Three weeks to discover Louisiana

Highlights of the trip

Culture / Heritage
Faune and flora
Discovery
Adventure / Sports & Leisure

During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora, Discovery, Adventure / Sports & Leisure.

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The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne, Hiver.

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The map of your stay "Three weeks to discover Louisiana"

Detail of the stay : Three weeks to discover Louisiana

  • New Orleans
  • New Orleans
  • New Orleans
  • New Orleans
  • Marrero
  • Marrero
  • Lafitte
  • New Orleans
  • Houma
  • Avery Island
  • Avery Island
  • Lafayette
  • Lafayette
  • Henderson
  • Lafayette
  • Lafayette
  • Breaux Bridge
  • Crowley
  • Crowley
  • Lake Charles
  • Lake Charles
  • Sulphur
  • Sulphur
  • Opelousas
  • Opelousas
  • Alexandria - Pineville
  • Natchitoches
  • Kisatchie National Forest
  • St. Francisville
  • St. Francisville
  • Baton Rouge
  • Natchez
  • Ferriday
  • Shreveport - Bossier City
  • Baton Rouge
  • Baton Rouge
  • Baton Rouge
  • Baton Rouge
  • Baton Rouge
  • Plaquemine
  • Mandeville
  • Covington
  • Covington
  • Covington
  • Bush
  • Bush
  • Lacombe
  • New Orleans
  • New Orleans

How to get there - La Nouvelle-Orléans

Day 1

Arrival in New Orleans

La Nouvelle-Orléans.

Most flights to New Orleans land in the late afternoon. The evening will be devoted to counteracting jet lag and getting used to the local climate. For the brave, you can take a walk down Bourbon Street and the Vieux Carré for a first go-cup.

Vieux Carré

Bourbon Street Crowd, New Orleans.

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You can stay around the Vieux Carré (Old street). Why not take a look at to understand the importance, cultural and historical during Mardi Gras. In the evening, you can either start strolling along the busy street of Louisiana after  a po-boy on the go, or settle comfortably at the Grecian Harbor, or any other club of the , an Abita in hand to get immersed in jazz atmosphere.

Places of interest : THE CABILDO

Cruise on Mississippi

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Embark on a cruise on the Mississippi river aboard the Natchez, one of the last real sailing boats, and enjoy the short introduction of New Orleans. Lunch on board, then once you land, enter into Jackson Square where the street artists abound. On the evening menu, gumbo or jambalaya.

Places of interest : JACKSON SQUARE

Day 4

North Rampart and the Voodoo Culture

Make a guided tour of the New Orleans's cemeteries: it is also a good way to back in time and to get immersed in the voodoo culture, particularly centered around North Rampart. 

Lafitte and the Barataria Nature Reserve

Le streetcar de la Nouvelle-Orléans.

Steps: Lafitte

Leave early in the morning for a more naturalist excursion towards Lafitte, a ( ).

Places of interest : BARATARIA PRESERVE

Algiers Point and Mississippi

Swamp tour dans la région de Houma.

Steps: La Nouvelle-Orléans

Plan a quiet day before the departure for the cajun country. Cross Mississippi and walk through Algiers Point (ferry trip), quiet and typical neighbourhood, isolated and therefore away from the crowds of tourists.

Entering the Cajun Country

Steps: Houma

Leave New Orleans for a few days to discover the Cajun Country. Go through the bayou towards Houma where you can find a safe haven in Betty's marsh. In the evening, get familiar with the Cajun French in a "fais-dodo".

Day 8

Journey amidst bayou

Cypress Lake sur le campus de la University of Louisiana à Lafayette.

This is the day of your immersion into the depth of the wild bayou. Many addresses offer swamp tours to meet the inhabitants of the marshes: alligators, hyacinth, Spanish moss and bald cedar... If you have an opportunity, spend the night in a house-boat.

Heading to Lafayette

Bayou Vermilion à Lafayette.

Steps: Henderson

Heading to Lafayette. You can enjoy a spicy lunch at the Avery Island. Pass through Henderson.

Places of interest : TABASCO FAN EXPERIENCE ACADIAN CULTURAL CENTER

Lafayette

Crystal Rice Plantation.

Steps: Breaux Bridge

Once in Lafayette, take a look at Breaux Bridge.

Places of interest : VERMILIONVILLE LIVING HISTORY MUSEUM

Lake Charles and Crowley

Steps: Lake Charles

Lake Charles and its casinos are a change of scenery after a few days with the Cajuns. On the road, go to Crowley, capital of rice, and its Crystal Rice plantation where beautiful crayfish are raised.

Places of interest : CRYSTAL RICE PLANTATION HERITAGE FARM

Creole Nature Trail

Steps: Sulphur

The Creole Nature Trail is a trail that leaves Lake Charles and gets close the Gulf of Mexico; The opportunity to take a walk in airboat to discover the fauna and flora. In the evening you can play slot machine.

Places of interest : CREOLE NATURE TRAIL

Crossroads Region

Maison de Shreveport.

Steps: Kisatchie National Forest

Opelousas will be your last stop in Cajun country: an opportunity for a recap during the visit to Old Town. Via Alexandria, you will reach the Crossroads Region. On the Cane River, you start to see some beautiful planter's homes before stopping at the quiet Kisatchie Forest. If you're equipped, spend the night there. Otherwise, sleep in a beautiful B&B in Natchitoches, the birthplace of Louisiana.

Places of interest : LE VIEUX VILLAGE HERITAGE PARK & MUSEUM

Shreveport and St Francisville

Baton Rouge.

Steps: Shreveport - Bossier City

To complete your itinerary, go through Ferriday. This town can boast of having welcomed the greatest names of the blues. Then go down to Baton Rouge by choosing Hwy -61: You land on to St. Francisville; Try to take a good night's rest at plantation (haunted).

Places of interest : THE MYRTLES PLANTATION

Country of plantations

Steps: Baton Rouge

You are in the country of plantations. After a good lunch at Magnolia Café, go to the Baton Rouge and its capitol, the Capitol Park Museum and the USS Kidd, a warship converted into a museum. Walk on the dam at sunset and rest in a hotel not far from the I-10.

Places of interest : LOUISIANA'S OLD STATE CAPITOL LOUISIANA STATE CAPITOL CAPITOL PARK MUSEUM USS KIDD VETERANS MUSEUM

Evergreen and Laura Plantations

Steps: Plaquemine

It's time to go back slowly to New Orleans. Past the town of Plaquemine, whose lock is worth a detour, stop on the road lined with sugar cane fields in two or three plantations. Whitney, Evergreen or Laura are strongly recommended.

Northshore

Steps: Covington

Spend two days on Northshore, the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain. Mandeville, Covington are historic small and charming towns, one for its lake front promenade, the other for its old bricks.

Norhtshore

Aigrette dans le bayou.

Steps: Lacombe

Always in Northshore At choice, effort or comfort. Kayaking on the Cane or Lacombe bayou to meet nice animals with big jaws or tastings in the followed by the visit of the ... or both, but it's better to start with kayaking.

Places of interest : WILD BUSH FARM + VINEYARD ABITA BREWING CO.

New Orleans, Treme and Garden District

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You can spend your last moments in New Orleans either for a guided tour of Trémé and/or a tour aboard the famous "Streetcar named desire" to Garden District, or to make your latest purchases in Magazine Street or for a last breath of history and adventure with the . A last drink within jazz atmosphere if you will leave in the early morning.

Places of interest : THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM


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