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id: "2079"
name: Zydeco Cajun Prairie Scenic Byway
distance: "233"
duration: Allow two full days to travel the three driving loops within the overall byway.
description: "The region encompassed by the Zydeco-Cajun Prairie Scenic Byway is a hotbed of Cajun culture and Zydeco music."
contact: "**[St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission](http://www.cajuntravel.com/)**  \r\n1-877-948-8004 (toll-free)  "
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.zydecocajunbyway.com/"
    name: Zydeco Cajun Prairie Scenic Byway
designations: 
  - Louisiana State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - LA
ll: 
  - -92.42349200015565
  - 30.799529999609774
bounds: 
  - - -92.4684369998676
    - 29.998159000037788
  - - -91.74111899964208
    - 31.014379999637242

---

<p>The Zydeco-Cajun Prairie Scenic Byway traverses Acadia, St.
Landry, and Evangeline parishes, running through numerous small and
medium-sized towns, historic districts, picturesque lakes and
recreation areas, rich agricultural lands, and mile after mile of
open prairieland and wooded areas.</p>
<p>Unique regional and ethnic characteristics converge in this
area, forming a rich cultural gumbo like nowhere else in the world.
The attractions of the area include live Cajun and Zydeco music,
world-famous Cajun cooking, bed and breakfast accommodations,
memorabilia of Jim Bowie of Alamo fame, Southern mansions, Civil
War battle sites and reenactments, top-notch fishing, boating, and
camping, a variety of museums, antique malls and shops, and the
famous Fred Tate&#8217;s Lounge in Mamou.</p>
<p>The traveler should visit the following communities:</p>
<ul>
<li>Crowley: Rice Capital of the World</li>
<li>Eunice: Prairie Cajun Capital</li>
<li>Washington: The Williamsburg of Louisiana</li> <li>Opelousas: A Post on the
Old Spanish Trail</li>
<li>Church Point: Cajun Musicians Capital of the
World</li>
<li>Rayne: Frog Capital of the World</li>
</ul>