Secret Stays
They’re not necessarily secret, but they are carefully chosen. What they have in common is that we think they deserve a place on your journey and may not be the first places you’d find when planning a trip.
ONE OF OUR FAVOURITES
Featured Stay
Where you stay can be just as memorable as where you go. Sometimes the right accommodation changes the shape of a journey entirely, turning an overnight stop into a highlight.
This is one of the standouts for us, chosen for the character, atmosphere and small details that make it worth sharing. Keep exploring below, you may find a new favourite of your own
Cuthbert House Inn
There’s a warmth to Cuthbert House Inn that goes beyond good service. The staff exceed expectations, with special inclusions like evening canapés and drinks and turndown service with chocolates from the local shop that supplied those eaten by Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump. Combined with 200 years of history overlooking the Beaufort River, it feels less like a hotel and more like being hosted by old friends. We visited for a birthday and found chilled champagne waiting in our room, the perfect finishing touch to an already memorable stay.
Not Exactly Secret.
Just Special.
Train Wreck Inn
Four restored railway cars and a depot, quirky and colourful.
Why It made the List
Sleep in a caboose or mail car
Record player and vinyl included
Each carriage has its own kitchen
Easy walk into Grand Coteau for coffee
Adeline's Bed and Breakfast
A restored 1900s farmhouse on 120 acres of Red River countryside.
Why It made the List
Pet Friendly
Homemade breakfast using local organic produce
One hundred and twenty acres to wander
Starlink Wi-Fi
Maison Madeleine
An 1840s Creole cottage beside Lake Martin's cypress bird rookery.
Why It made the List
Walk to the nearby cypress rookery at dawn
Original bousillage walls and period antiques
Occasional supper club evenings for guests
Wide shaded porches for afternoon reading
Maison D'Memoire
100 year old cottages on thirty acres with a private lake.
Why It made the List
Breakfast delivered to your cottage door
Private fire pit outside each cottage
Thirty acres and a lake to explore
Cajun Country charm
Woodland Plantation
West Pointe a la Hache, LA
The 1830s house from the Southern Comfort label on the Mississippi.
Why It made the List
Meals inside a deconsecrated 1883 church
This home is pictured on Southern Comfort bottles
Fishing charters and birding from the door
Authentic Creole and Cajun food
Hotel Whiskey
Small boutique hotel a just block away from the Gulf beach.
Why It made the List
Whiskey Prime steakhouse directly downstairs
Balcony rooms over Pass Christian's main street
Beach and harbour less than a block
Happy hour Thurs- Sun from 3pm
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