Laura, St. Joseph and Oak Alley Plantations Day Trip fron New Orleans
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Experience Highlights
Enjoy this 1 day tour, approximately 6 hours, through the historic plantations of Laura, St. Joseph and Oak Alley. Departure is from New Orleans, where you will be picked up in an air-conditioned vehicle, included in the tour. From there, you'll be accompanied by a tour guide who will explain the history of these places. You'll do all this while being part of a small group of about 14 people.
During your tour the guide will be in period costume, in keeping with the costumes worn on the plantations. At both Laura and St. Joseph's, you'll be given guided tours of the interior. While at Oak Alley, you'll see the rows of oak trees over 300 years old that give the place its name.
- Get to know the plantations of Laura, St. Joseph and Oak Alley on this 6-hour tour.
- Groups are small, with a capacity of approximately 14 people.
- You will always be accompanied by a tour guide who will even dress up in period costume.
- Transportation to the plantations from New Orleans is included, as is admission to the plantations.
What’s included
- Excursion to Laura, St. Joseph and Oak Alley from New Orleans
- Tourist guide
- Air-conditioned vehicle journeys
- Entrance to Laura
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Step by Step
Visit the oldest plantations in the southern United States on this 6-hour tour. This experience includes admission to Laura and St. Joseph Plantations and a visit to Oak Alley Plantation.
Air-conditioned pick-up and drop-off from New Orleans is included, as well as all other transfers, so you don't have to worry about travel. Groups are always small, about 14 people per tour. This is done to make it a more comfortable and personal experience where you can talk calmly with your guide.
Throughout the tour you will be accompanied by a tour guide who will explain the history that took place years ago on the banks of the Mississippi River. This information will be given to you along the way, but also inside the plantations, so that you can associate the facts with the real landscape.
When you enter the Laura plantation, you will be able to see the impressive fields of sugar cane that were cultivated by the slaves in these areas. On this plantation, in fact, you will be able to see the small houses and neighbourhoods in which the slaves lived.
The story will not only be about the slaves, you will also learn about the families who lived there. Not forgetting the historical and architectural data about the mansions that ruled these places.