New Orleans City and Cemetery Sightseeing Tour
Overview
Centuries of culture and sights await in the dynamic city of New Orleans during this 2-hour tour by mini-coach and on foot. Visit the vibrant French Quarter, the beautiful Garden District, and Jackson Square — a US National Historic Landmark.
- 🚍 Drive through Creole townhouses, shotgun homes, historic mansions, and see the longest bridge in the world, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.
- 👻 Hear tales of ghosts, voodoo, and New Orleans' unique burial traditions during a walk at the legendary St Louis Cemetery No. 3.
- 🕒 Choose from multiple tour times to suit your schedule.
- ⚠️ Walking is involved; comfortable shoes are recommended for exploring the cemetery.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
Meeting Time: Meet your bus at 2:30PM
- Transport by air-conditioned mini-coach
- Local guide
- Pickup and drop off outside of the Homewood Suites French Quarter (317 N. Rampart St.) ONLY
- A processing fee of 7.9% will be added to your payment
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Meeting point
Return details
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French QuarterBoard a mini-coach outside your New Orleans hotel and start your 2.5-hour tour with a drive to the French Quarter, where you’ll find some of the city’s most classic architecture and interesting history. Drive past Creole townhouses and shotgun homes, a highly popular style of Southern homes in the early 1860s. Peek into courtyards and pass by small shops selling herbs, candles, oils and amulets used in ancient voodoo traditions and rituals.
- A highlight of the French Quarter is Jackson Square, a stately park and US National Historic Landmark. (pass by)
- Pass through the neighborhood of Tremé and the lovely Garden District, home to one of the country's best-preserved collections of Southern mansions. Here you’ll see the longest bridge in the world, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. (pass by)
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St. Louis Cemetery No. 3Next, take a walking tour one of the city’s most haunted cemeteries, St Louis Cemetery No. 3, featuring above-ground tombs from the 18th and 19th centuries. Learn about the theories behind this unusual burial custom as you stroll the grounds, and hear stories about famous figures from New Orleans' past. At the end of your 2.5-hour tour, you'll be driven back to your hotel.