Blue Moon Guest House

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This tidy home is one of Louisiana's best travel finds: an upscale hostel-like hangout within walking distance from downtown. Snag a bed and you're on the guest list for Lafayette's most popular down-home music venue, located in the backyard. The friendly owners, full kitchen and camaraderie create a unique music-meets-migration environment catering to backpackers, flashpackers and those in transition (flashbackpackers?).

Prices skyrocket during festival time. Fair warning: this is decidedly not a quiet spot.

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1. Children's Museum of Acadiana

0.34 MILES

Lafayette's children's museum is a pretty good spot to kill half a day with younger kids. There's a TV studio, fake dentist office (yay?), bubble 'factory…

2. Vermilionville

1.29 MILES

This tranquil, recreated 19th-century Cajun village wends along the bayou near the airport. Friendly, enthusiastic costumed docents explain Cajun, Creole…

3. Acadian Cultural Center

1.38 MILES

This National Parks Service museum has extensive exhibits on Cajun culture and is a good entry point for those looking to peer deeper into Acadian…

4. Acadian Village

5.45 MILES

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5. Lake Martin

6.82 MILES

This lake – a mossy green dollop surrounded by thin trees and cypress trunks – serves as a wonderful, easily accessible introduction to bayou landscapes…

6. Shadows on the Teche

19.12 MILES

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7. Opelousas Museum & Interpretive Center

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8. Jungle Gardens

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