Louisiana

THE SPORTSMAN’S PARADISE STATE

Tourist Information in the UK: Louisiana Office of Tourism and New Orleans Metropolitan, CVB. PO Box 815, Bromley, Kent, BR1 9WS. Tel: 0208 460 8473 E-mail: neworleans@ttmworld.co.uk and louisiana@ttmworld.co.uk Web: www.LouisianaTravel.com and www.neworleanscvb.com
Louisiana

Land Area 47,000 square miles
Population 4,339,000
State Capital Baton Rouge
Largest City New Orleans
Local Time CST - 6 hrs behind the UK. Daylight Savings Time observed.
Climate Summers are long and warm and winters are mild. Moderate rainfall throughout the year, the driest months are April/May and October/November.
Ntl Parks Poverty Point National Monument, Cane River National Heritage Area.

Louisiana consists of five regions, all of which boast fabulous cuisine, music, hundreds of year round festivals, exotic history, Tax Free Shopping and good ol’ southern hospitality.

Sportsman’s Paradise offers outdoor activities including the world famous Shreveport Rose Gardens and a 3,000 year old Native American site near the city of Monroe.

Crossroads has the beautiful town of Natchitoches, built in 1714. This was the original French colony in Louisiana and is home to the famous ‘Christmas Light’ Festival featured in the film Steel Magnolias.

Cajun Country, where the French Colonists settled in the 1750’s, is the centre of the Cajun culture. Lafayette boasts living museums showing all aspects of Cajun life during the 1700’s - food, music, dance and culture.

Plantation Country lines the Mississippi with stunning and elegant plantation homes reflecting a genteel lifestyle. Home to the state capital, Baton Rouge, the state government sat in the old art deco State Capitol Building.

New Orleans built in the 1700’s, known as the city that never sleeps and described as fascinating, mysterious, opulent & historical. New Orleans is packed with activities, fabulous music, food, museums, natural history, street cars, historic districts, theme parks, shopping, riverboats, Mardi Gras ... the list goes on.

  Louisiana

STRANGE BUT TRUE ...
The two biggest Mardi Gras carnival krewes toss over 1.5 million cups, 2.5 million doubloons and 200,000 sets of beads into the crowd in a single day.

LOOK OUT FOR ...
Britney Spears, whose hometown of Kentwood is just Northeast of New Orleans.

IF YOU ONLY SEE ONE THING ...
Mardi Gras in New Orleans - the biggest carnival in the USA, and the party to which everybody is invited.

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