Lesser-known Louisiana
Get a taste of a different Louisiana in Lafayette, said Margie Goldsmith in National Geographic Traveler. Situated about 50 miles west of Baton Rouge, Lafayette is neither as busy as that crowded capital nor as touristy as New Orleans. But it’s the kind of town where you can hear “knee-slappin’ music from morning till night, all year long.” Start the day at the “get-up-and-dance” zydeco breakfast at Café Des Amis, then set off to explore “one of the most culturally unique cities in the South.” Stop at Vermilionville, a Cajun/Creole heritage park that offers live music and cooking classes, where you can learn to make “local temptations” such as the powdered-sugar pastries known as beignets. You can catch a glimpse of an alligator in a swamp at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then finish the visit downtown at McGee’s, dining on crawfish étouffée, gumbo, and, yes, gator.
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