St. Bernard Parish: New Orleans' Most Historic Neighbor

This building is named Aycock Barn, there is a welcome center inside that has all sorts of information about the area. Weekly, a farmer's market is held here during the spring and summer. They control access to the Arabi Sugar museum which is nearby in the old parish jail. The ladies I have encountered that work here are informative and very helpful. The knowledge they have of the area is immense. There is a sugar festival here annually that is the perfect embodiment of a small town festival. I seriously parked across the street, for free. Arabi is a small town about 20 minutes away from the center of New Orleans and offers a variety of things to do that are off the beaten path, to include the Chalmette Battlefield, the only battle that was won during the Revolutionary War, but that is a tale for another review.A piece of valuable information I found was that they have the contact information to take a tour of the Domino Sugar Factory that is nearby, but you have to call and schedule it and have a minimum amount of people to come for it to happen. Come down and see what you can do for fun in this area.