NEW ORLEANS
57 Tours Reviewed
Pedal through New Orleans in three hours. This is my favorite kind of history tour because the small group keeps things personal, and the ride drops you at Jackson Square and the riverfront early enough to feel the place before…
You hear New Orleans before you even leave. This walking tour follows the sounds that shaped the city, led by local record man Keith and powered by Bluetooth audio so you catch short clips as you pass the places behind…
A day in the bayou beats a typical New Orleans checklist. This trip stitches together two plantation worlds, then finishes with a swamp boat ride where you can spot alligators and hear the Rougarou legend. It’s a lot for one…
A jazz walk with real streets and real stories. This New Orleans tour traces jazz roots from Tremé to Congo Square, then guides you through the French Quarter to where the music is still happening tonight. You also get a…
Oak trees and big stories, all in two hours. This Garden District tour blends a stop inside a Greek Revival Italianate mansion with a narrated walk past 19th-century homes, so you grasp the neighborhood fast and spot names you recognize,…
French Quarter food has a way of telling stories. This walking tour strings together Louisiana classics with the kind of place-by-place context that makes the bites feel earned. I like the mix of sit-down tastings and quick street stops, plus…
A good food tour in New Orleans should do two things: feed you and teach you. This one aims at both, with up to six tastings and four full-size cocktails spread across iconic stops in the French Quarter and nearby…
The Mississippi rolls by and so does history. This 150-minute Creole Queen History Cruise mixes a narrated river ride with a guided stop at the Chalmette Battlefield tied to the Battle of New Orleans. Two things I really like: the…
A paddleboat plus Battle of 1815? That works. On the Paddlewheeler Creole Queen Historic Mississippi River Cruise, you get an easy, scenic ride out of New Orleans with a historian-guide telling the bigger story of the city, including the LeMoyne…
Ghost stories ride on mule power. This New Orleans haunted history carriage tour blends night views of the French Quarter with real 18th- and 19th-century tragedy—fires, floods, epidemics, and the kind of crimes that left scars on the city. You’ll…
Two blocks from the past, by foot. This 2-hour Garden District history walk connects antebellum homes with the city’s unusual burial traditions at Lafayette Cemetery #1, where you’ll learn why New Orleans does things differently. It’s guided by a local,…
French Quarter in two hours: you get the why. This guided walk connects the oldest neighborhood in New Orleans to the buildings you see today, from Jackson Square to the Mississippi River. I love that the tour gives you clear…
