Upon arrival driver will inform guest on how their time will be spent. Guest will experience the disappearing world of Creole Louisiana on a 75-minute guided tour of the Laura Plantation main house, gardens and enslaved quarters. Hear intimate stories about four generations of free and enslaved members of the Creole families who lived here. Gleaned from handwritten memoirs and archival documents from the United States and France, each story told in the 1805 Maison Principale, on the grounds. Visit the raised basement and galleries, men's and women's parlors, service rooms and common rooms. Walk through the 200-year-old sugar plantation homestead, including 3 gardens: Jardin Français, the kitchen potager & BananaLand grove. Continue the tour on the grounds with 12 buildings on the National Register, including animal barns, overseers' cottages and the 1829 Maison de Reprise. Spend time touring the onsite museum exhibit on your own before or after your tour.