as the Caldwell Zoo, and being the Rose Capital of America, is home to the Tyler Rose Garden. This is the nation's largest municipal rose garden, listed in Livability's top 10 most inspiring gardens in the USA. Tyler is also the site of the annual Texas Rose Festival.
The new planetarium at Tyler Junior College has become a "don't miss" Tyler attraction. The planetarium features exhibits such as "Great Balls of Fire", shows like "Cosmic Collisions", and the 1,500 pound Brenham meteorite now on display. more on Center for Earth & Space Science Education (CESSE) Planetarium
 The new planetarium at TJC |
Tyler offers a number of first class museums, such as the Tyler Museum of Art, the Goodman-LeGrand home, the Cotton Belt Depot Museum and the new American Freedom Museum in Bullard. And checkout our Tyler Outdoor Guide, Tyler Lakes section, and the Rose Rudman Recreational Trail.
Tyler features a wide spectrum of restaurants serving traditional American fare, Mexican, Italian, Bar-B-Que, hamburgers, seafood, Asian, and more.
Panera Bread bakery & cafe is now open at 5755 South Broadway in the Fountains of Chimney Rock, across the parking lot from Chuy's Mexican Restaurant.
Chipotle Mexican Grill has become a popular dining destination at its new Tyler location on an outparcel of the Broadway Square Mall. And on Troup Highway at Loop 323, another popular national eatery, Corner Bakery Cafe, is now open, along with Moolah Burgers at 4903 South Broadway across from Barnes & Noble.
 Lago del Pino restaurant, Old Chandler Highway, just west of Tyler (TylerTexasOnline staff photo) |
Other new Tyler restaurants include Lago del Pino on the Old Chandler Highway, and Wagner's BBQ in Flint. Restaurants coming soon include ZaZa's Modern Italian Restaurant, Fuzzy's Taco Shop, and Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwich. And we are looking forward to the opening of the new Southern Maid Donuts on South Broadway!
Tyler Restaurant Listings & Map, and Restaurant Opening News ...
Tyler offers a variety of hotels, motels, inns, extended-stay suites, RV parks, bed & breakfasts, and other accommodations situated near the major tourist, business and medical centers of the city.
Tyler hotel and motel listings, hotel maps, reviews, pricing ...
Shopping in Tyler spans the marketplace, from national retail giants such as Macy's and Coldwater Creek, to local eclectic, specialty boutiques ... use our map of stores to shop South Broadway, and the Broadway Square Mall.
And for a fun shopping adventure near Tyler, visit the world famous First Monday Trade Days in Canton on May 31 - June 3, 2012,
for your spring shopping and decorating.
Even in difficult economic times nationally, employment and job search opportunities in Tyler remain strong, and better than much of the US. Tyler and the East Texas job market employ a large number of jobs and careers in the oil & gas industry, oilfield, drilling, natural gas, manufacturing, healthcare, education, grocery distribution, banking, retail business, petrochemical, and refining job sectors. more Tyler jobs & business ...
 It's crawfish season in Tyler and East Texas! |
Some folks call 'em crayfish, crawdads, or mudbugs, but here in Texas they are simply CRAWFISH, whether they are swamp crawfish, spillway crawfish, or pond crawfish.
We've been catching crawfish all our life, and love the tradition of a long, leisurely crawfish boil in spring!
Learn more about crawfish, local outlets, ordering online, crawfish boil photographs, and more!
When traveling to Tyler with kids or school groups, tour Brookshire's
Museum & Country Store and the Discovery
Science Place. more for kids ...
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