The most famous plantations along the Mississippi

Oak Alley Plantation

This plantation is one of the favorites with visitors. Located on ½ hour from our house, on LA 20, it is famous for its magnificant Alley of 28 oak trees which managed to escape the hurricane winds.
Built in 1839 by a French sugar cane planter, it has 28 doric columns and 28 dependences. Plan at least one hour for the visit for an entrance cost of $5 to $10 and also some time to walk around the property to take in the atomsphere charged with history.

Laura Plantation

Next door, you will appreciate the history of the family of planters, the slaves and their lives. Built in the creole style, the house is colored and it has an authentic and special character.
Behind the main house that dates back to 1805, where Laura' s family lived, one finds the huts where the slaves lived. These slaves brought their culture with them from Senegal. This is one of the rare plantations that preserved the slave houses.

 

 

Rosedown Plantation

SOn LA 10 near St. Francisville it had 500 slaves. The smallest details of the life of the planters has been recreated and that makes the visit interesting. The lawns all all beautiful: azaleas, roses, giant oaks covered with spanish moss.
And if you feel like staying overnight in one of the luxury plantation rooms the price is more or less one hundred dollars. But what a souvenir of your visit!
It isn't necessary to visit "all" the plantations, but if you want to see others, see: Nottoway, Tezuco, Houmas. Their guides are usually wear era dresses.

 
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