New Orleans City Tour: French Quarter, Garden District & Cemetery

Recommended by 94% of travelers

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New Orleans, USA

Very popular!

5+ bookings in the past 6 hours.

3 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Why travelers loved this

4.7

· Gerald_J ·

Jan 2026

Highly recommend this tour. Very prompt for pick up. Knowledgeable guide who pointed out many characteristics & history of NOLA. His stories were filled with interesting facts & good humor. Very open to questions. A happy tourist guide who enjoyed his job. The tour was accurately described & our local guide accomplished it very smoothly.

· Margaret_K ·

Mar 2026

Worth the time…not knowing what to expect, our tour guide was friendly and well versed in the history of New Orleans. The stop at city park to take a break with the long awaited beignets was perfect! Darrin was great and I will be back to tour the beautiful city!!

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Overview

Admire the sights of New Orleans from a comfortable coach on a half-day introductory tour. Check out highlights such as the French Quarter and the Garden District while listening to live commentary. Delve into the city’s rich history as you tour one of the oldest cemeteries in New Orleans. Enjoy the convenience of round-trip transportation from your hotel in Downtown New Orleans, too.

See the landmarks of the French Quarter and Garden District
Learn more about New Orleans from your guide
Tour inside of one of the city's oldest cemeteries
Don't struggle to find a meeting point: Hotel transfers are included

What's Included

Local licensed tour guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Air-conditioned vehicle

Food and drinks
Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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Pickup details

**You must be out front of your location at the beginning of the pickup window or the bus will be forced to leave.** Pickup from most major downtown New Orleans hotels. If you hotel is not listed please list in comments area or reach out to us directly on our phone number found in Information Travelers need from you. For pickups, there will be a 30 minute window. Please be on the lookout for a bus that says Alert Transportation. 9:30 AM pickup will be sometime between 9:30 AM and about 10:00 AM. 1:30 PM pickup will be sometime between 1:30 PM and about 2:00 PM.

Itinerary

French Quarter (Pass By)

Garden District (Pass By)

St. Louis Cemetery No. 3

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

City Park

25 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Caesars Superdome (Pass By)

Frenchmen Street (Pass By)

French Market (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Most travelers can participate

Folding wheelchairs are allowed on the bus, but the driver is not allowed to pick up a person to help them gain entrance. The customer must get into the minibus by themselves or with assistance from family or friends.
Service animals are permitted.
Emotional support animals are not permitted.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 32 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.7

based on 2,334 reviews

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Very informative,...

DOUGLAS_F, Mar 2026

Very informative, friendly and knowledgeable driver who welcomed questions and interaction with guests.

Informative and Fun

Christine_A, Mar 2026

Gary was a great tour guide. He knew a ton and was also funny. Learned a good amount of history- I didn’t know about the Spanish influence. I felt like I saw a lot in 3 hours.

Gary was a great tour...

Maija_J, Mar 2026

Gary was a great tour guide and was very accommodating. This tour provides an easy way to see the city.

Was very informative ...

Karen_S, Mar 2026

Was very informative Enjoyed the driver Was a good experience Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Great experience! Would...

Clark_M, Mar 2026

Great experience! Would recommend doing at the beginning of a trip because the advice and great recommendations Gary gave during the tour would b great to capitalize on if you haven’t already made all your plans for a trip to NOLA

Excellent. This tour is good for someone who can not do a lot walking. Let the good times roll.

Susan_C, Mar 2026

Guide was very knowledgeable about New Orleans. Tour brings you to different areas of New Orleans. Only two stops along the way.

Great tour, covers many bases

Karla_J, Mar 2026

Darren was an excellent guide. Company bent over backwards to accommodate all of us with pick ups and drop offs

You learn a lot of NOL....

Clayton_P, Mar 2026

You learn a lot of NOL. Driver Duane is an interesting person. Meet people from other places. Enjoy the food break

1st and best thing to do!!

Tim_S, Mar 2026

Do this before anything else in New Orleans. Our guide was knowledgeable and fun! He also provided a lot of ideas of places to go and things to do.

Book this tour!

Jeanine_D, Mar 2026

This tour was amazing. The guide was very knowledgeable. It was a great experience. I learned a ton about New Orleans and took some great pictures.

Well spent time & money👍🏾👍🏾

Margaret_K, Mar 2026

Great tour guide

Nancy_T, Mar 2026

Very knowledgeable. Took us to all the places you’d want to ever see in New Orleans. He also gave each of us an individual list of restaurants and told us exactly where to find the specific food that each of the passengers wanted. Also, the night entertainment. He was a great guide thank you.

Gary was great! Very...

Noel_K, Mar 2026

Gary was great! Very informative. I was able to see things on the tour that would have been hard to see or know about unless I took this tour!

Gary was Great

Greg_C, Mar 2026

Our driver was Gary. He did a great job narrating while he was driving and was open to any types of questions during the tour. He provided us with suggestions for restaurants and attractions to visit during our stay in town.

Great intro to New Orleans, worth the time and money

Jennifer_I, Mar 2026

Fun experience; Gary the tour guide was informative and entertaining. He loves this city. Provided historical info, list of movies filmed in the city, list of best bakeries, restaurants, sites, great info!

Great tour!

Luke_h, Mar 2026

Worth the money. Darren was a great guide, full of funny stories and local color. Highly recommend. Fun music too!

Top tour guide in New Orle6

MargotBlondet, Mar 2026

Excellent tour, we recommend to take this tour on day ONE in New Orleans, we saw places we would've missed. Our guide was 10/10 and tops some of the best we've done around the World Funny, knowledgeable and courteous

Great Bus tour of city

Elizabeth_H, Mar 2026

Driver very informative & entertaining. Great way to see all of New Orleans & decide what to explore next.

Great time!

Kerri_K, Mar 2026

Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and funny. He knew so many facts and was able to go deeper into the history with his story telling. It didn't seem like 3 hours.

Definitely Worth It

LeeD, Mar 2026

Great insight into New Orleans, Darren our driver/guide was excellent, made the tour. Small group makes it more comfortable.

Ok

Steven_M, Mar 2026

The tour itself was five stars. The tour guide was excellent. My issue was you picked me up at my hotel, brought us to another hotel where we switched vehicles. Then dropped me off a block and a half away from my hotel. Other than that the tour was very good.

French Quarter walking tour

Wendy_P, Mar 2026

Great small group tour with Scott of the French Quarter. So much knowledge of the history, architecture, food and fun facts of New Orleans.

Fun experience

Linda_C, Mar 2026

Very interesting and Darin was eager to answer and explain questions - also took the time helping in booking another tour

Our driver not only...

Ralph_O, Mar 2026

Our driver not only pointed out the highlights and history of New Orleans, but made several restaurant recommendations. We went to one of the restaurants he recommended and it was outstanding!

Darin was a great tour...

JEANNE_B, Mar 2026

Darin was a great tour guide…extremely knowledgeable and very funny making it a great experience. Learned a great deal about the city and history.

We did a search on...

Erik_W, Mar 2026

We did a search on “walking tours” in New Orleans, and we have used Viator many times around the world and been very pleased. When we read the description of this one once at the site, there was no mention of it being a three hour BUS tour. We were looking for a three hour walking tour. We would just suggest that you make that really clear on your landing page. And we want to give a shout out to our excellent tour guide, who provided a really interesting experience for those who were looking for a bus tour.

Must take tour

Neil_S, Mar 2026

Pickup at the hotel and travel to your bus was safe and comfortable. Our tour guide, Gary K. Was a local gent who was very knowledgeable and sound system was great. The sites on the tour were of wide interest. Great tour, worth the cost

Able to see several parts...

Bryan_H, Mar 2026

Able to see several parts of the city that wouldn’t be walkable. Tour guide was very knowledgeable & funny

Disappointed

Jennifer_F, Mar 2026

Taking pictures in garden district is out if thats what your going for in fact very few places to take photos. The ride is nice but as your closed in its hard to see some of the things driver talks about.