I swear i burnt this place down how did yall build it back that fast
Paramvir Atwal
It was a beautiful and well maintained property
Logan
Could've sworn i burnt this place down in 1899🤨
Liz Webb
The grounds and home are stunning. Words can't describe the beauty. Only draw back is, 30$ for a 30 minute tour. Our tour guide was incredibly boring and didn't really tell us anything interesting about the home or family. Also the home had some updates that were not super period correct. And made it feel a little less interesting. Like painting doors to look like old wood. But it's just painting. Or painting rooms modern grays? Maybe that's how it use to be. But typically old homes are not gray. They are reds blues, green, and yellow...
Matthew Vollmers
What a fun historic place to visit. The charm and history and the people, the tour guides, shop staff and especially Charnell and the Restaurant. She was great. Perfect friendly service and food that was fresh, tastes and hit the spot.
Jessica P
After seeing Whitney Plantation, I'm disgusted by this place. You wouldn't even know it's history if plantation wasn't in the name. They are trying to make it a wedding venue and gloss over the history. At Whitney Plantation, they show the large metal bowls used to process came sugar- at oak alley plantation, they used the bowls to hold fish ponds with flowers. Even the people here were taking selfies in front of the trees and eating lunch- I didn't see a single thing talking about the actual slaves or true history- if you are hete to actually learn about history please go to Whitney Plantation. If you are an ignorant narcissist, please come here instead of Whitney.
David Benoy
well worth visit. you will even learn something.
Lauren DiMasi
Very educational tour and the grounds are stunning!
Jamie Logan
Beautiful plantation, very heavy history to take in. The ladies in the gift shop today were so sweet & helpful! We could've easily tried amd bought every jam, butter, and liqueur in the store.
Bradley Miller
This is an absolutely stunning property, and while there are several pretty plantations in the surrounding area, Oak Alley truly outshines them all. Tickets are required to enter the property, but it is entirely worth the price of admission, and they do offer an AAA discount to help save a bit on your entry. Because we were on a tighter schedule and only planning to spend about two hours here, we didn’t visit the restaurant or the gift areas and decided to tour the grounds only. While we skipped the inside house tour this time around, I could definitely see it being worth adding to the itinerary if your schedule allows for it. For my wife and me, the real highlight was the cinematic connection; we are huge movie fans and absolutely love the lore of Interview with the Vampire, which was filmed right here. We had an incredible time walking every single inch of the allowed grounds and took plenty of spectacular photos under the iconic tree canopy. My strongest piece of advice for future visitors is to hold off on purchasing your tickets too far in advance just in case the local weather calls for rain. The experience is almost entirely outside, so you definitely want to bring an umbrella if there is even a slight chance of a storm. Because the landscape is so vast and open, you can actually watch the rain rolling in from far off across the plantation, which makes for a beautiful and unique sight. Make sure to take your time, don't rush through, and read all the informative plaques placed outside along the path—it is well worth a slow, deliberate walk to take in all the rich history this location has to share.
Our tour guide David was wonderful. Thought the property was undeniably beautiful, however, it does feel insensitive/disrespectful to have an Inn and gift shop when so many bad things have happened on the property. It felt like touring a rich persons home and talking about their legacy and very little awareness was brought to the atrocities of slavery that took place. I feel like only showing the beautiful house and barely touching on the horrific enslavement that took place adds to the romanticization of the Antebellum south and plantations.
Our tour guide was incredibly respectful and did bring up sensitive topics, but so much more could be done by the organization.
For a much more informative tour, I recommend Whitney Plantation. They truly share so much more information and don’t tread lightly about the real things that happened there.
Melissa Jones
It was educational experience
Laura Conley
The grounds and home are beautiful. I visited Oak Alley 20 years ago and was disappointed by how dramatically the presentation has changed. No one denies the horrors of slavery, and that history deserves to be told honestly. However, the tour now feels overwhelmingly focused on modern themes of oppression and victimhood, often at the expense of a broader, more balanced historical narrative.
I came hoping to learn about the plantation, its families, architecture, economics, and the lives of the enslaved in historical context. Instead, I left feeling I had attended a lesson in present-day ideology rather than history. Complex history deserves nuance, not one-dimensional storytelling. The experience was far less enlightening than I remembered.
Janese Hoffman
Beautiful grounds and home. So much history. Would like to have taken photos inside, but it's not permitted.
Mary Sigmon
THIS PLACE IS WORTH IT!
We spent several hours there learning about history and seeing the vast grounds. Worth the drive and time!
I swear i burnt this place down how did yall build it back that fast
It was a beautiful and well maintained property
Could've sworn i burnt this place down in 1899🤨
The grounds and home are stunning. Words can't describe the beauty.
Only draw back is, 30$ for a 30 minute tour. Our tour guide was incredibly boring and didn't really tell us anything interesting about the home or family.
Also the home had some updates that were not super period correct. And made it feel a little less interesting. Like painting doors to look like old wood. But it's just painting. Or painting rooms modern grays? Maybe that's how it use to be. But typically old homes are not gray. They are reds blues, green, and yellow...
What a fun historic place to visit. The charm and history and the people, the tour guides, shop staff and especially Charnell and the Restaurant. She was great. Perfect friendly service and food that was fresh, tastes and hit the spot.
After seeing Whitney Plantation, I'm disgusted by this place. You wouldn't even know it's history if plantation wasn't in the name. They are trying to make it a wedding venue and gloss over the history. At Whitney Plantation, they show the large metal bowls used to process came sugar- at oak alley plantation, they used the bowls to hold fish ponds with flowers. Even the people here were taking selfies in front of the trees and eating lunch- I didn't see a single thing talking about the actual slaves or true history- if you are hete to actually learn about history please go to Whitney Plantation. If you are an ignorant narcissist, please come here instead of Whitney.
well worth visit. you will even learn something.
Very educational tour and the grounds are stunning!
Beautiful plantation, very heavy history to take in.
The ladies in the gift shop today were so sweet & helpful! We could've easily tried amd bought every jam, butter, and liqueur in the store.
This is an absolutely stunning property, and while there are several pretty plantations in the surrounding area, Oak Alley truly outshines them all. Tickets are required to enter the property, but it is entirely worth the price of admission, and they do offer an AAA discount to help save a bit on your entry. Because we were on a tighter schedule and only planning to spend about two hours here, we didn’t visit the restaurant or the gift areas and decided to tour the grounds only. While we skipped the inside house tour this time around, I could definitely see it being worth adding to the itinerary if your schedule allows for it. For my wife and me, the real highlight was the cinematic connection; we are huge movie fans and absolutely love the lore of Interview with the Vampire, which was filmed right here. We had an incredible time walking every single inch of the allowed grounds and took plenty of spectacular photos under the iconic tree canopy. My strongest piece of advice for future visitors is to hold off on purchasing your tickets too far in advance just in case the local weather calls for rain. The experience is almost entirely outside, so you definitely want to bring an umbrella if there is even a slight chance of a storm. Because the landscape is so vast and open, you can actually watch the rain rolling in from far off across the plantation, which makes for a beautiful and unique sight. Make sure to take your time, don't rush through, and read all the informative plaques placed outside along the path—it is well worth a slow, deliberate walk to take in all the rich history this location has to share.
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Our tour guide David was wonderful. Thought the property was undeniably beautiful, however, it does feel insensitive/disrespectful to have an Inn and gift shop when so many bad things have happened on the property.
It felt like touring a rich persons home and talking about their legacy and very little awareness was brought to the atrocities of slavery that took place. I feel like only showing the beautiful house and barely touching on the horrific enslavement that took place adds to the romanticization of the Antebellum south and plantations.
Our tour guide was incredibly respectful and did bring up sensitive topics, but so much more could be done by the organization.
For a much more informative tour, I recommend Whitney Plantation. They truly share so much more information and don’t tread lightly about the real things that happened there.
It was educational experience
The grounds and home are beautiful.
I visited Oak Alley 20 years ago and was disappointed by how dramatically the presentation has changed. No one denies the horrors of slavery, and that history deserves to be told honestly. However, the tour now feels overwhelmingly focused on modern themes of oppression and victimhood, often at the expense of a broader, more balanced historical narrative.
I came hoping to learn about the plantation, its families, architecture, economics, and the lives of the enslaved in historical context. Instead, I left feeling I had attended a lesson in present-day ideology rather than history. Complex history deserves nuance, not one-dimensional storytelling. The experience was far less enlightening than I remembered.
Beautiful grounds and home. So much history. Would like to have taken photos inside, but it's not permitted.
THIS PLACE IS WORTH IT!
We spent several hours there learning about history and seeing the vast grounds. Worth the drive and time!
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