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Fly Drive USA

Louisiana Sampler

Begins in and ends in New Orleans, Louisiana

  • 12 Days / 11 Nights
  • All year round

Music, food, culture and history fuse together to provide Louisiana’s heartbeat. This incredible 10-night journey includes stops in New Orleans, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Shreveport and more. The fly-drive also includes:

  • Round trip scheduled flights
  • Intermediate 4 door car hire including insurances
  • Accommodations as stated

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Day 4, 5

Lafayette

138mi / 222km

Your journey commences southwest into Cajun Country. Visits to Southdown Plantation House and The Terrebonne Museum will give you an insight into the areas unique plantation history and Bayou Terrebonne Wildlife Museum brings to life the importance of the state’s waterways. Next, why not relive the golden age of aviation at Louisiana State Museum in Patterson or perhaps take a visit to Avery Island, where you can tour the Tabasco factory? Lafayette is home to The Acadian Cultural Center, the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Lafayette Natural History Museum and Acadian Village.

DoubleTree by Hilton, Lafayette
Day 6

Alexandria

103mi / 166km

Travelling north towards Eunice, the Cajun Hall of Fame and Savoy Music Center are definitely great stops. Alexandria will be your final stop for the day; a charming and supposedly haunted town in the heart of Louisiana.

Courtyard by Marriott, Alexandria
Day 7

Natchitoches & Shreveport

127mi / 204km

It’s a short but scenic drive today as your route runs adjacent to Kisatchie National Forest. Natchitoches, Louisiana’s oldest town is a great stop where you can tour the French colonial Fort St Jean Baptiste. Next, continue north towards Shreveport. Sample delicious Cajun cuisine, head to a local jazz club or try your luck in one of the casinos.

Hilton Shreveport
Day 8

Vicksburg & Jackson

176mi / 283km

Spanning Louisiana, today’s journey takes you from the far west to the far east of the state, and crosses the state border into Mississippi. En route, visit the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum in Gibsland, which sits in the location where the outlaws ate their very last meal before meeting their fate just a few miles away. Vicksburg, Mississippi, is a great town where fascinating historic sites, archietecture and antebellum mansions await you.

Anchuca Historic Mansion & Inn, Vicksburg
Day 9

Natchez

93mi / 150km

Get your cameras ready as today you travel the famous Natchez Trace Parkway. Historic sites en route include the Grand Gulf Military Park, Port Gibson, the Windsor Ruins, Mount Locust Inn, Church Hill and Emerald Mound. Tonight you’ll stay in an antebellum home in the pretty city of Natchez.

Monmouth Historic Inn, Natchez
Day 10, 11

Baton Rouge

94mi / 151km

Leaving Mississippi, you cross back into Louisiana en route to Baton Rouge your base for the last two nights. The state capital, Baton Rouge has a diverse range of arts, culture and cuisine. A bustling metropolis, there’s a choice of two great malls, and the evening music scence of jazz, blues and rock is exceptional. Be sure to visit the USS Kidd and Old State Capitol.

DoubleTree by Hilton, Baton Rouge
Day 12

Journey Home

69mi / 111km

Heading east brings you back into the heart of Plantation Country. Your route takes you between Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain before returning to New Orleans Airport where you return your rental car and check-in for your flight back to the UK.


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