Local Attractions:
- Centrally located in the city center, close to all area attractions, including Southern plantations, historical villages, Civil War battlegrounds, shopping, hunting, and theaters.
- ?? mile from Lafayette General Hospital
- ?? mile from Girard Park, a spacious city park where you can walk on the trail and pass beneath the spreading oaks or beside the lake.
- 1 mile from Lafayette Natural History Museum and Planetarium
- 2 miles from University of Southwestern Louisiana and Cypress Lake, over 16,000 students from all over the world. Cypress Lake is a natural swamp and contains live alligators.
- 3 miles from Vermilionville, a living history attraction featuring Acadian and Creole structures, music and a cooking school.
- 4 miles from Cajun Dome and convention center
- 4 miles from Lafayette Museum, built in the 1800's, was once the home of Louisiana's first Democratic governor. The museum houses memorabilia and documents of the Civil War, period furnishings, and Mardi Gras costumes.
- 4 miles from St. John Cathedral, cemetery and oak tree. The cathedral structure is Dutch Gothic built in 1916. A 500-year-old oak tree with a girth of 28 feet and limb span of 145 feet. Many of Lafayette's founders, including two Civil War generals, are buried in the cemetery.
- 7 miles from the historical Acadian Village
- 9 miles from Evangeline Downs, the excitement of thoroughbred horse racing, video poker and off track betting all rolled into one. Racing season is April to Labor Day.
- 10 miles from Zoo of Acadiana, travel the boardwalk through our lush 37-acre park, 500 birds in a two-acre aviary or with animals in natural habitats. Stand within five feet of lions, tigers and bears.
- 15 miles from Saint Martinsville Evangeline Park, which contains the famous Evangeline Oak tree where the legendary heroine of Longfellow's poem, "Evangeline" waited in vain for her lover Gabriel. Near the exterior of the church is the tomb of Emmeline Labiache upon whom Longfellow based his poem.
- 20 miles from Avery Island, home of the world-famous Tabasco sauce, factory open to the public. Also on the island is a Jungle Gardens, a 200-acre tropical garden and bird and wildlife sanctuary.
- 20 miles from swamp tours, follow the levee of the Atchafalaya Basin at Henderson to experience the haunting, mysterious beauty of moss-covered Cypress trees.
- 20 miles from Jefferson Island, plantation homes and gardens
- 30 miles from deep sea fishing in the Gulf of Mexico
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