Iberia Parish | Louisiana

Savor the Difference in Iberia Parish

Iberia Parish | Louisiana

Travel Louisiana’s HOT and SWEET side… New Iberia, Avery Island, Jefferson Island, Jeanerette, Loreauville and Delcambre. 
Discover a rich captivating culture teeming with lush tropical gardens on tranquil islands, famous factories, museums, charming historic and cultural districts, stately plantation homes, art galleries, live theater, shopping, world-class fishing, scenic drives and walking tours, mystical swamps, meandering bayous, colorful birds, golf, canoeing, festivals, contagious Cajun and Zydeco music, and renowned cuisine.

Experience the heat in the midst of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area at Avery Island’s world-famous TABASCO® Factory Store; Jungle Gardens; Conrad Rice Mill, America’s oldest operating rice mill; and KONRIKO® Company Store.

Taste our cane sugar and learn about the industry and its history at the Jeanerette Sugar Museum; Bayou Teche Museum; and Shadows-on-the-Teche Plantation Home and Gardens, the first National Trust for Historic Preservation® property in the Gulf South.
Watch a salt mine swallow a lake at Rip Van Winkle Gardens on Jefferson Island, then tour Rip’s Rookery where roseate spoonbills nest every spring. Stop for lunch at our local restaurants and taste our Cajun, Creole and Asian delicacies.

Iberia Parish | Louisiana

Chase Dave Robicheaux along Bayou Teche and New Iberia’s national award-winning Main Street and Historic District, captured in the famed novels of New Iberia native and award-winning author James Lee Burke. Of course, you’ll want to allow time to smell 100 varieties of antique roses at Antique Rose Ville Tea Room and Gardens.

Laissez les bons temps rouler at our festivals and events, including the Cajun Hot Sauce Festival, Delcambre Shrimp Festival, Lydia Cajun Food Fest, Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival, World Championship Gumbo Cook-off, Mardi Gras, seafood and farmers markets, fishing rodeos, and more.

Come to Iberia Parish and savor an experience that is too hot to pass up and too sweet to skip!