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[font="Avenir Next", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif]Close your eyes and think of the South. Chance are plantation life crosses your mind. Most of us have a picture of plantations painted by Gone With the Wind; but different regions had different customs that would shape the architecture and histories of each plantation.[/font]
[font="Avenir Next", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif]Close to the city life in New Orleans one can find several plantations. The one most people think about is the Oak Alley Plantation. It's beautiful with its long corridor of oak trees lined up to move the river breeze to the home. The price of admission includes the tour of the main home with the guides tree calculators dressed up with period costumes. Then one is free to roam and look at the rest of the grounds. You could certainly take a break and have some lunch at the cafe on site; however, the best food is yet to come.[/font]
[font="Avenir Next", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif]A short drive from Oak Alley will bring you to the Laura Plantation. Although certainly small in size it is one that shows simple living at a plantation. The guides, especially Brooke, are absolutely knowledgeable and witty. They don't dress up in period costumes like at other plantations. This does a better job of conveying the idea that it is more of a conservationist work to educate while entertaining others about Creole culture and plantation life rather than a tourist attraction. The little shop belonging to the Laura Plantation offers some great little souvenirs like the book about the plantation written by Laura herself. To hold you over until the next plantation there are some delicious gingerbread and praline treats that you can buy.[/font]
[font="Avenir Next", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif]Close to the city life in New Orleans one can find several plantations. The one most people think about is the Oak Alley Plantation. It's beautiful with its long corridor of oak trees lined up to move the river breeze to the home. The price of admission includes the tour of the main home with the guides tree calculators dressed up with period costumes. Then one is free to roam and look at the rest of the grounds. You could certainly take a break and have some lunch at the cafe on site; however, the best food is yet to come.[/font]
[font="Avenir Next", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif]A short drive from Oak Alley will bring you to the Laura Plantation. Although certainly small in size it is one that shows simple living at a plantation. The guides, especially Brooke, are absolutely knowledgeable and witty. They don't dress up in period costumes like at other plantations. This does a better job of conveying the idea that it is more of a conservationist work to educate while entertaining others about Creole culture and plantation life rather than a tourist attraction. The little shop belonging to the Laura Plantation offers some great little souvenirs like the book about the plantation written by Laura herself. To hold you over until the next plantation there are some delicious gingerbread and praline treats that you can buy.[/font]
