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Houmas House Plantation and Gardens
40136 Highway 942 (River Rd.), Darrow, LA 70725 [Map It]
(225) 473-9380
www.houmashouse.com
Description: Houmas House Plantation and Gardens offers a unique opportunity to enjoy a Grand Southern Mansion surrounded by the South's most beautiful gardens. Our recent restoration of the Mansion and Gardens offers our guests a view of the way life was in the early 1800's when sugar was king and Houmas House was the largest sugar plantation in the world. Guests will view a museum quality collection of antiques and artwork and will enter each of the rooms. There are no ropes to restrict the experience of touring the Mansion. We offer two restaurants to enhance the experience. Our Latil's Landing Restaurant is in the French House built in 1775, and is a part of the Grand Mansion. Latil's was named one of the Top 20 Restaurants in America by Esquire Magazine.
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La Branche Plantation Dependency
1168 River Rd., St. Rose, LA 70087 [Map It]
(504) 468-8843
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Madewood Plantation
4250 Hwy 308, Napoleonville, LA 70390 [Map It]
(985) 369-7151
www.bbonline.com
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Oak Alley Plantation
3645 Highway 18 (Great River Rd.), Vacherie, LA 70090 [Map It]
(225) 265-2151, (800) 442-5539
www.oakalleyplantation.com
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San Francisco Plantation
2646 Hwy. 44 (River Rd.), P.O. Box 950, Garyville, LA 70051 [Map It]
(985) 535-2341, (888) 322-1756
www.sanfranciscoplantation.org
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They were once the mainstays of a regional agrarian economy, as well as the bastions of a genteel culture. Now they are major tourist attractions offering windows into a bygone past. They are the plantations, and in southern Louisiana there are a good number of them within easy driving distance of New Orleans. 
