shadows on the teche

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  bevshea

  Shadows sits on Bayou Teche in downtown New Iberia. The home and gardens are beautiful. Make sure you see the video in the visitors center.

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  7yrSabbatical

  Walking tour with stairs... relatively small house but a great tour that includes the house, grounds, cemetery and the bayou in the backyard

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  July1776

  Excellent tour guide who was born and raised in New Iberia - when asked if she was born in Louisiana she said I was born here and intend to die here. This is my home She did a great tour and seemed very proud of the home and history They also have several graves on the property from family descendants.

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  MikeD868

  Well restored/preserved old home. Gardens are very nice. Most have been something when it was new. Interesting story. Watch out for snakes. We only saw a tiny one, but my wife pooped herself when she saw it.

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  MarthaRuth86

  The house was build by a family who made sugar from sugarcane. You can see sugar cane all over the parish. The tour is great and the people are very friendly. There is always something blooming in the garden! The pictures of the outside feel as if you have stepped back in time!

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  Gypsybell00

  Great to see how people use to live and most of all the history they have preserved. The ground are beautiful.

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  96thomasw

  Think about it----building a house like this on the banks of the bayou---making all of the bricks on-site and the docent was a living history book of times gone by. She just added to the flavor of the tour and it felt like you had just been transported back in time. If you are in the area, make it a point to take the tour (right across the street from the museum)---what an experience.

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  Hholiday2013

  When we went to visit Shadows on the Teche there was an arts and crafts fair in the garden, which was an added bonus.The people in charge of the organisation were very friendly and the guided tour was informative and interesting.The house still has some authentic furniture.Worth a visit.

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  richardhT179AY

  All the history and facts were so interesting. I learned a lot of little known facts about Louisiana.

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  PetePope1

  Nicely designed house on the banks of the Bayou Teche, former plantation house now reduced to a single block. Still retains it's original furnishings, it has stairs, so be warned. Interesting story of the family who;s house it was, lot's of famous guests stayed there.