PLANTATIONS
and New Orleans, Nottoway offers audio and guided tours, deluxe rooms, luxury amenities, dining and event venues. Experience the extraordinary crown jewel of Southern antebellum plantations!
Ormond Plantation 13786 River Road, Destrehan (985) 764-8544 I plantation.com This home, located along the Great River Road showcases a rare, West Indies-style architecture. Built in 1787, it features rich history, beautiful antiques and mysterious ghost stories. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Poche Plantation 6554 Highway 44, Convent (225) 562-7728 pocheplantation.com | HC Call for seasonal tour times. Built in 1867, Poche Plantation is one of the last plantation homes to be built on the majestic Mississippi River. This National Register of Historic Places site offers daily tours, a B&B and RV park. Plantation is located next to St. Michael’s historic church.
St. Joseph Plantation
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3535 Highway 18, Vacherie (225) 265-4078 stjosephplantation.com This raised Creole plantation has been home to some of Louisiana’s most interesting families. Lovingly restored by descendants of Joseph Waguespack, who purchased the plantation after the Civil War. Many of the tours are guided by these family members. Acclaimed “The River Road’s Most Authentic Tour.” Explore the history of sugarcane, the old detached kitchen and original slave cabins. Annual “Creole Mourning Tour,” Oct. 2-Nov. 5, features the customs of 19th Century Creole Mourning. See website for more information.
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Oak Alley Plantation 3645 Highway 18 (River Road), Vacherie (225) 265-2151 (800) 442-5539 oakalleyplantation.com Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m., except major holidays MC, V, D, AE A powerful testimony to the rich history of the antebellum south, Oak Alley invites visitors to explore all facets of her plantation past: opulence and slavery, beauty and civil war, grandeur and desolation. Explore 25 historic acres, Slavery at Oak Alley Exhibit, Civil War Commanding Officer’s Tent, Blacksmith Shop and guided tours of the “Big House.” Special events.
San Francisco Plantation 2646 Highway 44 (River Road), Garyville (888) 322-1756 sanfranciscoplantation.org Open daily 9:40 a.m.-4 p.m.; summer hours: 9:40 a.m.-4:40 p.m. | MC, V, AE, D Only authentically restored plantation home in Louisiana. 1830s slave cabin and schoolhouse. French/German heritage. 300-year-old oaks.
Whitney Plantation 5099 Highway 18, Wallace (225) 265-3300 | whitneyplantation.com On the National Register of Historic Places, the site focuses on the lives of the slaves and includes the last surviving example of a true French Creole barn. Hours: Every day except Tue; tours offered hourly from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.