Tell me about Natchez

It's very historic riverine town, and has some great restaurants, and bed & breakfasts. There's an annual pilgrimage. It has some old haunted mansion tours if you're into that kind of stuff. It once had the oldest restaurant or bar in Mississippi, King's Tavern (original structure was from the 18th century) but it closed last year, so I hear. There's a brewery, winery and distillery around town. Downtown has some art shops and coffee cafes. Eat tamales and daiquiris at Fat Mama's. Check out Under the Hill, which is a spot under a bluff on the river with few a restaurants and bars all right together. Nice evening spot.

Before you leave and are hungry as frick but don't want to spend a bunch, hit up Roux 61 for lunch or dinner.

You can take a guided bus tour from the visitor center for a few bucks. It was a good way to see the whole town in a short time and learn a little about the various places. Don’t do the hop off, or you may be waiting forever for the next bus. Just make a note of interesting spots and come back to them on your own.

Go for a drive on the Natchez Trace one day. Stop at the historic sites. Eat lunch at the Old Country Store in Lorman. It's just a short drive from there to Alcorn State if you want to see where Air McNair played ball.

I liked The Camp, a bar/restaurant under the hill. Get the fried pickles.

Visit the Donut Shop. Get the tamales.

Drive around the old cemetery. Lots of history there.

Visit Natchez Brewing Company for a flight.

Your wife wants to go, so she probably wants to tour the old homes. So do that first, then fill in the other time with what you want to do.

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Pretty and historic town. Nice place to relax for a long weekend. Our favorite place to stay is Monmouth, but we also enjoyed The Briars. The main thing to do there is visit the many beautiful plantation homes, but after a while you get plantation homed out.

I think there is a Hank Jr. concert there for July 4th.

Natchez isn't what it used to be for sure, but it can be fun. It still maintains resort status like New Orleans, meaning bars can stay open all night. I have friends that live there and visit occasionally.

Under the Hill, Antebellum Homes, Emerald Mound, Natchez Trace.
I'm not sure what you would want to do there, but a weekend would suffice.

Dunleith has a nice restaurant called the Castle, Longwood tour is pretty interesting. Rosalie on the bluff is interesting and there are events there. There is a "Garden Club" and they arrange tours and home showings.

Stanton Hall, Carriage House- had some amazing biscuits and fried chicken once upon a time. I'd go back just for that.

People go to 100 Main, Roux 61, Magnolia Grill, The Castle, Pig Out Inn, and Pearl Street Pasta. That should be the highlights for dining. I may be missing some, but that can get you through a weekend. 100 Main has some night life, as does Under the Hill Saloon.

I really wouldn't cross the MS River into Vidalia or Ferriday, unless you want to say you've been to Ferriday, LA.

The "High Street District" is an area on the north end of the bluff. It has Natchez Brewing Co (great pizza), Little Easy Cafe (elevated brunch food all day and good cocktails) and Smoots Grocery (blue's lounge) all within a block of each other. Smoots will have live music at night. If they wanted to do an outdoor activity OutsideIN MS does guided kayak tours. Upscale dining can be had at The Castle or Monmouth 1818 restaurant. Of course, you have to go to the Saloon under the hill either for daytime white russians, or night time live music and people watching.

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Vidalia has an unusual drive through liquor barn. Known for spiked ice tea. Have not tried it, but if you want some local culture it’s there.

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if i had a nickel for every time i stopped there on my way home to monroe from baton rouge

We enjoyed the visiting the plantation homes, Longwood & Stanton. We also ate at the Monmouth Plantation. Very nice. We went to the small movie theater at the mall but i hear it's closed now.

Monmouth and Dunleith PLantations are very pretty and the grounds are well kept. Both are not downtown though and not really walkable to downtown. Dunleith is a little closer to downtown. Natchez Brewery has great beer and pizza. Longwood Plantation is cool, as they stopped construction during the Civil War and never restarted.