3-V Tourist Court

Louisiana


One of the oldest motor inns in the USA – started in the 1930s and now on the National Register of Historic Places. The five units here take you back to simpler times. Rooms have period decorations and fixtures, though renovations have upgraded the beds, hardwood floors and flat-screen TVs into trendy territory.


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