Mardi Gras Magnifique in New Orleans!
Departing February 18, 2012 - 7 Days
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
- Holiday Inn
- 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
- Breakfast
- Fly Home
We will return home today filled with great memories of the Ante-Bellum South, Cajun Country, the Gulf Coast, and of course, Mardi Gras!!!
Tour Price
(Per person, double or triple occupancy)
(Per person, double or triple occupancy)
From Most Major Airports
$1699.00
