Over the weekend, a friend of mine and I decided to take a drive down Louisiana’s famed River Road to visit a few plantation homes I hadn’t yet toured (there’s still quite a few out there, believe it or not!).
What should have been a 2 1/2 hour drive to get there turned into a 4 1/2 hour drive because of an accident on the interstate and re-directed traffic.
All that matters is we made it to our first home before the final tour of the day with 10 minutes to spare. Whew. (We were stressing!)
Our first stop was at Evergreen Plantation. We decided on this home because a lady from our town purchased and refurbished the home back in the 1940’s – she also named it Evergreen for the rows upon rows of Oak trees on the grounds.
The movie Django Unchained was filmed here (haven’t seen the movie, just heard about it).
The Oak Alleys are breathtaking. Had I known about this place 7 years ago as a bride, I would have asked to take my bridals here! :)
Here’s the home itself – doesn’t it remind you of Port Orleans Riverside at Disney World?
This home and grounds are still a functioning sugar cane plantation! By the summer, these tiny sprouts will be really tall sugar cane!
Our second home of the day was named San Francisco Plantation. I sure wish I could have gotten a picture of the front of the home – but a fence was placed after 911 and it’s impossible to see the front of the home without a chain link fence in view. Sad times.
This is by far one of the most colorful plantation homes I’ve visited (both inside and out)!
A view of the back of the home.
We were the last ones to leave the grounds before this plantation home closed for refurbishment. As of Sunday, a $1.3 million dollar refurb began that will last until September. I would love to visit the home again after the refurb to see the updates!
We had a wonderful time and finished off our trip with a little retail therapy! Overall (despite the crazy morning traffic), it was a beautiful and a great day!
Have you ever visited a place where a movie or certain movies were filmed?
