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ACADIA PARISH
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. Learn the history of rice production at the
Rice Interpretive Center and visit the J.D. Miller Recording
Studio, the oldest recording studio in continous existence in
the state of Lousiana. Travel the Zydeco Cajun Prairie
Byway and visit Kelly’s Landing Agricultural Museum &
Aqua Culture Tour to learn about the importance of
agriculture in our parish while viewing his remarkable
collection of toy farm equipment. In Rayne, see why the
city is known as the Frog Capital of the World and the
Louisiana City of Murals and home to the Frog Festival. In
Church Point, visit the Le Vieux Presbytere Museum with
mud walls (called bousillage). Tour the German Heritage
Museum in Roberts Cove.
877-783-2109
acadiatourism.org
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