Before Your Visit

Shadows Visitor Center located at 320 E. Main Street.

Shadows Visitor Center located at 320 E. Main Street.

Transportation: Local taxi services typically do not drive outside of the parish. While both Uber and Lyft could take you from larger surrounding cities to the Shadows, return service cannot be guaranteed. For driving directions, please click here.

Parking: Free parking is available on Main Street in front of the Shadows, in the gravel lot on its west side (Weeks Street), or in the Shadows Visitor Center (320 E. Main Street) lot located across Main Street from the Shadows.

Arrival: Please check-in at the Shadows Visitor Center. It is a two-story brick building with white columns directly across from the Shadows. This is where your tour will begin.

Length of Tour: Allow 75 minutes for the visitor experience at the Shadows and about 30 minutes for the garden walk.

Accessibility:

  • Visitor experience begins at the Shadows Visitor Center. Visitors exit the Shadows Visitor Center, walk down to the corner to cross the street, and then to the house—a distance of about 1/10 of a mile.

  • Benches are located throughout the gardens, on the front porch and second-floor gallery of the house, and in four rooms in the house.

  • The garden paths are either pea gravel or brick.

  • The Shadows is a two-story home. The first floor is ground level, but the second floor is only accessible via a flight of stairs. There is not an elevator to access the second floor.

Weather: Visitor experience is provided rain or shine, heat or cold. South Louisiana weather is unpredictable. Please prepare for rain showers with an umbrella or poncho. Our humidity levels make temperatures “feel” hotter or colder. Please keep that in mind when planning your visit.

Additional Notes:

  • We do request cell phones to be silenced and muted during the guided experience.

  • Video and/or voice recordings are PROHIBITED.

  • Food and drink are not allowed in the house.

  • There are no picnic areas, restaurants, or accommodations on site. There are a number of great restaurants and accommodations near the Shadows and in New Iberia. For a list of restaurants, please click here. For a list of accommodations, please click here.

  • Pets are NOT allowed on site, with the exception of service animals.

  • Smoking is NOT allowed on site.