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Baton Rouge Holidays, Hotels & Travel Guide
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Baton Rouge Holidays Overview
A guide to holidays in Baton Rouge - Situated about 75 miles (121km) northwest of New
Orleans along Louisiana's winding 'Great River Road', Baton Rouge,
the state capital, is in the middle of plantation country.
Surrounded by sugar cane fields and grand plantation homes, haunted
southern mansions and beautiful gardens along the banks of the
mighty Mississippi, the city is filled with historic buildings and
a vibrant nightlife.
Baton Rouge was named by
French explorer D'Iberville about 300 years ago when he found a red
stick on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi. Today the one-time
swampland settlement is the fifth largest port city in America,
known for its riverboat casinos where high-stakes gambling, stage
shows and Cajun cuisine reign supreme. The city has an academic
side too, being home to Louisiana State University and Southern
University, the largest historically African-American university in
the nation. There are museums aplenty, art galleries, a planetarium
and active theatre and ballet companies to complete the scene in
this dynamic and diverse city. Incidentally, Baton Rouge also has
the tallest Capitol building in the United States: an art deco
building dating from 1932 standing 34 storeys
high.
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Baton Rouge
holidays - Top Places To Go
1. Rural Life Museum and Windrush Gardens
LSU Burden Research Plantation, 4650 Essen Lane (off of
the 1-10 between Baton Rouge and New Orleans)
rurallife.lsu.edu/html/aboutrlm.html |
What is it? Situated on the Burden Research Plantation,
run by the Louisiana State University, is the Rural Life Museum and
Windrush Gardens. The museum features an extensive collection of
tools, household utensils, furniture, vehicles and farming
implements, some outdoors and others housed in more than 20
buildings that depict the lifestyle of pre-industrial 19th-century
Louisiana.
Hours of Operation: 8.30am to 5pm daily, all year round
Phone:(225) 765 2437 |
2. Old State Capitol
100 North Boulevard at River Road
www.sec.state.la.us/museums/osc/osc/osc-index.htm |
What is it? The historic Old State Capitol Gothic
building, once described by Mark Twain as being 'the ugliest thing
on the Mississippi', sits on a bluff overlooking the river and
today operates as a centre for political and governmental history.
The building was completed in 1849 and housed the Louisiana
Legislature until Union forces captured the city of Baton Rouge in
1862. The legislature returned to the building in 1882 and stayed
until the new capitol was completed in 1932. The old Capitol has
now been restored and houses a museum featuring state-of-the-art
interactive exhibits and multi-media presentations detailing
Louisiana's past and political history.
Hours of Operation: Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm; Sunday 12pm to 4pm;
closed Mondays (except during April & May)
Phone:(225) 342 0500 |
3. Nautical Center
305 South River Road
www.usskidd.com |
What is it? A highlight of the Baton Rouge Nautical
Center is the restored 369ft (112m) World War II Fletcher Class
Destroyer, USS Kidd, which is the prime exhibit. Overnight camping
experiences on the ship are offered. The center also features a
huge collection of model ships, a restored World War II fighter
plane, a jet fighter from the Vietnam era and a walk-through
exhibit of the gun deck of Old Ironsides.
Hours of Operation: Daily 9am to 5pm
Phone:(225) 342 1942 |
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