Lafayette is an ideal hub for the many communities in South Louisiana representing the Cajun, Creole and antebellum life-styles of the Deep South. Use the following suggestions to help plan your itinerary. Click on the links below and search the attractions section of this site for more details. For professional itinerary planning options, go to the Tour Services section of our site.

Lafayette Area

Acadian Village 
Acadiana Park Nature Station & Trail
Alexandre Mouton House-Lafayette Museum
Blue Dog Cafe & Gallery
Children's Museum of Acadiana
City Park Golf Course
Cypress Lake, UL Lafayette Campus 
Downtown Murals 
Floyd Sonnier's Beau Cajun Art Gallery, Scott Jean Lafitte Acadian Cultural Center
Kart Ranch
Lafayette Art Association Gallery
Lafayette Natural History Museum & Planetarium
Louisiana Hockeyplex, Carencro 
Sans Souci Fine Craft Gallery
Shagwood Manor
St. John Cathedral, Museum, Oak & Cemetery
Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum
Vermilionville
Wortman Pottery Studio & Showroom 
Zoo of Acadiana

Eunice/Grand Coteau/Sunset

Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau
Cajun Music Hall of Fame, Eunice
Eunice Museum, Eunice
Liberty Theatre "Rendez-Vous Des Cajuns", Eunice
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center, Eunice

Washington/Opelousas/Ville Platte

Louisiana State Arboretum, Ville Platte
Chicot State Park, Ville Platte
Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino
Opelousas Museum & Interpretive Center
Opelousas Museum of Art
Washington Museum

Jennings/Crowley/Rayne

Chateau des Cocodries, Jennings
Strand Theatre, Jennings
W. H. Tupper General Merchandise Museum, Jennings
Zigler Museum, Jennings
City of Crowley
Crystal Rice Plantation, Crowley
Historic Rice Theatre, Crowley
Frog City Travel Plaza, Rayne
Frog Murals, Rayne

Abbeville/Erath/Kaplan/Gueydan

Abbeville Cultural & Historical Alliance Museum & Gallery
Abbeville Main Street
The Depot at Magdalen Place, Abbeville
St. Mary Magdalen Church, Abbeville
Acadian Museum, Erath
Farm Tours, Agri/Aqua Tours
Intracoastal Waterway
Le Musée de la Ville de Kaplan
Leland Bowman Locks, Intracoastal City
Intracoastal Waterway

Breaux Bridge/Henderson/Lake Martin

Atchafalaya Experience
Cajun Country Swamp Tours
McGee's Landing & Atchafalaya Basin Tours


St. Martinville

Acadian Memorial
African American Museum
Catfish Heaven Aquafarm
Duchamp Opera House
Evangeline Oak
Lake Fausse Point State Park
Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site
Petit Paris Museum
St. Martin de Tours Church Square

New Iberia/Avery Island/Loreauville

Jungle Gardens, Avery Island
Tabasco Pepper Sauce Factory, Avery Island
Conrad Rice Mill/Konriko Company Store, New Iberia
Rip Van Winkle Gardens, Jefferson Island
Shadows-on-the-Teche, New Iberia

Franklin/Charenton/Morgan City

Cypremort Point State Park
Cypress Bayou Casino, Charenton
Grevemberg House, Franklin
International Petroleum Museum & Exposition, Morgan City

Kids Are Tourists, Too!

Make your Cajun Country vacation child's play by adding some of these activities to your itinerary.

Acadian Village, Lafayette
Acadiana Park Nature Station & Trail, Lafayette
Cajun Dancing at one of our dancehall restaurants (Mulate's in Breaux Bridge, Prejean's and Randol's in Lafayette)
Catfish Heaven Aquafarm, St. Martinville
Chateau des Cocodries, Jennings
Chicot State Park, Ville Platte
Children's Museum of Acadiana, Lafayette
Cypremort Point State Park, Cypremort Point
Cypress Lake, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Girard Park, Lafayette
Jean Lafitte National Park Acadian Cultural Center, Lafayette
Jungle Gardens, Avery Island
Kart Ranch, Lafayette
Lafayette Natural History Museum & Planetarium
Lake Fausse Point State Park, St. Martinville
Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site, St. Martinville
Louisiana Hockeyplex, Carencro
Louisiana State Arboretum, Ville Platte
Swamp Tours (Atchafalaya Experience, Cajun Country Swamp Tours, McGee's Landing & Atchafalaya Basin Tours)
Tabasco Pepper Sauce Factory, Avery Island
Vermilionville, Lafayette
Zoo of Acadiana, Broussard