Visit Lake Charles, Lake Charles, LA, USA

Share your Cajun culinary creations or tales of hunting and fishing in Southwest Louisiana. Also, check out our festivals and music scene, historic districts under sleepy oaks, golf courses and casinos.

Come by the visitors' center and have a cup of coffee, check your e-mail and find out what's going on in the area.

As a snap shot, we have great...

1. Festivals:
from Mardi Gras and our Contraband Days Pirate Festival to Cajun celebrations in the summer and a parish-wide Christmas Festival to top off the year. Cajun food & music is served up with a Southern smile. Bring the whole family to celebrate with us.

2. Outdoor Recreation:
Creole Nature Trail All-American Road, alligators, wildlife refuges, legendary hunting & fishing, birding, shelling, crabbing, Sam Houston Jones State Park, Niblett's Bluff in Vinton and more!

3. Casinos:
Delta Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel, the Isle of Capri Hotel & Casino and L'Auberge du Lac Casino Resort. Check their entertainment & amenities: http://www.deltadowns.com/, http://www.isleofcapricasinos.com/ & http://www.ldlcasino.com/.

4. Cajun Cooking & Music:
On the Seafood Sensations section of Louisiana's Culinary Trails, you'll enjoy our steaming pots of jambalaya, gumbo, shrimp etouffee and more. Top it off with a big slice of pecan pie! Yumm! Dance off calories with our Cajun music.

Come visit us. Check http://www.visitlakecharles.org/ for the latest selection of accommodations.