The Holiday Inn Houma is located in the heart of Americas’ wetlands and home of Cajun culture and adventure. Less than an hour from New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico, you can have the experience of exciting swamp tours, fiery Cajun cuisine, exotic wildlife parks, historic plantation tours, Mardi Gras celebrations and much, much more. Houma is a year-round haven that offers memorable travel experiences and good times. The choices are too numerous to mention so we’ve just listed a handful below to give you a tantalizing taste of our local attractions.
Mardi Gras.... Come experience a "real" fun-filled, colorful, Cajun Mardi Gras celebration in Houma, Louisiana. Just a few miles from the Holiday Inn Houma you will enjoy the second largest Mardi Gras celebration in all of Louisiana, not to mention you are less than an hour from the largest celebration in New Orleans. It offers all the fun and excitement of spectacular parades, decorative floats, tons of great throws and an abundance of safe family events. Come experience all that you have heard about.
Bayou Terrebonne Water Life Museum.... Located just a few minutes from the Holiday Inn Houma, this museum is one of the most unique attractions of this historic city in Terrebonne parish. A visit to this museum shows how life along the southern Louisiana coast has been shaped by cultural, industrial, and ecological events. The museum preserves the historical connection with the seafood, water transportation, and other water related occupations. The museum honors the economic, social, and historical culture of Terrebonne parish through interactive display. You can also enjoy live Cajun music when you visit the museum during evenings.
Southdown Plantation House.... This two Story, Victorian-style museum is just minutes away from the Holiday Inn at Houma.The Southdown Plantation exhibits antique furnishings along with history and culture of ancient Houma civilization. The 21-room mansion houses various collections including 135 Boehm and Doughty porcelain birds, a re-creation of U.S. Senator Allen J. Ellender's private Washington D.C. office, original bedroom furniture from the period, and a Terrebonne Parish Oral History Room. The museum is just 60 miles west of New Orleans. The Southdown Plantation house has gift shops, parking area and picnic ground which makes it an ideal destination to enjoy during your vacations or weekend holiday. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the last tour starting at 3 p.m. It is closed on major holidays.
Houma Terrebonne Civic Center.... This multi-purpose facility at Houma - Terrebonne Civic Center, your ideal choice on Louisiana's Gulf Coast. Is designed in such a way that makes it an ideal choice to host a wide variety of events for all ages including Broadway and family shows, festivals, exhibits, concerts and more. After you have finished with the business side of your day, you will have time to enjoy the sights and sounds of Houma, Louisiana. The magnificent oak trees, majestic magnolias, bayous and people with their southern hospitality create an ambiance that is equal to no other place in the South.
Nicholls State University.... The Allied Health and Continuing Education Building, one of Nicholls State's newest campus additions, is situated conveniently in Terrebonne Parish behind the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center. The new building offers Terrebonne students teleconferencing capabilities with the main Nicholls State campus in Thibodaux.
Southern Oaks Golf Club.... This fairly wide-open course winds its way through groves of stately oak trees. The greens are flat and medium-sized. A small creek comes into play on a couple of holes. The signature hole is #8, a 350-yard, par 4, requiring an approach shot over a pond guarding the front of the green. There are additional tees that can be used when playing an eighteen hole round. The club is open all round the year .It has Greens and Fairways of Bermuda Grass and has nine holes.It has Dress code: Collared shirt, no cutoffs, denim allowed.
A Cajun Swamp Man Cruise.... Alligators, Cajun music, swamp tours by boat with Cajun man Ron Guidry as seen on TV, newspapers and TV commercials.
Munson’s World Famous Swamp Tours.... Unique adventure by boat into private pristine swamps, off-limits to public, very primitive, abundant wildlife. See large gators hand-fed 2-hour tour, 7 days a week.
Southland Mall.... The southland Mall located on West Park Avenue,Houma,LA is the place where you will various shops like Dillards, JC Penny, Sears, Victoria Secret, and many other hundreds of shops.
Wildlife Gardens....Walk through a cypress swamp. View alligators, visit a Trapper's Cabin. Bed and Breakfast cabins available seven days a week. Gardens open Tuesday-Saturday from 9am-3pm.
Houma Attractions....
Downtown on the Bayou
New Orleans Plantation Tours
New Orleans Cemetery Tours
Mermaids and Masquerade Costume Shoppe
Waterland USA
Lafayette Woods Park
Palace Theater
Le Petit Theater
Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center
Coco Marina in Cocodrie
Wal-Mart
Shoe Carnival
L E Fletcher Technical Community College
Ellendale Country Club
Colonial Acres Golf Club
Creole Lanes
Renaissance Tennis Courts and Racquetball
International Petroleum Museum
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