Nottoway Plantation & Resort

Reviews about Nottoway Plantation & Resort

• 5 / 5

  By John Guercio
  Nottoway Plantation's transformation in to the true embodiment of Southern Hospitality began with the purchase of the home by Mr. Paul Ramsey many years ago. Excellent food, service and atmosphere is delivered on a consistent basis by a knowledgeable, friendly staff. I have always been amazed by access allowed to patrons, especially on guided and non-guided tours. The location is well within reasonable driving distance from the Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lafayette areas. With a minimal amount of Internet effort, potential patrons will find valuable discounts for tours and overnight accommodations. Nottoway Plantation is truly in a class of its own.
  December 06, 2016
• 2 / 5

  By diane banks
  Living in this area in the 90's we had visited this plantation home 8 to 10 times taking family and friends on the tour. Yesterday we took 5 of our grands and daughter on the tour. At 20 a person I was ready for the teens to hear of the history that came with this home. Having been here so many times I could recall a lot of this history but many important parts were told to our group. Some of the other guest ask questions that our our agent did not know. After a few questions she seemed upset that those things were being asked. She passed over many things that had been told in the past visits. She never told of the famous painting the in the ball room of the eyes that followed you. Later when asked about it she said "oh I only tell that if small children are present they seem to like that." The music room was an in and how and never telling of how the children of this home had music lessons six months of the year with the teacher living in the home during this time. How important music lessons were to the family. She passed very fast on how the girls at the run of their floor since the boys lived in another outside wing. We had been told before that the girls had their own floor and Mr. Randolph overseeing their safety. She never told the deep history of this...We only saw one bedroom since they now rent so many of the rooms for a stay over. She never told of the bed warmers used during this time period. She never told of the history of furniture being transported on ships/barges from New Orleans and how the Mrs.Randolph had the Ceiling Medallion brought in or some of the other things from Paris. She briefly touched on the the kitchens were outside from the main house but did not explain why...There were people in our group from all over the United States -- I was the only person in the group that had ever been to the plantation. She never told of the that the women would sit by the fireplaces with a mask so their makeup would not melt. She missed so much history that could and should have been told. Even one of the couples made a comment that she did not seem very knowledgeable about the history. They had visited other homes and said the history was brought more to life. She also passed over a lot of the history from the civil war and the home being saved. Again, just a brief talk on this. The tour was to start at noon but we really did not started until about 12:15 and it was finished 12:53 out back where she pointed out the boys rooms were downstairs and we could go down and look at them. The tour ended with her glad to take tips. Not the history told that I had so looked forward to take my history loving grands to after all the years I had enjoyed taking others there. I would not return nor would I tell others to tour this plantation....there are too many others in the area.
  October 26, 2016