|
|
Swathed in the romance of pirates, voodoo and
Mardi Gras, LOUISIANA is undeniably special. Its history is barely on
nodding terms with the view that America was the creation of the Pilgrim
Fathers; its way of life is proudly set apart. This is the land of the
rural, French-speaking Cajuns (descended from the Acadians,
eighteenth-century French-Canadian refugees), who live in the prairies and
swamps in the southwest of the state, and the Creoles of jazzy, sassy New
Orleans. (The term Creole was originally used to define anyone born in
the state to French or Spanish colonists - famed in the nineteenth century
for their masked balls, family feuds and duels - as well as native-born,
French-speaking slaves, but has since come to define anyone or anything
native to Louisiana, and in particular its black population.) Louisiana's
spicy home-cooked food , regular festivals and lilting French-based
dialect - and above all its music ( jazz, R&B, Cajun and its bluesy black
counterpart, zydeco) - draw from all these cultures. |
| |
|
|
| |
Find the lowest hotel rates in Louisiana |
|
|
|
Hotels in Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Hotels in Metairie, Louisiana |
|
|
Hotels in Alexandria, Louisiana |
Hotels in Monroe, Louisiana |
|
Hotels in Arcadia, Louisiana |
Hotels in Natchitoches, Louisiana |
|
Hotels in Bossier City, Louisiana |
Hotels in New Orleans, Louisiana |
|
Hotels in Denham Springs, Louisiana |
Hotels in Port Allen, Louisiana |
|
Hotels in Houma, Louisiana |
Hotels in Runston, Louisiana |
|
Hotels in Kinder, Louisiana |
Hotels in Shreveport, Louisiana |
|
Hotels in Lafayette, Louisiana |
Hotels in Sulphur, Louisiana |
|
Hotels in Lake Charles, Louisiana |
Hotels in Thibodaux, Louisiana |
|
Hotels in Laplace, Louisiana |
|
|
|
|
 |
Louisiana Attractions |
|
|
Alexandria Museum Of Art |
Horseshoe Casino |
|
American Rose Center |
Heymann
Performing Arts |
|
Aquarium Of The Americas |
Kent House Plantation |
|
Arna Bontemps Museum |
La Purchase Gardens &
Zoo |
|
Audubon Zoological Garden |
Louisiana Arts and Science
Center |
|
Baton Rouge
Ballet Theater |
Louisiana Children's Museum |
|
Baton
Rouge Blues Festival |
Louisiana
Peach Festival |
|
Blue Bayou Water Park |
Louisiana State Exhibit Museum |
|
Bonnie
Clyde Trade Days |
Louisiana Superdome |
|
Bourbon Street |
New Orleans
Mardi Gras |
|
Eighth Air Force
Museum |
New Orleans Museum Of Art |
|
|
French Quarter Festival |
Pete Maravich
Assembly |
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
Travelocity's Low Fare Alert searches thousands of flights for fares that can save you 20%* or more on your trip.
 |
Mardi
Gras starts on Feb 5, 2008.
Make your room reservations now! |
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
