Steel Magnolias and Natchitoches Louisiana
Trip Start
Nov 25, 2008
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Trip End
Dec 03, 2008
Natchitoches,
Louisiana,
United States
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Natchitoches is a beautiful small town! Barbara and I loved the looks and feel of Madison, Georgia, and we rated it "Best Small Town" on our first trip Round America...but we liked Natchitoches even better.
Several motion pictures have been filmed in Natchitoches, including Steel Magnolias, The Man in the Moon, The Horse Soldiers, NBC's The Year Without a Santa Claus, The American Standard, as well as a Lifetime Television's series Scarlett. We obtained a map at the Visitor's Center, and we drove around to see most of the locations where Steel Magnolias was filmed. It's such a great movie.
Natchitoches attracts over one million visitors annually. The city has 11 national chain hotels and nearly 50 bed and breakfast inns, including the Steel Magnolia House. The city's tourism center is the downtown river walk. This includes Front Street, which overlooks the river walk and is bordered by an assortment of shops and boutiques. The city has identified this area as the Historical District.
Natchitoches has long been known for its popular Christmas lighting festival which is held the first Saturday in December. In 2008, the festival will celebrate its 82nd year. We usually hate it when the sun goes down as it ends the sightseeing for the day, but most of the lights were up, and we saw quite a display after the sun set. If you can ever visit Natchitoches, Louisiana during December, by all means go to see a lovely town and an absolutely gorgeous holiday display reflecting off the lake. It was spectacular!
I'll add more to this tomorrow....
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Copyright 2008, Round America and William M. Windsor
Comments
Natchitoches a Great Town of Anerica
Natchitoches has just been included among the 12 new 'Great Town of America'. It is certainly that. I found your post when I decided to Google 'Tour Natchitoches with Barbara'. I was a little surprised when I found your post but very pleased with your gracious comments. My wife is Barbara too and has just opened a company called 'Tour Natchitocheswith Barbara' and her URL will be published within 15 days. She was born here and her family goes back 9 generations to the time of the founding of Natchitoches. Come see us again soon. You might decide to live here.