2020 MiM ‘Plantation Tour- New Orleans’

 Host Hotel: Hampton Inn & Suites Elmwood New Orleans

5150 Mounes St.

Harahan, LA 70123

(4-night stay included in registration)

The hotel is off both Highway 90 and I-10, a 15-minute drive from downtown New Orleans, the French Quarter, Jackson Square and Bourbon Street. Tulane University and Audubon Park are six miles from the hotel. Guests looking for food close to home are within walking distance of a variety of options featuring everything from seafood to Mexican food to fast food. The hotel is five minutes from Zephyr Field. Shoppers are two minutes from Elmwood Center and five minutes from the Clearview Mall

• Lodging included in registration

• Location ‘To Be Announced’
• Short introductions, Discuss the week’s events, Q & A session
• Dinner included in registration

A powerful testimony to the rich history of the antebellum south, Oak Alley invites visitors to explore all facets of her plantation past.  The Slavery at Oak Alley exhibit, Civil War exhibit, Sugarcane Theater and Big House offer an experience as compelling as the plantation’s 25 historic acres and 300-year old allee of oaks. 

• 3645 Louisiana 18, Valcherie, LA 70090
• Guided Tour and Lunch
• https://www.oakalleyplantation.org/
• Admission and lunch included in registration

Evergreen Plantation is the most intact plantation complex in the South with 37 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. Site of filming for several Movies including Django Unchained, Roots (2016), and the Free State of Jones.

•  4677 Hwy 18, Wallace, LA 70049
• Guided Tour
• https://www.evergreenplantation.org/
• Admission included in registration

•  5150 Mounes Street, Harahan, LA 70123
• Lodging included is registration

•  Many restaurants in the area of Hampton Inn

We will be dropped off in the heart of the city in Jackson Square.

 Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tours from City Sightseeing New Orleans

 City Sightseeing New Orleans is the most entertaining, informative, and fun City Tour you can find that offers transportation approximately every 30 minutes on an exhilarating open-top, double-decker bus!

HOP-ON! and in a single 2-hour loop, experience a complete City Tour — 3 centuries of history, architecture, and culture narrated live in English by your very own Tour Host – see the Garden District, French Quarter, and CBD.

HOP-OFF! at any stop along the way and explore New Orleans most popular neighborhoods, attractions, and shopping districts – or – take advantage of our Guided Walking Tours in the French Quarter and Garden District, included Free with 3 Day Tickets.

See the city at your own pace, the next bus is less than 30 minutes away!

Itinerary:

STOP 1. Jackson Square (Jax Brewery – Decatur and St. Peters Street)

STOP 2. Historic French Market (N. Peters St. and Ursulines Ave.)

STOP 3. Esplanade (Barracks Street and N. Peters Street

STOP 4. Treme (Rampart and Gov. Nicholls St.)

STOP 5. Basin St. Station (501 Basin St.)

STOP 6. Canal Street (50 Canal Street)

STOP 7. Riverfront at Harrah’s Casino (Convention Center Blvd & Poydras)

STOP 8. Central Business District (Poydras & Carondolet)

STOP 9: Louisiana Superdome – Hyatt Regency (601 Loyola Ave)

STOP 10: National WWII Museum (945 Magazine St.)

STOP 11. Jackson Avenue and Magazine Street

STOP 12. Garden District (Magazine Street and Washington Ave)

STOP 13. Magazine Street and Louisiana Ave)

STOP 14. St. Charles Ave (Louisiana Ave and St. Charles Ave.)

STOP 15. St. Charles Ave (2020 St. Charles Ave)

STOP 16. Mardi Gras World (1380 Port of New Orleans Place)

STOP 17. Arts District (Corner Julia Street and S. Peters Street)

STOP 18. Harrah’s Casino on St. Peters St and Poydras St.)

Do your homework ahead of time to make the most of your time in the city!

 City Sightseeing tickets included in registration – Bus only

• All admissions throughout the day on your own.

Savor the beauty and romance of the New Orleans skyline aboard the authentic Steamboat Natchez. Your two-hour dinner cruise from the heart of the French Quarter shows you why the city was founded on the beautiful crescent of the lower Mississippi River.

•  Departs from the Toulouse Street Wharf behind Jax Brewery / walking distance from your city sightseeing Stop 1
• Live Jazz by the Grammy nominated ‘Dukes of Dixieland’
• Casual buffet style dining
• Dinner Cruise included in registration

Houmas House Plantation and Gardens, between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, allows visitors to experience the life of a wealthy Sugar Baron in the 1800’s. Tour the historic Louisiana Plantation and explore 38 acres of lush gardens or relax with a refreshing mint julep and enjoy the breeze off the nearby Mississippi River.

• 40136 Highway 942 Darrow, LA 70725
• Guided Tour and Lunch
• https://houmashouse.com/
• Tour & lunch included in registration

Journey with us by boat, Cajun-style, for a 1 hour 45-minute tour through the heart of Southern Louisiana’s swamplands in the protected Jean Lafitte National Park and Preserve’s Barataria Preserve. Experience real-life adventure from the comfort of the swamp boats. Tour back into the privately-owned meandering bayous and take a look into the past. View moss draped cypress trees, fascinating plant life and the creatures who make their homes here.

•  6601 Leo Kerner Lafitte Pkwy Marrero, LA70072
• Your Cajun guide is a native of the area who will share with you the legends and lore of Louisiana’s still untamed wilderness.

• Swamp ride included in your registration

Bayou des Familles, a lazy waterway home to many alligators, turtles, egrets and other wildlife, takes center stage as our restaurant’s design provides its diners with a natural picture show. It’s in this unique setting where friends and family unite to experience southern Louisiana charm and culture in its finest form. It’s an experience not to be soon forgotten.

•  7163 Barataria Blvd. Marrero, LA (directly across from the swamp tours)
• Dinner included in your registration

•  5150 Mounes Street, Harahan, LA 70123

 Travel safely home and thank you for joining the

MiM 2020 ‘Plantation Tour – New Orleans’