With spring break approaching, many students are gearing up for the beach. But not everyone is planning a getaway. Sometimes the best vacations are staycations. Here’s a guide on how to enjoy spring break in Baton Rouge.
Cajun Country
Channel your inner Cajun by taking a boat tour, chowing down on some crawfish or visiting a plantation home. Make the short trip to Henderson, Louisiana, and tour the flooded swamps, moss draped trees, dense canopies of vegetation and open lakes with Couret’s Swamp Tours. The tour goes through the largest river basin in North America and participants will learn the culture and history of Cajun country.
Food Tastings
Baton Rouge is home to some outstanding restaurants. Stop to have lunch at the legendary Frostop, which has been serving customers on Government Street since 1957. A soda shop specializing in homemade root beer served in a frosted mug, the diner also offers burgers, shakes, malts, poboys, chili dogs and seafood platters.
Capital Tours
As Louisiana’s capital, Baton Rouge has so much to offer, but many of its amenities and historic qualities are overshadowed by the University. Take a stroll through the Old Louisiana State Capitol. The building’s staircase is simply breathtaking, and the dome stained glass ceiling is a must-see.
Museum Muses
Spring break is the perfect time to explore the LSU Rural Life Museum and Windrush Gardens, the Louisiana Art & Science Museum, the West Baton Rouge Museum and BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo.
Road Trips
Take a day trip to New Orleans or Lafayette. While in New Orleans, Cafe du Monde is a must. Also, make sure to stroll through the French Quarter and Bourbon Street, dip your toes in the Mississippi River, ride the streetcar and shop in the French Market.
Lafayette, known for its seafood, is often called the heart of Cajun country. Randol’s Seafood Restaurant, at 2320 Kaliste Saloom Rd., offers Cajun specialities, live zydeco bands and a dance floor. Another restaurant, Prejean’s, has quickly become a Lafayette legend and a Louisiana landmark.
The restaurant, located at 3480 N.E. Evangeline Thruway, offers savory Cajun favorites and holds the record for most medals captured by any culinary team in the South.
Couch Potato
The weeklong break is a good time to do some spring cleaning, start a new book, or work through the backlog of TV shows you missed due to homework, projects and tests.

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Anjana Nair

Frostop Restaurant on Government Street.