City: New Orleans Tour Promo Start/End Date: 2005-12-01 - 2008-12-28 Duration: 5.5 hours Price: Starting from USD $75.99 per person
Oak Alley Plantation has been called the "Grande Dame of the Great River Road". Located on the Mississippi River this is a magnificent home. Nowhere else in the south will you find such a spectacular setting. A second plantation to visit is Laura Plantation, an historic sugar plantation built in 1805 displaying a different and unique culture.
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The guide's stories of the Antebellum South prepare you for a pilgrimage back in time. From the River Road you will see and hear all about Whitney, Josephine, and Evergreen Plantations. Guided tour of Oak Alley Plantation to admire this jewel of Greek Revival architecture. The quarter-mile canopy of giant live oak trees, believed to be nearly 300 years old, forms an impressive avenue leading to the classic Greek-revival style antebellum home. Free time to walk under a spectacular canopy of 28 giant live oaks.Next visit Laura, a Creole Plantation and her historic slave quarters surrounded by sugar cane fields. The guided tour transports you with dramatic detail into the charmed yet tragic lives of four generations of Creole owners and their slaves.
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The guide's stories of the Antebellum South prepare you for a pilgrimage back in time. From the River Road you will see and hear all about Whitney, Josephine, and Evergreen Plantations. Guided tour of Oak Alley Plantation to admire this jewel of Greek Revival architecture. The quarter-mile canopy of giant live oak trees, believed to be nearly 300 years old, forms an impressive avenue leading to the classic Greek-revival style antebellum home. Free time to walk under a spectacular canopy of 28 giant live oaks.Next visit Laura, a Creole Plantation and her historic slave quarters surrounded by sugar cane fields. The guided tour transports you with dramatic detail into the charmed yet tragic lives of four generations of Creole owners and their slaves.
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