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We have selected some sites related to travel in the city of Dallas-Fort Worth to guide you before or while you journey; learn your currency before you go and good language knowledge will improve your cultural immersion as a tourist; information on the main religions found in the USA is also included for your interest.

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Currency: 1 dollar = 100 cents; Coins 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 cents and 1 dollar; Bank Notes 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 dollars [conversion].  
Religions: Predominately Protestant and Roman Catholic, with Jewish and Atheist the largest minorities.
 
Languages: English.
Spanish is also widely spoken by the minority Latino population throughout the country.

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Visit Dallas [www.dallascvb.com/] - official website of the Dallas Convention and Visitor's Bureau.

Fort Worth [www.fortworth.com/] - official website of the Fort Worth Convention and Visiotr's Bureau.

Big Tex [www.bigtex.com/] - the Dallas State Fair.

Fair Park [www.fairparkdallas.com] - nine museums and and the Dallas State Fair is held here every year.

Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo [www.fwstockshowrodeo.com/] - displays of outstanding rumps and irate beasts trying to lose their riders in the dirt.

Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District [www.fortworthstockyards.org/] - the place that once put the word 'cow' into 'cowboy'.

Sid Richardson Collection of Western Art [www.sidrmuseum.org/] - excellent collection of Western art, especially works by Remington and Russel.

Sixth Floor Museum [www.sixthfloormuseum.com/] - at Dealy Plaza from where Lee Harvey Oswald is supposed to have shot JFK.

Sundance Square [www.sundancesquare.com/] - cultural centre of Forth Worth, get all the info here.

Dallas Hotels Search - find Dallas hotels with discounts on reservations along with Dallas travel guide [http://www.dallas-hotels-search.com].