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Plantation Tours - Louisiana

Posted on 4/26/23 at 7:03 am
Posted by Soft_Parade
Member since Sep 2005
2503 posts
Posted on 4/26/23 at 7:03 am
Visiting Louisiana Memorial Day Weekend and plan to take the family on a plantation and swamp tour. Any recommendations? New Orleans area is preferred, but open to venturing out to other parts of the state.
Posted by tdme
Member since Jan 2022
144 posts
Posted on 4/26/23 at 7:38 am to
It depends on what type of tour you want.

If you want the opulent country club atmosphere tour, then go to Houma's House.

Houma's House

If you want the bitter realization of what plantations were about, then go to Laura Plantation.


Laura Plantation

Oak Alley is also good.

This post was edited on 4/26/23 at 7:40 am
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45820 posts
Posted on 4/26/23 at 10:43 am to
Like the others have said, Houmas House should not be missed. They have a couple of restuarants on the grounds, if you eat there, skip the one with the buffet and hit the Carriage House. Lots of good menu items but the eggplant and crabmeat is really good
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
12461 posts
Posted on 4/26/23 at 11:26 am to
Nottoway may be the nicest house.

Oak Alley has the most impressive exterior.

Houmas House is nice and has the best restaurant.
Posted by Soft_Parade
Member since Sep 2005
2503 posts
Posted on 4/26/23 at 12:49 pm to
Thank you all for the responses. This will inform the family's choice.
Posted by Tiger Attorney
New Orleans
Member since Oct 2007
19674 posts
Posted on 4/26/23 at 11:23 pm to
Houmas is the best experience by far. Destrehan has a good 1 hour tour. You could easily combine them in a day.

As stated before, you should be at Houmas for lunch at Carriage House....linger for some cocktails at the Turtle Bar to stroll the grounds with them.
This post was edited on 4/26/23 at 11:48 pm
Posted by Sparty3131
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2019
651 posts
Posted on 4/27/23 at 11:08 am to
IMHO go to the Rural Life Center at Burden or the State Museum in BR to learn more about South LA culture.

Plantation houses are pretty..

D day museum in New Orleans is every bit as good as the Smithsonians in DC.
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