Twenty-five antebellum mansions, many of them private residences, open their doors to visitors during this five-week Pilgrimage every spring. Brilliant musical productions, theater, Gospel music, and historic presentations take the stage each evening.
Hostesses in period costume welcome visitors to three mansions each morning and three or four each afternoon, plus three additional mansions open 9 to 5 daily - twenty-three historic houses in all.
After your day's touring, relax and enjoy the town. Entertainment is available every night during the two week period of Fall Pilgrimage.
The Natchez Little Theatre has entertained the Miss - Lou since 1932 and is the home of SOUTHERN EXPOSURE, THE MISSISSIPPI MEDICINE SHOW AND A NATCHEZ CHRISTMAS CAROL!
Celebrating 76 years, Natchez Little Theatre is America's most active non-profit volunteer community theatre and the oldest in Mississippi. Celebrating the 61st season with Once on This Island, Big River, Twelfth Night, A Natchez Christmas Carol, Rough Crossing, To Kill A Mockingbird, Southern Exposure, Sweeney Todd and Fauntleroy.
As twilight sets each evening during the holiday season, the gardens come alive with lighted pathways to and from the Main House. Guests are encouraged to enjoy a leisurely stroll. The garden tour is self guided and includes access to 26 acres of gardens covered with more than three miles of tiny white Christmas lights, a garden tour brochure, a historical book on Monmouth, access to the Quitman Lounge for heavy hors d'oeuvres, and a complementary holiday drink (your choice from White Chocolate Hot Chocolate, Apple Cider or Mulled Wine). The garden tour is available seven evenings a week beginning at dusk. The cost for the tour is $20 per person including tax.
Auburn
House on Ellicott Hill
Longwood
Magnolia Hall
Melrose
Monmouth
Rosalie
Stanton Hall
Briars
Dunleith
The Towers
Located in the Visitor's Center
640 S. Canal St.
P.O. Box 347
Natchez, MS 39121
Toll-Free 800-647-6742
Phone 601-446-6631