Baton Rouge and Tour of Houmas House Estate and Gardens

Fly into Louisiana and travel to your hotel in Louisiana’s capital city of Baton Rouge on the Mississippi River for a four-night stay. Visit Downtown Baton Rouge’s 450-foot-high Louisiana State Capitol – home to the House of Representatives, the Senate, and a 27th-floor Observation Deck. Walk in the footsteps of WWII service personnel at USS Kidd Veterans Museum. Get hands-on at Louisiana Art & Science Museum. View fine art at Shaw Center for the Arts. See Antebellum landmarks like Old Louisiana State Capitol, LSU Rural Life Museum, and the French-Creole Magnolia Mound Plantation. 

Get up close to fascinating wildlife at Baton Rouge Zoo. Walk amongst the greenery at LSU Ag Center Botanical Gardens. From hiking, running, fishing, and kayaking to golf at Audubon Golf Trail’s Santa Maria Golf Course and watching the LSU Tigers play football at Tiger Stadium; there’s no shortage of outdoor activities and sports to enjoy. The city’s culinary scene includes everything from fine dining to traditional Louisiana cuisine with culinary creativity in between. Explore Louisiana’s liquor and beer renaissance on a tasting tour of Baton Rouge’s Three Roll Estate and Tin Roof Brewing Company. 

A tour of the historic 38-acre Houmas House Estate and Gardens is included in your time in Baton Rouge. The visit includes a 60-minute tour led by a guide in period dress of the mansion’s interior. This fully-immersive tour walks you through Houmas House Estate’s 250-year history, rare and period artworks and artifacts, and gives you a glimpse into life on this 1800s sugarcane plantation – it was also the setting for the 1964 psychological film ‘Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte’ film with Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland. You can also take a self-guided tour of the expansive gardens with their water features, secret gardens, sculptures, and Live Oak trees.