Visitors to the plantation take guided tours, which offer perspectives on its monuments and buildings, including the Spanish Creole mansion, a free-standing kitchen and a swamp created onsite to show the conditions in which some escaped slaves hid.
It is open 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily, except Tuesdays and major holidays (including Mardi Gras Day). Tours occur every hour, last about an hour and a half, and are popular. Buy tickets online before you go. The timed-entry tickets cost $22; less for students, seniors, members of the military and children.
The plantation, in Wallace, La., is about an hour's drive from the heart of New Orleans. The website lists tour operators and a car service (under the "visit" tab).
For more information, go to whitneyplantation.com.
Kerri Westenberg
