Lafayette, Louisiana City Guide
For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Lafayette, Louisiana Travel Guide has been your connection to Lafayette's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
Lafayette Attractions
 The Lafayette Natural History Museum & Planetarium uses a variety of means to present science, technology and history. The bed and breakfast visitor can enjoy exhibits, planetarium shows, hands-on interactive venues, films and workshops to explore science and technology. The building itself has received rewards for urban redesign, reuse and dramatic interior design. Lafayette’s Acadian Cultural Center is one of six sites that form the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, a wonderful place for the bed and breakfast historian explore the Acadian heritage. Explore the bayous on a guided boat tour to understand how the inhabitants worked the land in order to earn a living. The Lafayette Museum/ Alexandre Mouton House is the historic antebellum house of Louisiana’s first Democratic governor that today serves as the Lafayette Museum. Enjoy the antiques, art, documents and colorful costumes from past Mardi Gras. For the Lafayette bed and breakfast youngsters, the Children’s Museum of Acadiana is the place to be. The museum is a magnificent bonding experience for the whole family as you interact in the hands-on opportunities featuring art, literature, music, and body movement. Each visit offers something new. Lafayette’s Acadiana Center for the Arts supports the local population and the visiting tourists, through changing exhibits, the opportunity to keep abreast of the Lafayette art and craft world. When booking your Lafayette bed and breakfast reservations, be sure to ask your innkeeper about the latest upcoming events, exhibits, and concerts during your stay. Acadian Village offers the bed and breakfast visitor insight into authentic Louisiana Acadian society of the nineteenth century. The restoration, to the original appearance, creates a historical flashback.
While taking a Lafayette bed and breakfast respite, be to sure to take full advantage of the great Louisiana outdoors. Lafayette’s warm year-round climate allows for the ultimate opportunity to soak up the rays, and the gorgeous surrounding scenery. Put on your hiking shoes, rent a mountain bike, or enjoy an afternoon of canoeing or bird watching along the swamps and bayous just outside the doors of your bed and breakfast accommodations. A guided swamp tour is always a good option for the bed and breakfast visitor to explore the Lafayette sites. Ask your bed and breakfast innkeepers for local vendors and tour guides, and they will be sure to connect you with knowledgeable natives to make your Lafayette experience the best it could be. For the golf lovers, take a swing on the golfing green, and take in the incredible panorama. There are several courses to choose from, all skill levels are welcomed. Be sure to consult your bed and breakfast host to find the best course to compliment your swing.
Lafayette is full of celebration and festivities on a weekly basis. Bed and breakfast travelers can look forward to partaking in Cajun tradition, Zydeco music, a crawfish boil, or a street dance upon visitation. Lafayette is a city that knows how to party, and welcomes all bed and breakfasts guests to join in the fun under the sun. Your bed and breakfast innkeepers are your best resource for the latest happening in Lafayette.
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