Jean Lafitte
Jean Lafitte was a French pirate, privateer, and slave trader who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century.
Jean Lafitte was a French pirate, privateer, and slave trader who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his older brother Pierre spelled their last name Laffite, but English language documents of the time used "Lafitte". This has become the common spelling in the United States, including places named after him.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Barataria Museum
This little museum within the city hall explores the history of privateering and the town of Jean Lafitte and the surrounding wetlands with its respective fauna.
- 02The Bow of the Black Pearl
West of the Jules Nunez Seafood Pavilion, 920 Jean Lafitte Blvd.
From Wikivoyage: Jean Lafitte, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Barataria Preserve
6588 Barataria Boulevard (south of Marrero near Crown Point),.
- 02Airboat Adventures
Here you can go on a high thrills adventure through marshland and open water aboard an air boat and explore the fringes of the Mississippi Delta.
- 03Jean Lafitte Swamp Tour
6601 Leo Kerner Lafitte Pkwy, Marrero, LA,.
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Where to eat
- 01Boutte's Bayou Restaurant
For a very authentic fried Gulf Coast seafood experience.
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Getting to Jean Lafitte
- Airports
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans (MSY), 32 km · Pensacola (PNS), 294 km
- Pensacola → Jean Lafitte290 km · quickest by road, 5h 21m · $29–40
- Houston → Jean Lafitte506 km · quickest by air, 5h 36m · $210–310
- Birmingham → Jean Lafitte7318 km · quickest by air, 17h 5m · £960–1,470
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Jean Lafitte
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jean Lafitte. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Jean Lafitte
Jean Lafitte is 25 km from New Orleans, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Jefferson Parishparish in Louisiana, United States2.6 km
- Baratariahuman settlement in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States of America2.5 km