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Taste your way through New Orleans’ most charming neighborhood on a sensory-rich Garden District food and walking tour that removes the guesswork of where to eat. Stroll past historic mansions and cemeteries while learning about the city’s multicultural history and unique burial traditions. Along the way, stop to sample Creole, Cajun, French, and Italian specialties hand-picked by a guide who knows the best places to dine.

All ages will enjoy this tour's mix of adventure, storytelling, and history while walking and learning through the heart of New Orleans. Not only is the city's music, culture, architecture, and food explained, but you'll gain an understanding of the French Quarter's layout and how to navigate the remainder of your trip. You'll hear the story of voodoo priestess, Marie Laveau, and walk by places such as Bourbon Street, Congo Square, and Jackson Square.

Just adjacent to the French Quarter district in New Orleans is Treme: the oldest African-American neighborhood in the United States. On this small-group walking tour, explore beyond the typical tourist trail, and soak up the area's culture and history. Follow your guide to local landmarks, stopping at Storyville and Congo Square, all while discussing jazz greats and learning insider facts and stories you'd otherwise miss.

This tour is ideal for visitors with limited time who still want to enjoy the highlights of New Orleans in a fun, safe, and effortless way. Navigate the vibrant streets of New Orleans on a Segway tour that brings the city’s rich history and culture to life. Offered daily, this exhilarating experience takes you through iconic neighborhoods with certified guides who share captivating stories. Each tour includes a training session, ensuring you’re comfortable before hitting the road.

Step into the past at the Gallier House in New Orleans—one of the finest surviving examples of 19th-century townhome living in the French Quarter. On a guided tour, see authentic Victorian furnishings and architectural details, including innovative 1860’s features like indoor plumbing. Plus, learn about the history and former inhabitants of this urban plantation home and the enslaved people whose labor supported the wealthy Gallier family.

Step into the captivating realm of illusions, where reality is never exactly as it appears. Museum of Illusions is a one-of-a-kind, visual, sensory, and educational experience designed to engage your sense of wonder and challenge perceptions through the science behind optical illusions. We offer over 50 immersive, hands-on exhibits to explore. Our illusion rooms, installations and holograms let you defy gravity, grow and shrink your body, walk into a life-size kaleidoscope, and play tricks on your senses at every turn. It’s a mind-bending journey that deceives the senses and reveals how the brain interprets reality.

Discover the supernatural side of New Orleans—and go beyond simple sightseeing—on this nighttime ghost and vampire tour for adults only. Hear tales of spooky sightings, chilling mysteries, and unsolved crimes. Walk through the city after dark, pass by top landmarks, including the LaLaurie Mansion, and turn hidden corners you might otherwise have missed.

This tour is perfect for experiencing New Orleans’ vibrant pub scene while uncovering its spookiest ghost stories. Enjoy a curated selection of great bars without the hassle of route planning, and as you stroll between stops, hear chilling tales of ghosts and voodoo that you’d never discover on your own.

Experience the best of Cajun and Creole culture with a thrilling airboat ride through the cypress swamps. Visit the historic Laura Plantation and enjoy a gourmet buffet lunch at Houmas House Plantation. A guided tour of both plantations completes this immersive day, all in a small-group setting for a more personalized experience.

Experience the dark side of New Orleans with this haunted adults-onlt walking tour of the French Quarter. With your local guide, walk down dark side streets while hearing tales about the supernatural and the horrific circumstances of their deaths. Stop at some of the city's most haunted locations under cover of night, including the home of a famous voodoo practitioner and a bar that's rife with paranormal activity.

Step into the dark mysteries of New Orleans with a 2-hour tour to uncover its paranormal secrets. Led by knowledgeable guides, this unforgettable evening reveals all the disturbing and haunting tales hidden beyond our charming French Quarter streets. With both horror and delight in store, you are sure to experience an eerie exploration through one of America's most mysterious cities.

See the historical and haunted sights of New Orleans on a group walking tour that covers different territory from typical sightseeing excursions. Follow your guide around the French Quarter, past highlights such as the LaLaurie Mansion, Beauregard Keyes House, St. Louis Cathedral, and more. Plus, hear tales about ghosts, voodoo, and vampires as you explore, with the option to stop at bars along the way to purchase drinks (own expense).

New Orleans's most impressive neighborhood is easily the Garden District, full of stately plantation-like homes under a canopy of leafy green trees. In this former city of Lafayette, you'll learn about various architectural styles, visit the historic cemetery, and see the famous Commander's Palace and Restaurant. Step back in time on this two-hour small group walking tour to get to know this magnificent area.

Savor thrills, shocks and drinks (own expense) on this NOLA bar crawl with a difference—a ghost tour, led by a costumed guide. Discover some of the South’s oldest buildings; hear tales of war, Voodoo, murder and piracy; and see the French Quarter in a new dark light. Highlights include Pat O’Brien’s and the Cornstalk Hotel, not to mention the French Market, St. Louis Cathedral and Pirates Alley.

Enjoy a more personalized and insider way to explore one of New Orleans' best-loved neighborhoods on this small-group walking tour of the Garden District. Follow your guide to many notable attractions, ranging from bustling Magazine Street to the Buckner Mansion and more, strolling down the leafy streets as you go. Along the way, learn facts and stories about the neighborhood's rich history.

Go beyond jazz on this guided walking tour that uncovers the rich and complex musical history of New Orleans. From the West African traditions of enslaved people to the birth of the legendary “New Orleans Sound,” you’ll explore the roots of American music with a passionate local guide. Visit iconic sites like the New Orleans Musicians Tomb, Preservation Hall, and Storyville, while tracing the footsteps of legends such as Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, and Little Richard. Along the way, experience the city’s vibrant street performers who keep the tradition alive today.

Discover the rich tapestry of New Orleans on this walking tour of landmarks deeply rooted in the city’s cultural history. With a group, follow your guide and gain insight you won’t get in a guidebook as you hear the stories behind the highlights and learn about their importance to music, spirituality, and the legacy of enslaved people.

New Orleans may be notorious for its ghost stories, but the city is also home to a host of shocking true crime that's too grisly to make up. On this adults-only evening tour, roam through the lively French Quarter with a guide who shares the gruesome details of crimes ripped straight from headlines and police reports. From the beastly LaLaurie and Trunk murders to the Katrina Cannibal, these tales are not for the faint of heart.

Gain deep, meaningful insights into American history on this combination full-day tour. After being collected from your New Orleans hotel in an air-conditioned van, you’ll arrive at the Whitney Plantation and tour Louisiana’s only museum dedicated to enslaved people with an audio guide. Afterwards, head back to the city and join the Soul of New Orleans tour, for a deep dive into the move from plantation to city life, showing how enslaved people turned their struggle into the powerful music, food, and culture that still defines the city today.

Discover the highlights of the French Quarter on this guided walking tour in New Orleans. An informative guide takes you through 300 years of history and shares intriguing facts about the oldest French settlement in the United States. Learn about the unique French and Spanish architecture; see where jazz was born; and enjoy great views of the Mississippi River.

Explore New Orleans’ Creole and historic French Quarter on a family-friendly walking tour designed to keep kids engaged and entertained. Led by a licensed guide with a background in elementary education, this interactive experience uses storytelling and hands-on activities to bring New Orleans’ Creole heritage and 19th-century life to life. Visit key landmarks, hear fun facts, and participate in re-enactments that make learning local history entertaining for all ages.

Discover New Orleans’ top attractions, as well as one of the region's most notable former plantation homes, on this two-in-one, time-saving tour. Start with a bus tour of the city, including the French Quarter, the Garden District, the Ninth Ward, and more. Then head to Oak Alley Plantation where you can learn more about its past, including its involvement in slavery's dark legacy.

As one of the oldest neighborhoods in New Orleans, the French Quarter has a storied past. Hear about the ghosts and ghouls who haunt this part of the city on a kid-friendly ghost tour that’s geared toward families. Your super-informative guide gives you a spook, but not too much for most kids to handle.

Experience the ultimate New Orleans bar crawl with a thrilling twist of ghostly tales. Your guide will share dark and fascinating stories of the city's past as you sip absinthe at Pirate's Alley and enjoy unique cocktails at the Harry's Corner Bar and MRB Bar and Kitchen. End your night at the iconic Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar famous as the oldest bar building in New Orleans.