SOUTHERN DELIGHTS WITH EXTENDED STAY IN NEW ORLEANS - 2010

Vacation Overview

Enjoy Southern charm on this vacation through some of the South’s most interesting and fun cities. Start your trip in New Orleans, the “Big Easy,” with a tour that highlights the French Quarter and a typical New Orleans above-ground cemetery. Enjoy lunch and a private demonstration at the New Orleans School of Cooking and learn how New Orleans specialties are made. After leisure time in New Orleans, travel to Cajun country and Lafayette, stopping first for a tour of Oak Valley Plantation, “the Grande Dame.” Visit a restored Acadian village in the bayou and enjoy a typical Cajun dinner before traveling to Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s capital. Enjoy a tour of Baton Rouge, including the Old Governor’s Mansion, the new Louisiana State Capitol, and the Old State Capital.

Then travel to Mississippi, where you visit Natchez; Vicksburg and Vicksburg National Military Park, which commemorates the Civil War battle held here; Jackson, Mississippi’s state capital; and Biloxi, where you visit the last home of Jefferson Davis, the Biloxi Lighthouse, the Hurricane Katrina Memorial, and the Hurricane Katrina Tree Sculptures. Also visit Mobile, Alabama. Then return to New Orleans, where you can choose your experience: enjoy a leisurely paddlewheel excursion on the Mississippi River, see the city’s haunted side on an Anne Rice Vampire Tour, or get a better understanding of events on the Hurricane Katrina Tour. Your tour ends back in New Orleans with three nights and plenty of leisure time to enjoy all that New Orleans has to offer—a perfect way to end your vacation through some of the South’s charming cities.

New Orleans Jazz Fest April 22 departure
Join us on this departure and be part of all the action in New Orleans at the world-famous Jazz & Heritage Festival. Listen to the best sounds of New Orleans as well as the hottest names in music from around the world. The Festival also features a variety of vendors with local foods and crafts. Your Jazz Festival package includes a 1-day pass to the Jazz & Heritage Festival plus roundtrip transportation to the Jazz Fest grounds.Note: This package is only available on New Orleans extension.