Unlike next-door neighbor Oak Alley, Saint Joseph Plantation has not had an extensive makeover, so you get to see really the way it was. It also doesn't get the traffic its more famous neighbor gets either. Another nice feature was that our tour guide was a member of the family that owned and lived in the plantation when it stilled... More

We really enjoyed touring this plantation. The family works together to keep up the building and grounds, give tours, and run the business. Sylvia, our tour guide, talked about visiting the house in the 70's. Her stories made the history come alive. The house and grounds aren't as grand as other plantations in the area, but the tour has depth.

We had an excellent tour of the plantation. The plantation is still a working sugar cane plantation. Our tour guide was very informative and was very well-versed in the history of St. Joseph. My husband has difficulty standing for periods of time, and she got a chair for him to sit in and carried it from room to room for... More

Our fantastic, thoroughly knowledgeable tour guide, Sylvia, really brought the home's history to life and used the very well-planned room layout to ease into a natural telling of the inhabitants' stories over time (rather than a blah "here's this room, here's that room"). She reminded me of a great tour guide at Nottoway, Tessa. Both are very classy ladies who... More

Was not initially enthusiastic on joining my sisters to visit plantations. St Joseph Plantation changed my mind. This is a lovely plantation home Warm family atmosphere Educational tour given by Denise

We visited this plantation not long after the owners decided to start tours. As we are from south Louisiana, we have toured many of River Roads finest homes and have heard the stories of the all. Given these early days of being open this plantation was sadly well overdue for some TLC and as the tour guide & one of... More

I can't say that other plantations offer a more authentic look at the life of a sugar-growing family, but I can say that several others had the look of a historic home-turned theme park. St. Joseph's was well maintained but not glitzed up like others we passed and drove into. And again, while I can't comment on other guides, I... More

The family still owns this home and the run it themselves. Its very interesting what has been done to the home in the past. One of the best things about this is that they still have alot of the cabins, tool shed, out house, outdoor kitchen along with other buildings right on site that you can walk into. Also it... More

This plantation is family owned and sometimes family members conduct the tours. It has been in the hands of the current family for over 135 years and is still a working plantation. It is not one of those crowded, cattle-drive type tours. In fact, my friend and I were the only ones on our tour, so we really had our... More