Cottage on the Farm Bed & Breakfast
19637 Highway 643 • Vacherie, LA 70090
Located Minutes from Antebellum Plantation Homes
225-265-4654
Located on a 50-acre farm, Cottage on the Farm was built with lumber from an old plantation house dating back to the early 1900's. It includes two bedrooms with full size beds, one bathroom with oversized tub and walk-in shower, a living room, fully-equipped kitchen, large front porch, satellite TV, central heat and air, an outside firepit, and a laundry room. more...  map

Laura: A Creole Plantation (circa 1805)
2247 Highway 18 • Vacherie, LA 70090
225-265-7690
A historic Creole sugar plantation, Laura is surrounded by fields of sugarcane and 11 historic buildings which are also listed on the National Register. These include slave cabins where over 125 years ago the West-African folktales of Compair Lapin, a.k.a. “Br'er Rabbit,” were written. The 60-minute guided tour is based upon 5,000 pages of documents found in the Archives Nationales in Paris and from Laura Locoul Gore's own "Memories of the Old Plantation Home." View the largest collection of family artifacts, including mourning and Mardi Gras heirlooms, clothing, business and slave records, and toiletries; original to a Louisiana plantation. more...  map

Oak Alley Plantation (circa 1839)
3645 LA Highway 18 • Vacherie, LA 70090
225-265-2151
Known as the "Grande Dame of the Great River Road," this Greek Revival-style plantation house has an alley of 300-year old live oaks leading to the mansion. Authentically restored to its original grandeur, this home offers visitors the chance to enjoy daily tours, a restaurant, gift shop and accommodations in turn-of-the-century Creole cottages. Oak Alley Plantation also provides a spectacular setting for weddings, parties, and other special events. more...  map

St. Joseph Plantation
3535 Highway 18 • Vacherie, LA 70090
225-265-4078
The birthplace of H. H. Richardson, one of America's most important architects of the 19th century, this 1,000-acre was given fully furnished to the daughter of the "Louis XIV of Louisiana," Valcour Aime, as a wedding gift in 1858. Here you can learn about the sugar cane industry in South Louisiana from 1795, when sugar was first produced on a commercial scale and sugar was considered white gold, to the present day. Visitors can also view "the renovated slave cabins, Creole cottages, detached kitchen, barns, chicken coops, blacksmith shop carpenter shop and other dependencies necessary to sustain life during these early years." St. Joseph Plantation's house and grounds are ideal for a wedding or reception. more...