Departure Times: 9am Tuesdays, Thursdays and SundaysPlease arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the published departure.Closed: Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Mardi Gras.Tour duration is approximately 7.25 hours long.Tour departs from: Gray Line Lighthouse Ticket Office (Toulouse St. @ the Mississippi River in the French Quarter).Advance reservations are required. Please call us and identify yourself as a passenger holding a voucher for the Louisiana Plantation Life Tour AND INDICATE WHICH 2 PLANTATION TOURS YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO. Present the voucher to your guide. So as to have ample time to tour the plantation homes and grounds, we suggest you bring dry snacks/food to consume on the bus ride. Only dry snacks/foods and beverages with tops are allowed on the vehicles. Coolers or meals are not allowed. Snacks and beverages are available for purchase at each plantation; Oak Alley has a café.