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id: "2066"
name: Bayou Teche National Scenic Byway
distance: "183"
duration: Half-day to two days for self-guided tour
description: This byway follows the most famous bayou in Louisiana, running through a land that is rich in Cajun and Creole culture, covered with elegant moss-draped oaks, and dotted with Southern mansions.
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websites:
  - url: https://byways.explorelouisiana.com/byway/bayou-teche-byway
    name: Louisiana Byways
  - url: https://nsbfoundation.com/nb/bayou-teche-national-scenic-byway/
    name: National Scenic Byway Association
attractions:
  - url: https://stmartinville.org/attractions/
    name: African-American Museum
  - url: https://www.arnaudvillela.com/
    name: Arnaudville
  - url: https://www.atchafalaya.org/
    name: Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
  - url: https://www.junglegardens.org/
    name: Avery Island Jungle Gardens
  - url: https://bayoutechemuseum.org/
    name: Bayou Teche Museum
  - url: https://www.techeproject.org/bayou-teche-paddle-trail/about-2/
    name: Bayou Teche National Paddle Trail
  - url: https://breauxbridgela.net/tourism/walking-tour/
    name: Breaux Bridge Historic District
  - url: https://cajuncoast.com/
    name: Cajun Coast Welcome Center
  - url: https://www.chitimacha.gov/attractions-accommodations/museum
    name: Chitimacha Museum
  - url: https://www.conradrice.com/
    name: Conrad Rice Mill & Konriko® Company Store
  - url: https://www.lastateparks.com/parks-preserves/cypremort-point-state-park
    name: Cypremort Point State Park
  - url: https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/cypress-island/
    name: Cypress Island Preserve
  - url: https://www.cityofnewiberia.com/historic-downtown
    name: Downtown New Iberia Historic District
  - url: https://stmartinville.org/attractions/
    name: Evangeline Oak Park
  - url: https://www.franklin-la.com/category/subcategory.php?categoryid=6
    name: Franklin Historic District
  - url: https://stmarylandmarks.org/
    name: Grevemberg House Museum
  - url: https://www.jeanerettelandmarks.org/
    name: Harry B. Hewes House
  - url: https://www.iberiatravel.com/
    name: Iberia Parish Visitors Center
  - url: https://www.rigmuseum.com/
    name: International Petroleum Museum and Exposition
  - url: https://www.jeanerettemuseum.com/
    name: Jeanerette Museum
  - url: https://ripvanwinklegardens.com/
    name: Jefferson Island Rip Van Winkle Gardens
  - url: https://www.lastateparks.com/parks-preserves/lake-fausse-pointe-state-park
    name: Lake Fausse Point State Park
  - url: https://lejeunesbakery.com/
    name: LeJeune's Bakery
  - url: https://www.lastateparks.com/historic-sites/longfellow-evangeline-state-historic-site
    name: Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site
  - url: https://www.morgan-city.com/about-us-sub/history
    name: Morgan City Historic District
  - url: https://www.shadowsontheteche.org/
    name: Shadows-on-the-Teche
  - url: https://cajuncoast.com/10-things-to-know-about-the-southwest-reef-lighthouse/
    name: Southwest Reef Lighthouse
  - url: https://stmartinville.org/attractions/
    name: St. Martinville Historic District
  - url: https://stmartinville.org/attractions/
    name: St. Martinville Tourist Information Center
  - url: https://www.tabasco.com/visit-avery-island/
    name: Tabasco Factory Tours and Country Store
  - url: https://cajuncoast.com/?groups-meetings=great-wall
    name: The Great Wall
  - url: https://louisianastatemuseum.org/museum/wedell-williams-aviation-cypress-sawmill-museum
    name: Wedell-Williams Aviation & Cypress Sawmill Museum
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  - National Scenic Byway
states:
  - LA
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Teche Country is off the beaten path and is a little wild with its lush vegetation and hauntingly beautiful moss-draped oaks. Following the scenic route that meanders alongside the Bayou Teche, a stream that twists and turns for 125 miles through the semi-tropical land of southern Louisiana, is a journey into the geographical heart of Acadiana.

Once described as the "most richly storied of the interior waters, and the most opulent," this body of water was the center of a booming cypress industry in the early 1900s. The traveler can get a firsthand glimpse of giant oaks with 150-foot reach, trailing moss sometimes a yard below the branches, along the brown-watered stream. The opulent Greek Revival mansions scattered here and there along it appeared on the landscape as a result of the "sugar money" derived from the area's most abundant crop, sugarcane. If the traveler stops in the small villages and towns that have built up along the bayou, she or he can hear the authentic and uncorrupted dialect of the Acadian people.