Tyler Texas 2025 Travel Guide, Tourism, Attractions, Things to Do, Hotels, Restaurants, Maps, Jobs, Toll 49, East Texas Cities, Oil & Gas Industry, Photos, and Newcomers Guide

This site is an online directory for Tyler travel, tourism, hotels, restaurants, shopping, attractions, weather, maps, government, education and recreation. It includes coverage of Tyler and much of East Texas for visitors traveling to Tyler, those attending conventions and business meetings, newcomers, and long-time residents.

Tyler, situated about half-way between Dallas and Shreveport, is the largest retail, medical, and business center in Upper East Texas. The city is known as the Rose Capital of America, and is home to the widely recognized Tyler Rose Garden. This is the nation's largest municipal rose garden, listed in Livability's Top 10 most inspiring gardens in the United States.

Tyler is the site of the annual Texas Rose Festival held the third weekend in October. The 92nd Texas Rose Festival will be held on October 16-19, 2025.

Spring is welcomed with the 10-mile long Tyler Azalea Trail with its neighborhoods of quaint brick streets, historic homes, and residential gardens filled with blooming azaleas, dogwoods and tulips. The 66th Annual Azalea Trail was held on March 21 - April 6, 2025. Signs directing visitors along the trails are posted well before the official dates.

Dining in Tyler is a pleasure, with a wide spectrum of cuisine choices and restaurants, cafes and grills, from small local eateries to coffee houses to national chain restaurants and food trucks.

Be sure to experience Tyler shopping! Most retail outlets and the mall are located along South Broadway Avenue, and nearby in Canton is the famous First Monday Trade Days. Tyler also offers a variety of boutiques and resale outlets.

The area features an active arts & cultural community, a modern easily accessible jetport, recreation on nearby Lake Tyler, and fishing, boating and camping on Lake Palestine coupled with a warm climate and low cost of living.

Included below are highlights of Tyler, and a few of the many popular features on our website for residents and visitors alike.

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About Tyler

Tyler, situated about half-way between Dallas and Shreveport, is the largest retail, medical, and business center in Upper East Texas. The city features rolling hills, and has a population of over 100,000 residents.

Tyler has the most often sought after requirements for quality living, such as low crime rate, affordable housing, state-of-the-art health care, abundant recreation, an active arts scene, and a variety of educational opportunities.

Things to Do

From azaleas to zoos, Tyler features a variety of things to do for the entire family! Tyler has attractions to visit year-round plus events such as the Tyler Azalea Trail and the Texas Rose Festival.

Walk the Rose Rudman Trail, visit the planetariuim at TJC, explore Caldwell Zoo, take a stroll at the Tyler Rose Garden, enjoy a variety of coffee houses and beer brewers, or take in a concert at the Cowan Center. There's always lots to do in Tyler!

Hotels, B&Bs, RV parks and other lodging in Tyler Texas

Hotels & Lodging

Tyler features a diverse selection of hotels, motels, inns, extended-stay suites, B&Bs, RV parks, and other accommodations situated near the major tourist, business, shopping, and medical centers of the city.

Bed & Breakfasts and boutique hotels around the Tyler area offer exceptional amenities and services. This site provides hotel listings, maps and hotel reviews.

Area Communities

Located around Tyler in Smith County, as well as in neighboring counties, are a number of small cities and communities. Many people that live in these outlying suburbs work, shop and conduct business in Tyler.

Nearby communities include Whitehouse, Bullard, Troup, Lindale, Flint, Gresham, Chapel Hill, Chandler, Noonday and others.

Rose Festival

The rose industry has been a major industry in the Tyler area for decades. Showcasing the industry each year is the Texas Rose Festival and parade. The first Tyler Rose Festival was organized by Tyler Garden Club members, local rose growers and the Chamber of Commerce in 1933.

The 92nd Texas Rose Festival will be held on October 16-19, 2025.

Maps

Included on this site are maps of the Tyler metropolitan area, from sources such as Google, Smith County, and the Smith County Appraisal District SCAD.

Loop 323 circles the city, and U.S. 69 is the major north-south route. Toll Loop 49 provides westbound access to I-20. U.S. 271 provides access to I-20 heading east to Shreveport.

Dining and restaurant listings and reviews for Tyler Texas

Dining & Restaurants

Tyler supports a wide variety of restaurants, cafes, grills and other dining venues, from small local eateries to national chain restaurants

Enjoy our Tyler restaurant reviews, and information on new restaurants opening in the Tyler area including Abuelo's, Texas de Brazil, Razzoo's Cajun Cafe, FDs, Chuy's, Chipotle, Walk-On's Bistreaux, and others.

Azalea Trails

A highlight of each spring season in East Texas is the 10-mile long Tyler Azalea Trail guiding visitors through neighborhoods of quaint brick streets, historic homes, and residential gardens filled with blooming azaleas, dogwoods and tulips. Included are two marked routes, the Lindsey Trail and the Dobbs Trail.

The 66th Annual Azalea Trail will be held on March 21 - April 6, 2025.

Downtown

Downtown Tyler features numerous historical structures, restaurants, boutique hotels, government buildings and a reviving business district and nightlife.

The Tyler Visitor’s Center is located in the Plaza Tower in the heart of Downtown Tyler at 110 N. College Avenue, Suite 105.