The 10 Best Budget-friendly Things to do in , Lafayette Parish

April 26, 2022 Leonardo Torrence

Discover the best top things to do in , United States including Pack & Paddle, Red Lerille's Health & Raquet Club, Cajun Food Tours, Escape Room Lafayette, Evangeline State Park, Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Vermilionville, Acadian Village, Lafayette Science Museum, Children's Museum of Acadiana.
Restaurants in Lafayette Parish

1. Pack & Paddle

Excellent
93%
Good
4%
Satisfactory
2%
Poor
1%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

5.0 based on 181 reviews

Pack & Paddle

Pack & Paddle offers kayak tours of our local swamps and bayous as well as hikes in the area. Join one of our scheduled tours or book a private tour for your group. Explore the Lake Martin, Bayou Teche, Lake Fausse Point or Chicot areas with us! Pack & Paddle also specializes in Kayak fishing trips in our brackish marshes. We love introducing folks to the beauty and excitement of Louisiana.

2. Red Lerille's Health & Raquet Club

301 Doucet Rd, Lafayette, LA 70503-3447 +1 337-984-7738 http://www.redlerilles.com/
Excellent
86%
Good
9%
Satisfactory
3%
Poor
2%
Terrible
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Overall Ratings

5.0 based on 64 reviews

Red Lerille's Health & Raquet Club

The south's oldest and largest health and racquet club keeping the people of Lafayette, LA healthy for over 50 years. Red's facilities include: 2 large co-ed work-out areas, ladies only workout area, 20 outdoor and 3 indoor tennis courts, 4 racquetball courts, junior olympic outdoor pool, 2 indoor pools, kids water park, basketball court, MIT (maximum intensity training) facility, indoor and outdoor jogging tracks, indoor and outdoor bootcamp courses, and more.

Reviewed By cjwolfhead - Lafayette, United States

This gym is truly the largest and top notch gym out there. This gym sports 1000 pieces of equipment which makes it convenient to workout cause you always have a choice of your favorite machines. I have been to such a large and super nice gym. This is a two story gym with about 20 or 30 tennis courts including several indoor tennis courts with several indoor racket ball courts. It also possesses several indoor basketball courts as well as a boxing ring and three pools. Not to mention the owner was a mr America and is one of the best human beings I have ever met. He is in his 70’s and still opens his own gym at 3 am every morning. He is a man of great faith and it shows in his love and generosity. If you are passing through the area and are looking for a great gym that sells day passes this is the place for you. Truly an awesome gym!!!!!!

3. Cajun Food Tours

Excellent
97%
Good
2%
Satisfactory
1%
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5.0 based on 693 reviews

Cajun Food Tours

The best way to experience the flavor of Louisiana! Laissez les bon temps rouler on our cozy customized tour bus. Visitors will learn the history, love the culture and, best of all, stop to taste several of the reknowned Cajun delights that make our area so unique. Enjoy samplings of some of the best local eateries while our guides bring Acadiana’s culture to life. Our Original Cajun Taste tours make 5 different tasting stops! Lafayette was named the Tastiest Town in the South by Southern Living Magazine, and Cajun Food Tours wants you to find out why! We pick up from many area hotels. Enjoy fun, friendly Cajun hospitality in a cozy setting. Now offering walking tours and Cajun Experience All-day day trips including a Cajun Swamp tour, Vermilionville Historic Village, and Cajun Dance lessons. Visit out website at www.cajunfoodtours.com to see all of our tours.

4. Escape Room Lafayette

2429 W Congress St Suite C, Lafayette, LA 70506-5558 +1 337-371-2883 [email protected] http://www.escapelafayette.com
Excellent
89%
Good
8%
Satisfactory
2%
Poor
1%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

5.0 based on 147 reviews

Escape Room Lafayette

Escape Room Lafayette is an exciting & interactive entertainment experience that will have your heart pumping and your adrenalin flowing as you attempt to solve puzzles and clues while trying to escape one of our four realistically themed rooms within a 60 minute time limit.

Reviewed By cajunqn1

Omg!!!! This was amazingly awesome!!! I wanna go back and do all the others!! The staff was great!!! Tho if u need glasses to read....make sure you bring them in!!! Revolutionary was intense, frustrating, confusing!!...and as said...gory!! Tho this was my 14yo’s choice to do this 1!! But with teamwork...my family got out alive!!! We will be back!!!

5. Evangeline State Park

Lafayette, LA +1 318-394-3754
Excellent
65%
Good
30%
Satisfactory
2%
Poor
2%
Terrible
1%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 46 reviews

Evangeline State Park

The park grounds include a museum, a Creole plantation and an 18th-century Acadian shack.

6. Cathedral of St John the Evangelist

515 Cathedral St, Lafayette, LA 70501-6701 +1 337-232-1322 http://www.saintjohncathedral.org/Welcome.html
Excellent
69%
Good
27%
Satisfactory
4%
Poor
0%
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4.5 based on 403 reviews

Cathedral of St John the Evangelist

This quasi-Romanesque brick cathedral in Lafayette is worth a look.

Reviewed By sallyhZ267CK - Youngsville, United States

We were led to grounds of St John’s Cathedral in our downtown Lafayette scavenger hunt. We happened to see the cathedral the day before Easter. Unbelievably beautiful!

7. Vermilionville

300 Fisher Rd, Lafayette, LA 70508-2028 +1 337-233-4077 http://www.vermilionville.org/
Excellent
61%
Good
33%
Satisfactory
5%
Poor
1%
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4.5 based on 807 reviews

Vermilionville

Get a taste of life for the 18th-century Acadian settlers in this 23-acre village with meticulously recreated period homes, costumed staff demonstrating arts and crafts and a restaurant serving Cajun and Creole food.

Reviewed By virginias729

One of the earliest settlements along the banks of the Bayou Vermilion. Two hundred years ago! Very historic and the interpreters are wonderful. They are in the time period wardrobe and give detailed history of life and crafts of the time period 1765 to 1890. We were totally impressed with this historic village! Spend as much time as you have in this place.

8. Acadian Village

200 Greenleaf Dr, Lafayette, LA 70506-7400 +1 337-981-2364 http://www.acadianvillage.org/
Excellent
53%
Good
31%
Satisfactory
14%
Poor
1%
Terrible
1%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 391 reviews

Acadian Village

Step back in time to a small 19th-century Cajun bayou community, which includes genuine Cajun homes relocated and combined with recreated period buildings and a Native American museum.

Reviewed By sodabear2003 - DeRidder, United States

This is a very pretty place to visit, it is a step back in time. when we visited they had a wedding taking place, but you could still visit all the buildings except 2 where the wedding party was. charming, ducks, turtles, and fish are in the ponds and they have little food machine where you can feed all the animals. The store has all kinds of stuff you can buy and the staff is very helpful.

9. Lafayette Science Museum

433 Jefferson St, Lafayette, LA 70501-7013 +1 337-291-5544 http://www.lafayettesciencemuseum.org
Excellent
49%
Good
38%
Satisfactory
12%
Poor
1%
Terrible
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Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 94 reviews

Lafayette Science Museum

The cultural heritage of Southwestern Louisiana is preserved at this combination museum and planetarium, which houses over 1,000 paintings, prints and sculpture of Louisiana artists and regularly changing exhibits and planetarium programs.

Reviewed By kellymB5695PA - Opp, United States

Downtown Lafayette so it's within walking distance of parking and other places to visit. Admission prices are reasonable, staff is very friendly and helpful. Lot's of hands on activities and interesting exhibits. Loved the Acadiana 360 virtual reality experience and the big screen that put you in the picture (forgot what the exhibit was called). A must do when in downtown Lafayette.

10. Children's Museum of Acadiana

201 E Congress St, Lafayette, LA 70501-6919 +1 337-232-8500 http://www.childrensmuseumofacadiana.com/
Excellent
55%
Good
23%
Satisfactory
18%
Poor
2%
Terrible
2%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 60 reviews

Children's Museum of Acadiana

Reviewed By Four_Points_Travel - League City, United States

We stopped in with the kids one day, there was plenty to do for both even with a pretty big age gap between them. Price is reasonable, and the staff is great!

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