Laura: A Creole Plantation Tour

On this tour, you can travel back in time to Laura Plantation, an operating sugar farm built in 1805.  You will hear true-life stories of the Creole women, children, and slaves who lived and work here, based on 5,000 pages of documents.

As you enter the world of Louisiana's historical past, on the great River Road, you will see panoramic views of Lake Ponchartrain, as you cross the Bonnet Carre Spillway (the flood outlet of the Mississippi River).

The Laura Plantation tour is based upon more than 5,000 pages of documents found in the French National Archives and upon Laura's Memories of the Old Plantation Home, in which she details 250 years of true-life stories of the Creole women, children and slaves who lived and worked on the plantation.  Laura has eleven historic buildings on the National Register, including slave cabins in which the West African folktales of Compair Lapin, later known as Br'er Rabbit, were recorded over 140 years ago.

Laura Plantation was awarded the "Top Travel Attraction in Louisiana" by the Louisiana Travel Promotions Association in 2007.  It was also listed among "The top 25 most popular house museums in the United States" by the American Academy of Architecture and Design.

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