Highlights
- Plantation tours New Orleans
- Tour of two separate plantations, Oak Alley Plantation and Laura Plantation
- On your guided tour of Oak Alley Plantation see a giant live oak trees, believed to be nearly 300 years old
- Visit Laura, a Creole Plantation and her historic slave quarters
- The small-group atmosphere with maximum 13 people ensures a more personal experience
Useful Information
Slave Cabin at Laura Plantation
On your ride out to Oak Alley Plantation, you will see and hear all about Whitney, Josephine, and Evergreen Plantations. Your guided tour of Oak Alley Plantation will allow you time 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.
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.
Reviewed by Roger T, April 2013
We highly recommend this tour. These plantations take us back more than a century showing us the granduer, the hardship, tragedy of their way of life. The homes and the grounds were fascinating. The reality of slavery left us with a lasting impression of their human sacrifice.
Reviewed by MaggieT, March 2013
We really enjoyed this one. Lots of great history!
