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| Hotel | EUR* | Distance | Rating |
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| Thunderbird Hotel | €64 | 16.2 mi 26.1 km |
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| Marfa Guest Quarters | €83 | 16.5 mi 26.6 km |
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| The Arcon Inn | N/A | 16.6 mi 26.7 km |
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| The Hotel Paisano | €59 | 16.7 mi 26.8 km |
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| Cibolo Creek Ranch | €275 | 16.8 mi 27.0 km |
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| restaurant | Distance | Rating |
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| Food Shark | 16.4 mi 26.5 km |
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| Cochineal | 16.5 mi 26.6 km |
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| Pizza Foundation | 16.5 mi 26.6 km |
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| Thing to Do | Distance | Rating |
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| The Marfa Mystery Lights | 0.1 mi 0.2 km |
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| McDonald Observatory | 40.3 mi 64.8 km |
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| Big Bend Ranch State Park | 41.6 mi 66.9 km |
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| Title | Source |
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| “Chinati Foundation” | Frommer's |
| “Go West Young Man...and Woman: A West Texas Honeymoon Adventure” | TravelLady |
| “Marfa as masterpiece theater” | Los Angeles Times (free registration required) |
| “Around the Big Bend” | Atlantic Monthly |
If you're into Donald Judd, Dan Flavin or John Chamberlain (and you're reading this review, so you probably are) this is heaven. Access is by docent-led tour only and lasts about 5 hours with a lunch break in the middle (try Foundation Pizza in Marfa for lunch). The rest of the art is OK, but there is something surreal and... more
I also feel the need to comment on the Chinati Foundation after reading the first comment. First, I love the drive there. The landscape itself is a minimalist wonder. I must concede that you probably won't like the art (and it IS great art) if you think that only portrait paintings are "Art". This is a collection of really extraordinary... more
What the other reviewer proves is that whatever else, you won't have neutral feelings about the Chinati Foundation! I loved it, so felt I should present the other point of view. Judd bought an abandoned fort and used the outbuildings and the amazing surrounding landscape to house his monumental, minimalist works, and those of his friends. Amongst the fun stuff... more
I have yet to figure out what makes what I saw "art"! The entire "collection" consisted of something termed minimalist art, and certainly had minimal interest to me. One "piece" simply consisted of circles of rocks sitting on an old concrete tennis court. I don't know who would be considered to have the biggest problem ... someone who would declare... more
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