Laura Plantation Tour “Louisiana Creole Heritage Site”
Duration
5.5 Hours
About
The Laura Plantation tour near New Orleans is considered by many in the tour industry as the best historical plantation tour along the Great River Road. The plantation was led by four Creole women, most notable, was Laura, from where the plantation gets its name. The women led the plantation over sixty years, using slave labor. You will get to view and enter the 1840’s slave quarters, as part of this tour. You will hear stories of all aspects of the plantation life including the fact that the book “Bier Rabbit” was written here. The Plantation house was nearly destroyed by fire back in 2003, but it was rebuilt to the original design using building materials from antique homes that was disassembled and sold off in pieces. The rebuilding process, is a story in itself.
TOUR DETAILS:
Availability: Daily
Tour Time: 10:00 a.m.
Hotels pick up time begins at 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. we ask for you to be ready at 8:00 a.m. the thirty minute window is for the driver to complete all hotel pickups.
Hotels return time approximately 1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Price includes roundtrip transportation and admission
(504) 471-1499