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A weekend away: Grand times in Grand Isle

Por: The Advocate Entertainment July 13, 2023

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Grand Isle has been one of Louisiana's most popular local getaway spots for more than a century. The state's only inhabited barrier island, it's a one-road-in, one-road-out beach town with bars, beaches and plenty to do outdoors.It's an island that looms large in the imagination. It's been the subject of film and literature, perhaps most notably in the form of Kate Chopin's 1899 novel The Awakening. Due to its small... + full article



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