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    Explore Laura Plantation & Historic Riverlands From New Orleans

    Tour Laura Plantation and follow the roots of blues at Historic Riverlands

    4.9 stars• 76 reviews

    Ideal For

    Up to 15 people

    Includes

    Guided tours, Small group

    Highlights

    Visit Laura Plantation, a Creole heritage site built in 1805, then explore African American musical history at the Historic Riverlands site. You’ll tour both locations with small groups and time for lunch between tours.

    • Explore Laura Plantation on an approximately 80-minute guided tour
    • Learn about Louisiana Creole culture and recorded West African folk tales
    • Discover stories behind jazz, zydeco, blues, gospel, soul, R&B, and rock
    • Visit Historic Riverlands on an approximately 60-minute tour
    • Join a small group tour with no more than 15 people
    • Plan a lunch stop after the first tour; lunch is not included

    Things to know

    Wear shoes and clothes you’ll be comfortable walking in.

    Cancellation Policy

    Cancel at least 24 hours before the start for a full refund. Get a 50% refund if you cancel less than 24 hours before the start. Get a full refund for tours canceled due to inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstances.

    Product ID: G3AQ36

    FAQs

    No. You’ll stop for lunch after the first tour, but lunch is not included. You may bring your own lunch.

    Tour Laura Plantation for about 80 minutes, then visit Historic Riverlands for about 60 minutes.

    Join a small group of no more than 15 people.

    Meeting details

    New Orleans, LA

    Experience provided by Tours by Marguerite

    Related locations

    Laura Plantation

    Admission included

    Standing along the west bank of the Mississippi River in Vacherie, Louisiana, Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Créole Heritage Site pulls you into a world shaped by four generations of a Créole family and the hundreds of enslaved people who built it. The ochre-painted main house and its surrounding dependencies carry a weight of real, documented history. Unlike many plantation sites, Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Créole Heritage Site centers the full story, drawing on more than 5,000 pages of family documents to illuminate daily life, labor, and culture across nearly two centuries of Louisiana's past.

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