Elegant Old South

Featuring:

• Historic Boone Tavern Hotel
• Callaway Resort & Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA
• Guided tour of the gardens and butterfly house at our resort
• Overnight in Meridian, MS
• Vicksburg National Military Park –

  guided battlefield tour. The licensed park guides have been making history come alive at Vicksburg National Military Park since the 1950's. They offer visitors the unique opportunity to explore the battlefield with a professional guide who has excellent knowledge of civilian life and military operations of the campaign, siege, and defense of Vicksburg in the spring and summer of 1863.

• 2 nights in Natchez, MS
• Tour Longwood Mansion Home, Stanton Hall & Dunleith Historic Inn, Choctaw Hall.

  Longwood mansion is a unique octagonal structure with an onion dome. Left unfinished due to the Civil War, you can inspect it for yourself. Stanton Hall was built in 1858.  View the Carrera Marble, mahogany doors 2 1/2 inches thick, chandeliers from France, Italian statuary appointed the interior, and the huge Corinthian columns that adorned the facade.

• Houmas House Plantation and Gardens -

  Experience the southern splendor of The Sugar Palace when you step into 16 rooms filled with period antiques and Louisiana artwork. Enjoy 38 acres of gardens, ponds and a majestic live oak alley.

• Swamp nature tour -

  This tour will explore the difference between swamps and bayous. Known for amazing wildlife and beauty, it is home to 205 species of birds and don't forget giant alligators!

• Overnight near New Iberia, LA
• Tabasco plant tour -

  Avery Island is a mysteriously beautiful place where the pepper fields grow, the factory hums and the McIlhennys and their employees continue to live and work much as they have for generations. Learn about the process to make this beloved hot sauce.

  Martin Accordians tour and live music - Hear firsthand how the Martin family began making their Cajun accordians and see what the process involves. Then enjoy music and storytelling, a q&a and an opportunity to get up and dance if you want.

• Overnight near Slidell, LA
• Bellingrath Gardens and Home, Theodore, AL

  Known as the garden spot of the south, this 800 acre estate consists of extensive stands of virgin forest along with some 75-acres of planted gardens by the river. There are more than 200 varieties of azaleas, along with camellias, gardenias, roses, water lilies, dogwoods, hydrangeas, and many other varieties of plants and flowers.

• Tour of USS Alabama Battleship Park
• Overnight near Mobile, AL
• BB King’s Blues Club, Montgomery, AL
• Overnight near Dublin, GA
• Historic Savannah trolley tour with guide
• Free time in Savannah's City Market
• Overnight near Beaufort, SC
• Guided tour of Parris Island historic district
• Guided tour of Beaufort, SC
• Overnight in Charlotte, NC

Meals - 11B, 7L, 5D