Enter one of the oldest and most authentically preserved French Creole plantation houses in America — a raised cottage of bousillage walls and cypress timbers dating to the 1790s — guided by costumed interpreters who bring the colonial era viscerally alive.
What to expect
Approach the main house along an oak-shaded avenue and step into a beautifully proportioned French Creole manor furnished with period Louisiana-made antiques. Your interpreter explains the bousillage-between-posts construction — mud, moss, and Spanish moss packed between cypress uprights — a building technique unique to Louisiana. The outdoor kitchen demonstrates authentic Creole recipes; the formal gardens and outbuildings complete the picture of a vanished world. The intimacy of the small group allows genuine conversation and photography at your own pace.
Good to know
Located approximately 10 minutes from the Baton Rouge cruise terminal; arrange a car or private driver. Open Tuesday–Sunday. Advance booking for private or group tours strongly recommended. Allow 1.5 hours. The grounds are beautiful in morning light — aim for an early start to maximize time before all-aboard.
Sail there
Luxury cruises that call at Baton Rouge — book through us, the fare is identical and your concierge stays on your side.
More to do in Baton Rouge
- Atchafalaya Swamp: Private Airboat & Cajun Culture Immersion
- Louisiana's Old State Capitol: Guided Architectural Masterpiece Tour
- Red Stick Adventures: Baton Rouge Signature City History Tour
- USS Kidd Veterans Museum: Private Docent Access to a WWII Fletcher-Class Destroyer
- LSU Rural Life Museum: Private After-Hours Plantation Grounds Experience