Experience a Cajun paradise...Iberia Parish. With its unique culture and history,
Iberia Parish
offers visitors a place where past and present mingle in true Southern splendor. From
the historic district in New Iberia featuring Shadows-on-the-Teche and Episcopal Church of the
Epiphany to the world famous
Tabasco
Factory on Avery Island, Iberia Parish has something for
everyone. Enjoy a quiet stroll through
Live Oak Gardens
on Jefferson Island or the excitement
of an airboat tour on Lake Fausse Pointe. Indulge your passion for birding in Jungle Gardens.
Tour the oldest rice mill in the United States, Conrad Rice Mill. Then browse through Konriko
Company Store. The Jeanerette Museum features a pictorial history of the 200-year-old sugar
cane industry. In Delcambre, view South Louisiana's shrimp fleet. Iberia Parish has fishing and
golfing, antique shopping, bed & breakfast inns, campgrounds, a state park, fairs and
festivals.
Follow the Cajun coast along the Old Spanish Trail and visit what National Geographic
Traveler deemed "hauntingly beautiful land." Ninety minutes from New Orleans, Baton Rouge or
Lafayette,
St. Mary Parish
has a wealth of attractions, recreational activities including
fishing and camping, restaurants and accommodations including campgrounds and one state
park to satisfy your "wanderlust." Two historic districts with over 450 properties, a war
memorial, a memorial strip, a great seawall, a Carillon bell tower, plantation homes, swamp
tours including a walking tour, Johnny's Time in a Bottle, the Chitimacha Indian Museum, a
Mardi Gras museum, an aviation museum, the state's first land-based casino, a soon-to-open Oil
Rig Museum, craft and gift shops and over sixteen fairs and festivals including the Shrimp and
Petroleum Festival, the Cypress Sawmill Festival, Festival Sur la Teche, Mardi Gras, Christmas,
and July 4th festivities promise a Cajun bon temps good time!
