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.

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7 days

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Detail of the stay : Plantations through the Mississippi River - 7 days

  • New Orleans
  • Destrehan
  • Destrehan
  • Garyville
  • Garyville
  • Darrow
  • Darrow
  • Napoleonville
  • Napoleonville
  • St. Francisville
  • Baton Rouge
  • Natchez
  • Alexandria - Pineville
  • Natchitoches
  • Cheneyville
  • Natchez

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. 

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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