Location: Natchez
Top Things to do in Natchez
The 10 Best Historic Sites in Natchez, Mississippi (MS)
Natchez, the oldest settlement on the Mississippi River, has more antebellum houses than any other place in the United States. Many of these historic homes are open for tours. The friendly local people welcome visitors to their historic city with warm Southern charm. Tour the homes, the Grand Village of the Natchez and the Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture. Festivals and celebrations occur often throughout the year. For gamblers, the riverboat gaming experience is a fun and fascinating change from ordinary casinos. Active visitors will enjoy great golf, tennis, hiking, biking and fishing.
Restaurants in Natchez
1. Elms Court
2. Green Leaves
3. First Presbyterian Church
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 131 reviews
Reviewed By blandboy - Bettendorf, United States
Didn’t see these incredible photos coming when we stopped to view the church interior! Amazing b&w photos of early Natchez. From portraits of citizens to local architecture, street scenes to river scapes, floods to river cruises, everything’s documented. If you’re a fan of period photography, don’t miss this free exhibit!
4. Choctaw Hall
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 87 reviews
Reviewed By WILLIAMS482
Natchez is a nice small town. Very quite. A buddy and I were riding our bikes on the Natchez Trace Parkway, and stayed one night at Choctaw Hall. It was a great place to stay! The best thing about our stay was the tour of the mansion by David Garner. He knew the history, was very interesting to listen to, and very funny. It was a great stay and I highly recommend for anyone. I plan to stay again someday.
5. The Towers
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 20 reviews
The Jeweled Christmas Tour at The Towers is a fabulous display of thousands of pieces of vintage costume jewelry on every table, every tree, every shelf and everything! A sight to behold! All of this is in beautiful whimsical Christmas vignettes. Sparkle abounds! Any visitor will be surely delighted! USAToday.com named us one of the Top Ten Christmas displays in the United States.Tours are Wednesday at 2PM, Fridays at 10AM and 2PM, Saturdays at 10AM, 2PM and 4PM and Sundays at 10AM. Costs is $20 per person. Tours are 1.5 hours. November 24 thru January 5th.
Reviewed By SydaLeaSchnebly - Biloxi, United States
The Christmas decorations are stunning. It's hard to imagine a collection anywhere to come close to this. Everything was done with unparalleled attention to detail. The hostess leading our tour, along with her husband, is the owner, collector and designer of the collection, so we received great detail on the items, the furnishing in the home and the restoration of this beautiful mansion.
6. Natchez Bluffs and Under-the-Hill Historic District
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By sskroll - Orlando, United States
A great reinvention of a very old area. The buildings are original and there are shops and restaurants located within them. There is a walkway down the hill that has signage telling about the area.
7. Melrose
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 514 reviews
Part of Natchez National Historical Park, Melrose is an antebellum plantation that features a slavery exhibit.
Reviewed By trevmat1 - Montgomery, United States
Standing elegant in beautiful surrounds, with extensive original furnishings throughout its rooms and many outbuildings intact and in very good repair, the Melrose estate is a great example of a lifestyle entirely dependent on slavery. It is empty now, a silent testament... until you reach the slave quarters. Here there are voices to be heard, voices of faith and endurance, voices of paternalism and condescension. The National Parks Service earns a big tick here.
8. Temple B'nai Israel
9. Natchez National Cemetery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 135 reviews
Reviewed By 866TaylorB - Chicago, United States
In our travels, which include visits to many historical sites from coast to coast, my wife and I like to visit cemeteries. In Natchez, Mississippi, there are two historic cemeteries worth visiting. We toured the Natchez City Cemetery first because it was the first one we encountered on Cemetery Road. Then we stopped at Natchez National Cemetery at the same location. It was founded in 1866, 44 years after the city cemetery, when local residents discovered a large number of Union soldiers were buried in the levees on the west bank of the Mississippi River. They exhumed the bodies and reinterred them in the newly dedicated Natchez National Cemetery. The beautifully landscaped grounds overlooking the Mississippi River cover 25.7 acres. The most notable interment is Wilson Brown, who received the Medal Honor posthumously for action aboard the USS Hartford at the Battle of Mobile Bay during the Civil War. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
10. Longwood
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,559 reviews
Construction on this architectural gem, the largest octagonal house in the U.S., began in 1860, but was interrupted by the onset of war. A National Historic Landmark, the still-unfinished mansion is an enduring symbol of the impact of the Civil War.
Reviewed By PadreGirl - Eureka, United States
We'd been to Natchez before, but never visited Longwood. It's amazing. Only the "basement" level was originally finished due to the coming Civil War. The workers basically left tools and supplies and returned home leaving the huge home unfinished. The tour starts on the basement level where you see how the family lived and then you are able to go upstairs to see the building in progress. The craftsmanship and what they were able to do with hand tools was shocking. The family story was quite interesting as well. There's a nice walk to the family cemetery too. The area is beautiful.
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