Neil Castaldi’s Nottoway Plantation - Planning a Southern Wedding

Classic weddings are the dreams of many brides and, at Neil Castaldi’s Nottoway Plantation, you can plan a perfect wedding on a gorgeous resort with the help of experienced wedding staff. The Nottoway Plantation wedding staff are hand-picked by manager Neil Castaldi and they’ll help you organize the catering and other fine details of your big day. The plantation recently underwent a multi-million-dollar renovation and it is home to more than 60 rooms so that each guest has somewhere to stay.

At Neil Castaldi’s Nottoway Plantation, you and your sweetheart will pledge your devotion to each other at your choice of beautiful ceremony sites that will make your wedding that much more perfect. With a fairytale-esque ceremony site, beautiful resort rooms and catering professionals, you’ll have much of your big day covered. Nottoway also offers a full, on-site salon to take care of everyone’s beauty needs, bridal pictures taken by experienced photographers and luxurious elopement packages.
The aforementioned elopement packages at Nottoway include a ceremony under the oaks, a bridal bouquet, a groom boutonniere, a five-course dinner for two with a bottle of wine or champagne, one night of Deluxe accommodations, a breakfast buffet for two and several other wedding essentials. The bride and groom can also choose additional package add-ons to better customize their special night. Even if it’s just the start of a week-long honeymoon, the Nottoway elopement package will make wedding night the most memorable of all.

Outside of the elopement packages, Nottoway also offers basic wedding packages. Whatever the bride and groom decide on, a wedding at Neil Castaldi Nottoway Plantation will be one of the most memorable days of their lives, and everyone in attendance will appreciate the fairytale setting.
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Neil Castaldi’s Nottoway Plantation - Louisiana Cuisine

If you’re staying in a Louisiana resort like Neil Castaldi’s Nottoway Plantation, one of the best ways to explore the state is to head out in search of local foods. Your resort room is the perfect basecamp for food tourism, and looking for a state’s best foods will often give you the most genuine experience of its culture. Spend time wandering between Louisiana cities like Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lafayette, and ask locals where you can find the best restaurants.

Gumbo is a regional favorite in Louisiana, and it varies from thick soup to chunky stew with chicken, seafood, wild game of Andouille sausage. If you can find gumbo with authentic Louisiana Andouille sausage, which is made from a Cajun blend of pork meat and pork stomach, you can experience two culture staples in a single dish. Beignets are another local favorite, and you’ll find these deep-friend pastries at cafes and coffee shops around Louisiana.

During your adventures away from Neil Castaldi’s Nottoway Plantation, consider seeking out Boudin as part of your food tourism. Boudin is a stuffed Cajun sausage with pork and rice, and it’s a common on-the-go snack that you can enjoy during a city stroll. Also, don’t forget to sample the state’s seafood. Most of Louisiana’s seafood is caught the same day you eat it and sampling local catfish, crawfish or crab is a luxury that you won’t want to pass up.

Lucky for travelers, Neil Castaldi’s Nottoway Plantation offers several Louisiana favorites in its own gourmet restaurant. The restaurant’s menu changes based on the daily catches and you’ll know that you’re dining on some of the state’s best creole cooking.
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