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Known for its amazing food, mystifying music and all-around engaging personality, this charming state draws travellers to book Louisiana flights each year.
In August 2005, thousands of visitors flocked to Louisiana to help rebuild the state after Hurricane Katrina's devastating effects, and provided homes for those who lost everything in the hurricane. The Louisiana spirit prevailed and today, the state and its famous town New Orleans continue to thrive thanks to travellers on Louisiana flights.
Visitors booking flights to Louisiana head south for the fantastic food, outstanding music, and Louisiana hospitality, but there's more to Louisiana than the French Quarter and Bourbon Street. Nature lovers can find cheap flights to Louisiana during the eight-month hunting season. Rent a bike and tour plantation country, or find a fishing spot at one of Louisiana’s 150 lakes, bayous, streams, or wetlands.
Whether the flight to Louisiana lands you in the heart of New Orleans or hiking in the outskirts of the Gulf Coast, any trip to the Bayou State is an awesome experience.
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Peak Season:The Gulf Coast is busiest April to September, but remains warm and inviting year-round.
In winter, Christmas, New Year, Carnival, and Mardi Gras keep New Orleans jam-packed. Carnival begins January 6 and continues until midnight of Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is the final blowout on Fat Tuesday.
Natchitoches is busiest in December for its City of Light Festival.
Off Season:If you like heat and humidity, visit New Orleans in July and August. Along the Gulf Coast, fishing is popular during the off season, and the autumn is a good time to visit Louisiana.
Regional airports serve the state, there is train service via New Orleans and Lafayette, and buses connect the larger and smaller towns. Two major highways cross the state and another runs north-south. Driving is a great way to see the state, especially regions like Cajun country and northern Louisiana.
For city destinations, walking is usually the best way to see the sights. New Orleans’ attractions, hotels, and events are within walking distance of each other. Of course, at least one mule-drawn carriage ride would be fun. There is also a public transportation system with the RTA buses, streetcars and trolleys, and the riverboats. In fact, once you have arrived in New Orleans, not only do you not need a car, parking can be expensive and hard to come by.
Baton Rouge has local bus service. The best way to explore Natchitoches, setting for the film Steel Magnolias, is on foot, but getting around Lafayette requires either a car or taxis. Shreveport has taxis, buses, and shuttles.
There are several airports for travellers taking flights to Louisiana including:
Alexandria International Airport (AEX) (website: www.aexairport.org)
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) (website: http://www.flybtr.com)
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) (website: www.flymsy.com)
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Tennessee WilliamsSet in the steamy French quarter New Orleans, Williams’s hugely popular play tells of the faded Southern belle Blanche DuBois as she arrives to visit her sister Stella Kowalski and her brutal husband Stanley.
Michael OndaatjeOndaatje’s fictionalised life of New Orleans jazz musician Buddy Bolden.
Kate ChopinExcellent book of short stories located in and around New Orleans. The title story, The Awakening, shocked readers of the time (1899); it describes how 28-year-old Edna Pontellier comes to reject her traditional life as a businessman’s wife after a summer holiday in Grande Isle.
John Kennedy O’TooleAmusing novel of the absurd daily occurrences that take place in New Orleans.
W. Thomas AngersIf you fell for the Cajun cooking on your holiday, recreate it once you get home with this comprehensive cookery book.
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