25
Aug
Houmas House Plantation Walking Tour. Located between baton rouge and new orleans, houmas house is a historic southern plantation that opened its doors to the public in 2003. According to tripadvisor travellers, these are the best ways to experience houmas house and gardens: This �sugar palace� is filled with beauty, culture, and history. A collection of art, furniture, and antique artifacts help tell the story of plantation life.
According to tripadvisor travellers, these are the best ways to experience houmas house and gardens: Visit the houmas house plantation, dubbed ‘the sugar palace’ due to its contribution to the sugar boom of the late 1800s, when more than 20 million pounds of sugar were produced here annually. Visit the houmas house plantation, dubbed ‘the sugar palace’ due to its contribution to the sugar boom of the late 1800s, when more than 20 million pounds of sugar were produced here annually. Houmas house and gardens is an historic estate open for daily tours. Our tours allow a maximum of 25 guests per tour. The mansion is equipped with an elevator for guests not able to navigate stairs.
Houmas house plantation and gardens guided mansion tours allow guests full access to the houmas house estate.
On your walking tour, your guide shows you through slave cabins, a freedmen’s church, detached kitchen and outbuildings, a 1790s owner’s house and memorials built to honor the enslaved. A collection of art, furniture, and antique artifacts help tell the story of plantation life. The grounds of the plantation was initially selected by the houmas indians. Houmas house “the crown jewel of louisiana’s river road”. Journey back in time at the houmas house plantation as you take a guided tour of the antebellum mansion, just a short drive from new orleans, and learn about the old south. The next morning we toured the houmas house plantation.