Top Louisiana Walking Tours - page 11

Walk the streets of New Orleans’ oldest neighborhood with a guide to tell you all about the crimes that have taken place there over the years. You’ll hear thoroughly researched tales about everything from missing person cases and unsolved deaths to kidnappings and chilling murders—all while you explore the French Quarter locations associated with these unfortunate incidents.

Submit yourself to the spooky stories of New Orleans’ French Quarter on a unique walking tour that focuses on the city’s filming locations that have ghostly leanings. Stroll around the famed French Quarter, stopping at haunted landmarks and filming locations of scary movies, such as Omni Royal Orleans and Lalaurie Mansion hearing ghost stories, history, and other lore. Film sites include the Originals, AHS Coven, and Interview with the Vampire.

Explore the French Quarter of New Orleans with an informative guide who shares stories about the history and supernatural side of this historic neighborhood. Visit important locations such as St Louis Cathedral, Jackson Square and sites key to the Louisiana Purchase. Learn about ‘Voodoo Queen’ Marie Laveau, see where voodoo ceremonies were once held and visit a haunted house. Your guide allows time for you to purchase drinks at bars along the way, and you can also use authentic paranormal equipment. This entertaining tour provides a fascinating take on The Big Easy.

Experience New Orleans' fascinating burial traditions with a unique walking tour led by a local guide whose own ancestors rest in the very cemetery you’ll visit. Journey through St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 and stroll the peaceful Bayou St. John, unlocking the secrets of above-ground tombs, centuries-old rites, and the incredible stories behind every monument.

Explore the rich Jewish heritage of New Orleans on this captivating tour that takes you through the French Quarter. Discover how Jewish settlers, starting from colonial times, have significantly shaped the city's culture, business, and music. Learn about the earliest Jewish immigrants who maintained their identity in a Catholic colony, and uncover their contributions to the city's development, from preserving the French Quarter to influencing jazz and culinary traditions.

Experience the spirituality and folklore of New Orleans, without spending time doing any research, thanks to this guided Voodoo–themed walking tour. Hear fascinating stories about Marie Laveau—the late Voodoo Queen of the 19th century, and discover the meaning of Voodoo artifacts such as dolls and gris-gris bags. In a short space of time, explore the city’s top Voodoo sights, including Louis Armstrong Park and Congo Square.

Explore haunted locations around New Orleans’ French Quarter—and visit spots you can’t find on your own—as you discover the city’s ghostly past on this tour led by a local. See haunted houses and ghost-filled landmarks such as Lalaurie Mansion, Jackson Square, the Cabildo, and New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, as your local guide shares historically based ghost stories. Stop at a bar to grab a to-go drink (not included).

Voodoo is a big part of New Orleans culture, but many tours simply show an overly sensationalized side of it. Uncover the history, traditions, significance, and practice of voodoo on this guided walking tour with a small group. Discover significant points of Voodoo interest, including Voodoo authentic shrines and altars around the French Quarter, and learn to separate fact from fiction.

Start your morning with beignets and coffee at the famed Morning Call while learning about the general history of New Orleans cemeteries. We venture into Greenwood Cemetery, home of the largest assemblage of iron tombs, as well as local and national celebrities, such as a Pulitzer-prize winning writer and the man who spiced up New Orleans. Afterward, journey into Cypress Grove, the first cemetery built to honor New Orleans volunteer firemen and their families. Get exclusive access into the large society tomb built for the temporary burial of Chinese citizens, and view many original tombs crafted in granite, marble, and cast-iron that hold some of New Orleans’ earliest prominent citizens. We then visit the Hurricane Katrina Memorial located in the spot where Charity Hospital used to bury the poor and indigent. The tour ends back at the Morning Call. This is the only private tour company allowed to give tours in Greenwood Cemetery and the only company allowed in Cypress Grove.

Explore the scandalous side of New Orleans on this true crime and dark history walking tour. As your storytelling guide leads you through the French Quarter, you’ll visit six different locations that are in some way connected to the city’s underworld. Hear lesser-known tales of mystery, intrigue and crime as you stop at historical landmarks and pass by bars with blood-stained pasts.

Discover New Orleans' unique history with this unusual guided tour, diving into the city's connection with disease, including outbreaks of yellow fever and cholera. Learn about voodoo, religion, and intriguing stories often overlooked by typical tours. Along the way, explore key areas including the French Quarter, Jackson Square, and the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum for a deeper insight into the city's fascinating past.

Step inside America's original Sin City and most notorious red-light district known as Storyville— and let our master storytellers bring it back to life. This 90-minute guided experience leads you in person through the history, music, and vice that built New Orleans, inside the climate-controlled New Orleans Storyville Museum in the heart of the French Quarter. Every room is paced and narrated by your expert guide, who weaves dozens of exhibits into one continuous, unforgettable story. Entry Fee is Included.

See the sights of New Orleans' Creole French Quarter and learn about the culture and history here from your cultural ambassador on this guided group tour. Hear stories dating back to the 1830s as you walk along the Mississippi River, past St. Louis Cathedral, and around the French Quarter.

Explore New Orleans' history through the lens of its blood-soaked past with this unique true crime tour. Meet your guide as night begins to fall and download your ghost-hunting app to kick off this immersive experience that takes you on a paranormal stroll through the French Quarter. Learn about the city's most infamous crimes, haunted houses, and spirits that have lingered over the centuries.

Enjoy a self-guided, app-led scavenger hunt through New Orleans that moves between the city's landmarks and lesser-visited spots, with challenges and clues unlocking at each location. The format runs entirely on your group's schedule with no fixed departure time, making it a practical option for groups who want to explore the city at their own pace.

Explore the multicolored homes, expressive street art, and funky culture in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans to capture the best images to cherish and share. Your host will help you find the perfect locations to take your shots. You'll get high-resolution photos and videos sent to you almost instantly. The tour includes music, photo props, and NOLA-style refreshments and snacks to add a little fun to the journey.

Step back in time with our guided tour & jazz show at a legendary New Orleans landmark of musical and cultural heritage. Discover the venue where Little Richard first performed Tutti Frutti and where Ray Charles laid his head many nights. Learn about the venue's historic fight against segregation and how the location became a welcoming space for both straight and queer communities, and blacks and whites alike, hosting famous musicians such as Etta James, James Brown, Sam Cooke, and Tina Turner. After the guided tour, transport through time with a live performance celebrating the iconic artists who graced the Dew Drop stage, from Ray Charles to Little Richard. This vibrant show connects the roots of jazz, blues, and rock & roll, delivering a one-of-a-kind experience that captures the soul of New Orleans' music history. Plus, a buffet lunch of classic New Orleans cuisine is included with your ticket. Book your experience today and step into the rich history of this iconic location.

Embark on a tour of the French Quarter and step into a living history book. With the original grid of streets still intact and the beautifully preserved buildings, this iconic New Orleans neighborhood offers a vivid glimpse into the city's rich and colorful past. As you walk with us, jazz and blues serve as the soundtrack, resonating from tucked-away bars, intimate courtyards, and lively street musicians. Our guided tours offer a deep dive into the Quarter's storied history. Wander past the timeless façades with ornate ironwork balconies, and you'll be regaled with tales from when Spanish, French, Creole, and American influences converged to craft this unique enclave. Rich, cultural heritage and sheer aesthetic beauty coupled with intriguing and informative stories that only a local with ancestral ties can give you, this New Orleans History Tour promises a sensory-filled adventure that lingers long after you've left.

This walking tour visits some of the central sights in the French Quarter, focusing on the areas around Jackson Square and The French Market. Your guide will share the stories of the most incredible and unbelievable events that actually happened in New Orleans. The stories of early trader on the Mississippi, ruffians who ruled the city with an iron fist, organized crime bosses, crooked politicians, and more will eave you thinking we made it all up.

Step into New Orleans’ layered history and its complex relationship with water on this 2 hour guided walking tour exploring New Orleans’ history, resilience, and sustainability in relation to water. Through honest storytelling and expert context, your guide traces floods, engineering decisions, Katrina’s devastation, and the city’s ongoing sustainability efforts. The tour weaves together culture, policy, and lived experience to reveal how natural forces and human choices shaped the city’s vulnerabilities and innovations. By the end, you will have a clearer sense of what happened, why it matters, and what the future of New Orleans demands.

Leave the tourist crowds of the French Quarter behind and discover the flavors of New Orleans like a local on a 2.5- to 3-hour food tour. Offered in either the Garden District or Bywater Neighborhood, you have the flexibility to choose the itinerary that most appeals to your palate. Whichever you pick, enjoy food and drinks at three local joints that you won’t find in a typical guidebook.

This New Orleans voodoo and mystery tour takes you into the Big Easy's history of vampirism, occult activity, paranormal occurrences and even piracy. Hear tales of haunted buildings, lost treasure and documented sightings of ghosts and vampires as you explore. Not only will you hear the stories, you'll even get to see professional ghost-hunting equipment in action.

Visit 10 haunted locations in the Big Easy, aka New Orleans, a city renowned for its dark, fantastic and macabre history. More than a simple tour, this excursion is an investigation into the occult legend that surrounds the French Quarter. Search for vampires and ghosts with a master storyteller guide, and even use a ghost-seeking detector for a glimpse of life on the other side.

Vibrant New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz and the home of the world famous Mardi Gras and the once in a lifetime experience that is the city's French Quarter. It is well worth a visit to uncover the unique features of this exciting city. This self-guided audio tour is the perfect way to experience it all in your own time and at your own pace. New Orleans' colourful history is full of interesting characters and fascinating stories. There is so much on this tour that is absorbing and sometimes even shocking. Simply download our self-guided audio tour, plug in your headphones, open the map that comes with your download and head to the tour starting point. The tour will take two to three hours, but you can pause the audio guide when needed. Grab a bite to eat or do some shopping along the way . Please note that this tour is currently only available in English.