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Acadia Parish - The Cajun Prairie

Travel the Zydeco Cajun Prairie Byway and visit Kelly's Landing Agricultural Museum & Aqua Culture tour on crawfish & rice to learn about the importance of agriculture in our parish while viewing his remarkable collection of toy farm equipment.

Come visit the heart of the “Cajun Prairie”, Acadia Parish, Louisiana.

Visitors are offered a host of unique attractions, from Acadia history and folklore to year round festivals and events. In Crowley, home of the International Rice Festival, tour the Historic Crowley Ford Motor Company, built in 1920 and the Rice Interpretive Center and the J.D. Miller Recording Studio.

Travel the Zydeco Cajun Prairie Byway and visit Kelly’s Landing Agricultural Museum & Aqua Culture tour on crawfish & rice to learn about the importance of agriculture in our parish while viewing his remarkable collection of toy farm equipment.

Visit Charlene Richard’s grave for prayer and meditation. (A proposed Cajun Saint in nearby Richard, La.) In Rayne, see why the city is known as the Frog Capital of the World and the Louisiana city of Murals and home of the Frog Festival & go see St. Joseph’s Cemetery graves facing North and South which is listed in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not”.

In Church Point visit the Le Vieux Presbytere Museum with mud walls (called bousillage) and go by the Cajun Gift Shop. Tour the German Heritage Museum in Roberts Cove. Relax in one of our fine motels or unforgettable B&B or at an RV Campground. Enjoy our Cajun Cooking & tap your feet to the unique beat of the Zydeco music and dance the ‘Cajun two step’. Consider this an invitation to experience what locals call…

Joie de vivre (a little joy of living)

Web Site address https://acadiatourism.org

Facebook address https://www.facebook.com/acadia2108

Phone number 1-877-783-2109

Address 401 Tower Road Crowley, LA 70526

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