Stay : Plantations through the Mississippi River
Plantation Road or River Road is a succession of highway dotted with ancient plantations that have survived since the 18th and 19th centuries. We advise you to visit two or three per day, so that you don't mix the stories of each one. Plan to sleep in one of these several plantations to get the most of their atmosphere.
Summary of the stay
Best time to go
7 days
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Detail of the stay : Plantations through the Mississippi River - 7 days
Day 1: Arrival in New Orleans
Steps: La Nouvelle-Orléans
You arrive at the end of the day and put your bags down in the Garden District, in New Orleans
Day 2: West of Nola
Steps: Destrehan, Garyville, Darrow, Napoleonville
Go west and go through San Francisco Plantation. or are two other options.
DESTREHAN PLANTATION / SAN FRANCISCO PLANTATION / HOUMAS HOUSE / MADEWOOD PLANTATION HOUSE
Day 3: St. Francisville
Steps: St Francisville, Baton Rouge
The next day, head to St. Francisville, where you will see plantations of cotton and indigo, whose appear sometimes a little different from the southern red cane one of Baton Rouge. Night near Baton Rouge.
Day 4: Alexandria and Natchitoches
Steps: Natchez, Alexandria - Pineville, Natchitoches
You make a short tour in Natchez in Mississippi, before returning to Louisiana to discover the West of the river, with Natchitoches, located in the Cane River area. Night in one of the beautiful b&b of Natchitoches.
Day 5: Natchitoches and Cheneyville
Steps: Cheneyville
There too, beautiful houses, with different histories, await you. We advise you to sleep at Lloyd Hall Plantation, near Cheneyville, to complete this beautiful journey
Day 6: Cruise on the Mississippi
Steps: Natchez
Walking along the river and visiting the plantations is quiet easy on car.> That said, a cruise on the Mississippi from New Orleans to the River (Mississippi) is recommendable. Through the water, the history of this region and its river will be unveiled with its width. Night in New Orleans.
Day 7: Last day in Nola
It would be a shame not to visit the Vieux Carré before leaving. For example, opt for a guided tour, which will detail the history and architecture of this exceptional district.
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