8 Day
Itinerary
DAY
1
- Fly to Baton
Rouge
- Embassy Suites Hotel
- Get Acquainted
Cocktail Party
We will fly to the capital of Louisiana,
today, Baton Rouge. We will all get together this evening at
the hotel's cocktail party (for all arrivals before
6:00pm).
DAY
2
- Breakfast,
Dinner
- Tour to
Natchez
- City
Tour of Natchez including an Antebellum
Home
- Cocktail
Party
Today, we'll travel north through St.
Francisville to Natchez, Mississippi. There is no more
charming a town in all the South. Her broad, tree-lined
boulevards are graced with more than 40 antebellum
mansions.
We will also sightsee a portion of the
beautiful Natchez Trace Parkway. We will relive what life was
like along the natural trail for the early explorers and Native
Americans.
DAY
3
- Breakfast
- Baton Rouge City
Tour
- Tour
to New Orleans
- Renaissance Pere
Marquette Hotel
- Jazz Dinner
Cruise on the Mississippi River
We will tour Baton Rouge, this
morning, and view some of the city's highlights, including the new
and old Capitol Buildings, the new and old Governor's Mansions, the
LSU Campus and the city center.
Next, we will
follow the Great River Road, to New Orleans and Mardi Gras.
You will marvel at the many plantations, working farms, and shipping
activity along the levees and bayous.
Tonight, we are off to a great Jazz
Dinner Cruise on the Mississippi River. It does not get
much better than this!
DAY 4
- Breakfast, Dinner
- Fat Tuesday
Mardi Gras Parades
We have reserved seats for you, today,
along the route of the biggest Mardi Gras Parade of all! Everything
has led up to this day, Fat Tuesday. You have never seen
anything like it. How many beads, trinkets, and other price
less treasures can you catch to bring home? It's all great fun
and you will never forget it !!!
DAY
5
- Breakfast,
Dinner
- City
Tour
- Tour along the
Gulf Coast
- Isle Hotel &
Casino
We will tour the "Cresent City"
today. You will witness the old French, Spanish and Creole
sides of the city. A bit of French and Spanish splendor
preserved for you. You will hear about the old French Quarter,
old Market places, wharves, squares, dueling places, French and
Spanish homes, homes of millionaires, parks, gardens, giant, moss
hung trees and flowers. You will see the Jax Brewery, Jackson
Square, the Superdome, St. Charles Street, Lake Pontchartrain, one
of the many famous cemeteries, City Park, the river front, Canal
Street, plus much, much more!
Later, we will venture east along the
coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Biloxi is home to a
shrimp-fishing fleet and has become the Las Vegas of the
South.
DAY
6
- Breakfast,
Dinner
- Tour to Mobile
& the Bellingrath Gardens
We will tour to
Mobile, Alabama, this morning. This lovely city, with its Live
Oaks, restored mansions and World War II/Korean War era military
park, is a delight to visit.
Just south of
Mobile is the Bellingrath gardens - 60 acres of flowers in every
color of the rainbow, a fantasy of color! We will, also, tour
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bellingrath, with its opulent
furnishings and porcelain collection. This is a style that you
could become accustomed too!!
Maybe tonight will
be your night to win back the cost of your trip in the hotel's
casino? We sure hope so!
DAY
7
We will return home today filled with
great memories of the Ante-Bellum South, Cajun Country, the Gulf
Coast, and of course, Mardi Gras!!!
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