Houma

By car

Houma, Louisiana is just off Highway 90 south New Orleans Louisiana.
Directions from New Orleans (approx. 59 miles or 1 hour, 15 minutes):
#Merge onto I-10 W (9.7 miles)
#Merge onto I-310 S via exit 220 to Boutte/Houma (12.0 miles)
#Exit at US-90 W toward Houma (30.07 miles)
#Turn left at LA-24 E toward Houma (7.3 miles)
Directions from Lafayette, LA (approx. 104 miles or 2 hours, 10 minutes):
#From I-10, merge onto US-167 S via the US-90/US-167 S exit 103A to Lafayette (2.6 miles)
#Continue on US-90 E (93.8 miles)
#Turn right at LA-24 E (7.3 miles)

By bus

• Greyhound & Greyhound Quicklink

  phone: +1 985 872-5371
  address: (bus stop) Shop-N-Bag at 7724 W Park
  Connects Lafayette to/from New Orleans along US Hwy 90, through Morgan City, Thibodaux, Houma and Raceland

By train

Amtrak serves the city via it's Sunset Limited train, running between New Orleans and Los Angeles. three days a week.

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• Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum

  phone: +1 985 580-7200
  address: 7910 W Park Ave
  Small museum focuses on local relationship to the wetlands habitat.

• Chauvin Sculpture Garden & NSU Folk Art Studio

  phone: +1 985 594-2546
  address: 5337 Bayouside Dr, Chauvin
  The garden has more than 100 concrete sculptures.

• Regional Military Museum

  phone: +1 985 873-8200
  address: 1154 Barrow St
  Focuses on the military history and contributions of Houma and the surrounding area, with special focus on World War II. Veterans give tours of the exhibits. When they're not too busy, they'll let you try some "hands on" with some of the artifacts.

• Southdown Plantation House

  phone: +1 985 851-0154
  address: 1208 Museum Dr
  Historic plantation house is now home to the Terrebonne Museum of History and Culture.

• Terrebonne Folklife Cultural Center

  phone: +1 985 873-6545
  address: 317 Goode St
  Local folk arts and crafts.

• Bayou Black Airboat Swamp Tours

  phone: +1 985 665-8571
  address: 251 Marina Dr, Gibson
  Enter another world, as you venture into the interior of the swamps only accessible by airboat. See alligators, birds and other wildlife.

• Southland Mall

  phone: +1 985 876-4765
  address: 5953 W Park Ave
  Southland Mall hosts Dillards, JCPenney and numerous other shops & restaurants in the mall and in the immediate surrounding area not part of the mall (AMC Houma Palace Theaters, Furniture Mart, Sam's Club, amongst others). There are other smaller strip malls & free standing establishments radiating north-south along W Main. MC, V, Discover and travelers checks accepted in most establishments.

• Boudreau and Thibodeau's Cajun Cookin

  phone: +1 985 872-4711
  address: 5602 W Main St
  Shrimp, crabs, crawfish, oysters, turtle, alligator, gumbo, etoufee, po-boys, salads, plate lunches and more. Credit cards accepted: A/E/, D, M/C, V.

• Cafe Dominique

  phone: +1 985-223-7540
  address: 8013 Main St
  Catering to the indulgent diner, as well as the health conscious foodie, our goal is to bring a new kind of dinning experience to the bayou by using organic produce, all natural and free range meats, alongside the wonderful seafood from our local waters.

• Castalano's Deli & Catering

  phone: +1 985 853-1090
  address: 7881 Main St

• Castalano's Deli & Catering

  phone: +1 985 853-2090
  address: 6897 W Park Ave
  This location also has a drive through food pickup.

• Cafe Milano

  phone: +1 985 897-2426
  address: 314 Belanger St
  Medium priced Italian lunch and dinner. Lunch Mon-Fri; Dinner Mon-Sat; Jazz Brunch Sunday. Sometimes has live jazz other times as well.

• Coffee Zone

  phone: +1 985 223-2442
  address: 7884 Main St
  Breakfast, lunch, coffee, or snacks. Free wi-fi computer access for customers; pay access for non-customers.

• Lunch Basket

  phone: +1 985 872-1507
  address: 7937 Main St
  Local favorite for simple but tasty breakfast and lunch; reasonably priced.

• Aficionados

  phone: +1 985-879-2426
  address: 314 Belanger St
  Piano bar located in downtown Houma. Aficionados, Houma’s most elegant watering hole.

• Ramada Inn Houma

  phone: +1 985 879-4871
  address: 1400 W Tunnel Blvd

• MainStay Suites

  phone: +1 985 876-6210
  address: 1650 Grand Caillou Rd
  An extended stay hotel.

• Carmel Inn

  phone: +1 985 446-0561
  address: 400 E 1st St, Thibodaux

• Maison Dugas B&B

  phone: +1 985 226-7192
  address: 222 Tudor St
  Family run B&B on northeast side of town. Ten miles to Chabert Medical Center and five minutes to route 90. Three bedrooms are for rent. One bedroom has a private bath. Two bedrooms share a bath. Rentals are available daily, weekly, or long term.

Telephone area code is 985.
Computer wi-fi can be found at the Coffee Zone listed above.

By mail

• US Postal Service

  phone: +1 985 223-1722
  address: 425 Lafayette St
  Serves zip code 70360 which is the west side of town.

• New Orleans, Louisiana's largest city and most popular visitor destination, is a 90 minute drive to the north east.
• Lafayette, the main city of Louisiana's "Cajun Country", is just over 2 hours to the west.

River Region (Plantation Country), to see the many historic plantations and other attractions in the area. Located in St. Charles, St. John, St. James parishes.