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Gretchen
Roswell, GA23 contributions
Jun 2021 • Family
The house and grounds are beautiful. The cost of the plantation is $10 per person. I would try make this a day trip because the pricing is a little high. The ladies working there were very rude. I would have minded to pay $40 for our family of four, but they were so nasty .. I paid my sister $10 to walk around and take pictures. With or without the tour it’s $10. The plantations website needs to be updated .
Written June 23, 2021
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Michael F
11 contributions
Jul 2021 • Friends
I toured beautiful and unique San Francisco Plantation on July 25th with a friend. We drove down from Natchez. I thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the experience. Our tour guide was Ruby. She was fabulous. The house is totally unique. Colorful. Interesting. The history is unique and also sad. The plantation will soon close to tours. I'm very sad to learn this. Marathon petroleum company restored and maintained this historic house for many decades. I am grateful to them. I hope that they will reconsider and maintain it open as a museum so that others can continue to enjoy this beautiful property.
Written July 27, 2021
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Trip816173
Asheville, NC2 contributions
May 2021
We arrived a half hour late for the 12:30 tour, and upon hearing that we would be unable to tour at a later time, the folks at San Francisco graciously let us join the tour already in progress. Not only that, the tour guide, Ruby, went back through the home with us after she had finished the main tour and personally showed us what we had missed. So appreciative of such gracious hospitality by the staff of this truly unique plantation home.
Written May 11, 2021
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enavant12
Kansas City, MO32 contributions
This is my favorite River Road plantation. The interior is gorgeously and authentically restored. The tour is based on historical documentation, but presented in a friendly and gracious manner. Our tour group contained only 8 people, so it was much more intimate than our experience at Oak Alley. Vistors are shown all 14 rooms of the house. Don't let the fact that a refinery is very nearby discourage you from visiting. The romantic setting of the house itself is charming.
Written May 23, 2007
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Mary19452
Hammond, LA2 contributions
Jan 2016 • Couples
My husband and I have visited all of the RIver Road plantations, and we thought we had save the best for last because of the lovely pictures of San Francisco house. We bought a 4-home plantation tour card, so we were unsure if we needed a ticket or not.
WE WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE ON THE GROUNDS AT THIS TIME.
We walked up to the house to find a guide rather than go to the gift shop first. Bad idea!! First, we were greeted by a scowling older woman who, though dressed in full hoop skirt costume, growled at us that we were supposed to go the gift shop first. Then, we entered the gift shop, and the attendant there stated that we had walked the wrong way and should have come to the gift shop first. She was quite rude and impatient. My husband and I decided to use the restroom before the tour, and the gift shop worker actually came to get us out of the restroom for the tour! At that point, I wanted to leave. I felt so unwelcomed. But, my husband insisted we make the best of it.
We get to the house, and our tour guide is a pleasant young lady. However, she had full cleavage spiling out of her tight spandex top and was wearing tennis shoes with her hoop dress. As we toured, a maintenance worker walked around checking in closets for things, so he was a little distracting. The tour guide explained that the women of that time actually often had ribs removed to have smaller waistlines. Not sure if those surgeries were present in the 1800's on a regular basis, but I let that one slide because she was enthusiastic.
We were then sent to the school house and slave quarters without a guide to "look around," but we certainly would have preferred details and information on the buildings instead of just walking through.
I decided to give my guide a tip for her pleasant tour; however, when I asked the ornery gift shop worker for an envelope, she insisted they were outside by the tip box. When my husband again stated they were not, she instructed him to look again. To which he replied that the box was indeed empty. She then, quite agitated at having to get up from her chair, went to the back and returned with a small tip envelope. (I would have left at the first insistance, but I didn't want to punish the tour guide for the obnoxious gift shop worker.)
I LOVE that the Marathon corporation has restored this beautiful piece of history in my beloved state. BUT, I will never suggest that friends visit San Francisco plantation. Your money is better spent at Laura, Oak Alley, Houmas House, Nottoway, etc.
WE WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE ON THE GROUNDS AT THIS TIME.
We walked up to the house to find a guide rather than go to the gift shop first. Bad idea!! First, we were greeted by a scowling older woman who, though dressed in full hoop skirt costume, growled at us that we were supposed to go the gift shop first. Then, we entered the gift shop, and the attendant there stated that we had walked the wrong way and should have come to the gift shop first. She was quite rude and impatient. My husband and I decided to use the restroom before the tour, and the gift shop worker actually came to get us out of the restroom for the tour! At that point, I wanted to leave. I felt so unwelcomed. But, my husband insisted we make the best of it.
We get to the house, and our tour guide is a pleasant young lady. However, she had full cleavage spiling out of her tight spandex top and was wearing tennis shoes with her hoop dress. As we toured, a maintenance worker walked around checking in closets for things, so he was a little distracting. The tour guide explained that the women of that time actually often had ribs removed to have smaller waistlines. Not sure if those surgeries were present in the 1800's on a regular basis, but I let that one slide because she was enthusiastic.
We were then sent to the school house and slave quarters without a guide to "look around," but we certainly would have preferred details and information on the buildings instead of just walking through.
I decided to give my guide a tip for her pleasant tour; however, when I asked the ornery gift shop worker for an envelope, she insisted they were outside by the tip box. When my husband again stated they were not, she instructed him to look again. To which he replied that the box was indeed empty. She then, quite agitated at having to get up from her chair, went to the back and returned with a small tip envelope. (I would have left at the first insistance, but I didn't want to punish the tour guide for the obnoxious gift shop worker.)
I LOVE that the Marathon corporation has restored this beautiful piece of history in my beloved state. BUT, I will never suggest that friends visit San Francisco plantation. Your money is better spent at Laura, Oak Alley, Houmas House, Nottoway, etc.
Written January 11, 2016
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harmsenom
New Orleans, LA607 contributions
May 2015 • Friends
Take the time to enjoy the tour of this plantation house. The grounds are equally stunning, and the house is an easy drive from New Orleans. Take lots of photographs outside and stand on the levee in front for a grand view of the house. So different from others. Our tour guide was exemplary.
Written May 6, 2015
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SigMtnTraveler
Signal Mountain, TN61 contributions
Mar 2015 • Friends
I was surprised when we first arrived at San Francisco plantation. The plantation house is quite different from most in the Old South - no Tara or Twelve Oaks here. it is a beautiful structure painted in pastels. The interior is wonderfully finished and furnished. Our tour guide was very well acquainted with the history of the house and its former occupants and patiently answered all of our questions.
Written March 9, 2015
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Parrotharcourt
Philadelphia, PA29 contributions
Dec 2014 • Friends
The beautiful, gaily painted San Francisco Plantation is one of the most interesting mansions in the New Orleans area. It is well worth the drive to see the house either by car or escorted tour. I recently visited it with friends, and we were treated to a wonderful, in-depth tour by a knowledgeable, entertaining docent dressed in period costume. The Plantation has an involved history, which is fascinating. Don't miss it!
Written December 21, 2014
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bellefemmeNewOrleans
New Sarpy, LA23 contributions
I've been to San Francisco plantation many times, and it is, without a doubt, the most beautiful plantation near New Orleans. The house's architecture is distinctive and characterized as steamboat gothic. The interior is noted for its painted ceilings and mantels. The house has been restored to its heyday when it was the home of an aristocrat and his German bride. It is truly like no other house in the region.
Written June 6, 2009
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LEJ
5 contributions
Jun 2019 • Friends
Not as commercial as many of the others, felt much more authentic. Had Bonnie as a tour guide, she was great, we asked lots of questions which she happily answered.
Written July 3, 2019
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About an hour just in the house. You can walk around the grounds and see the school house that was brought there that is authentic to the time and era and an existing house where workers would have stayed. You can do this on your own. I just feel in love with the house and its beautiful wood work and ceilings.
Written March 30, 2017
After seeing the pictures of the interior of this plantation I was planning on adding the tour to our itinerary but several reviews state that pictures are not allowed. I don't, as a rule, spend my money if I can't take photos, so which is it? Photos or no photos? All other plantations not only allow but encourage photos.
Written August 31, 2015
No pictures allowed inside. However, the outside was really pretty and we took several pics of the exterior.
Written August 31, 2015
We don't have a senior discount. Our 2014 ticket prices are:
$15.00 per adult
$10.00 per child (ages 7-17)
$14.00 for AAA members or Military
Children 6 and under are free
Written December 18, 2014
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