Duration: Port Allen - 1/2 day (morning) to full dayPort Allen & Cajun Country - full day
Plantation Country truly offers something for everyone-and in every direction! Cross the Mississippi River to West Baton Rouge Parish, the city of Port Allen. Take La. Highway 1 north to the West Baton Rouge Parish Museum for a close look at how sugar goes from the field to your coffee pot in an audio-visual exhibit. Be amazed by the intricate detail of a complete, miniature sugar mill, c. 1901. While there, tour the Allendale Plantation Cabin and the Aillet House, which dates from the 1830s. Visit Poplar Grove, a plantation house which was once the Banker's Pavilion at the 1884 World's Fair in New Orleans, or reserve time for a special lunch or elegant dinner there.
Continue west to Cajun country via I-10. Optional stops include Henderson and Breaux Bridge for great food and well-known swamp tours. Enjoy dinner and dancing "Cajun-style" before returning to Baton Rouge or enjoy a plantation-style evening at Poplar Grove or Nottoway Plantation, about 20 minutes south of I-10.
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