New Iberia

New Iberia is a city in the Acadiana region of Louisiana.

Understand
New Iberia is the largest city in Iberia Parish. Known as "Queen City of the Teche", it was settled by Spaniards in 1779 who called it Nueva Iberia after the Iberian Peninsula, hence the name New Iberia.

In 1980, a drilling fluke by Texaco personnel punctured a hole in a salt mine below nearby Lake Peigneur, causing a crazy whirlpool that sucked down the drilling platform and eleven barges and suddenly created the deepest lake in Louisiana at 200ft.

New Iberia is known for its Sugar Cane Festival in September with a sugar cane queen and parade, etc.

See
Main Street in itself is pretty charming, having been revitalized and the site of many boutique stores and cafes. Bouligny Plaza at 128 W Main offers some good views of Bayou Teche.