Discover the best walking tours in New Orleans - from sightseeing tours and cultural experiences to adventure activities and day trips with top-rated local guides.
Best Walking Tours in New Orleans
Discover the beauty of New Orleans on foot with our curated
walking tours. Whether you're visiting for the first time
or looking to uncover hidden gems, exploring New Orleans by walking lets you
experience its culture, history, and landmarks up close.
Save Our Cemeteries is the ONLY non-profit touring organization in New Orleans. Our tours are small and historically correct. A portion of your ticket price goes toward Restoration and Preservation of our local Cities of the Dead.
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Experience a walking tour of the historic Vieux Carre, the oldest sector of New Orleans, discussing its 300th anniversary, architecture and culture. Explore charming French Quarter streets lined with intriguing architectural features, elegant wrought iron balconies, and some of the oldest structures in the United States. Our knowledgeable guide will explain the city’s alluring culture and three centuries of captivating history.
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Embark on a quest in New Orleans and walk under the majestic live oaks in one of the United States’ largest urban parks. Learn about City Park’s past and present, from its plantation days to its current draw as a mecca for locals. Discover unique cultural and historical facts while solving clues and puzzles.
+ Discover the history and beauty of New Orleans City Park
+ Visit the 800-year-old McDonogh Oak, one of the top sculpture gardens in the country
+ Try a new type of experience, the perfect mix between a tour, outdoor escape game, and treasure hunt
Discover New Orleans’ fascinating history as you walk in the beautiful City Park and solve clues. Explore this charming park in New Orleans by playing a quest with your friends, significant other or family.
Each clue will lead you from one place to another by providing you with exact directions so you won't need a map, GPS, or guide. As you solve the problem and guess the answer, the secret story of that place is unlocked.
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Learn about New Orleans history through its myths, folklore, and superstitions during a 2-hour walking tour through the French Quarter. Visit the home of Marie Laveau, New Orleans’ queen of Voodoo, and discover traditional burial practices at the cemetery from your guide, who shares legendary stories and spooky tales. To add to the fun and entertainment of this tour guests will be allowed to stop in bars along the tour route and purchase a to go drink before the group heads out to the next location. Please keep in mind that some bars allow children inside however some do not. Enjoy a tour where learning is intoxicating.
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History, Architecture, and Creole Culture - this is a crash course on New Orleans! This is the best tour for people who want to know everything there is to know about the Crescent City. Our 2 hour, historical-walking tour has plenty of fun facts and true stories to entertain even the veteran visitor to the city.
We will answer often asked questions such as:
• Why build a city in a swamp?
• Why is it call it a po-boy sandwich?
• Was there really a streetcar named Desire?
The historic landmarks you will visit are:
• Jackson Square and the Saint Louis Cathedral
• Jean Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Tavern
• First Pharmacy in the United States
• Old Ursuline Convent, the oldest building in New Orleans
*** We also offer an 8:00 AM, Early Bird Tour. Beat the heat and the crowds on this tour for the morning person. This time is also recommended for those photography-minded individuals. A Sunrise Option is available by request for a small additional fee (call for more information).***
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Experience the charm of New Orleans’ Garden District at your own pace with David, a licensed tour guide eager to share his passion for the city and its history with others.
On this self-guided walking tour, you will stroll picturesque streets, discovering the fascinating stories behind mansions linked to Ann Rice and Nicolas Cage. Uncover the district's Civil War history, its role in slavery, and the survival tales of its stunning architecture. Delve into landmarks like Buckner Mansion and Sandra Bullock's Swiss Chalet. Discover the first home with indoor plumbing, the Walter Grinnan Robinson House, with its unique rain collection tank on the roof.
Get unlimited use of this tour before your booking date and after it. You can use the virtual tour option at home, too.
Once you have booked, you will receive instructions and a unique code to download the tour. The app displays directions to the starting point; when you’re in the right place, tap start.
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The beating heart of New Orleans hides more secrets than you think. Tonight, you're no longer just a security guard - you’re the only one who can recover a priceless stolen painting before it disappears forever. Dive into the spirit of the French Quarter as you solve clues and uncover hidden corners of this vibrant city.
Explore famous landmarks like Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, and Café du Monde while piecing together a thrilling real-world mystery. Follow the storyline at your own pace, guided step-by-step by your phone as each solved puzzle reveals another chapter of the adventure.
What makes this tour unique? It blends New Orleans’ rich history, iconic landmarks, and real-world exploration into an unforgettable outdoor experience perfect for couples, friends, or families.
Step into the story, sharpen your mind, and create memories while discovering the spirit of New Orleans.
- Solve 10 puzzles as you explore the French Quarter
- Walk to iconic and hidden historic sites
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Explore the Creole Garden District on Esplanade Avenue at your own pace with this highly acclaimed self guided audio tour of New Orleans. Beginning at Ashton’s Bed and Breakfast, a one-time antebellum plantation house in the heart of the Faubourg St. John, you'll stroll down the beautiful central avenue of the city’s Creole Garden District, while discovering enticing stories of a neighborhood built by and for French Creoles in response to the encroaching Americanism that followed the 1803’s Louisiana Purchase. The tour is ready whenever you feel like taking a stroll. Using your smart phone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place. If you prefer, you can download the tour and use it offline as well.If you've got an hour or so and want to explore the lush and historical sites that this New Orleans faubourg has to offer – this is the tour for you!
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New Orleans always has had its adventurous spirit, and that spirit is not just restricted to the men. In this tour, the only of its kind, we will discover the great women of New Orleans’ past - in every field: politics, piracy, culinary, entertainment, science and some jobs best not mentioned.
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Guests will have the time of their lives while getting tipsy throughout this storytelling journey through its heinous historic happenings. One of a kind tour created in 2014 by Ashli Stratman who owns the company and trademark for this tour and others as well. There’s a reason why there are an abundance of blogs and articles in Mrs Stratman being the best tour guide in New Orleans. She’s won many awards and been honored for providing the top tours in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her passion and love for the city of New Orleans shows in her tours. Guests seem to not get enough when they attend her tours and it’s obvious why!
Other company’s may attempt to copy her tours but there’s no other tour like it!
Cover general history & spice things up with voodoo, ghost / vampire stories! Visit famous bars but also special bars that you wouldn’t have even known existed without having your local guide leading the way.
The paranormal equipment is a bonus for guests that love ghost stories!!
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Explore the Garden District with the help of a local guide who will tell you about the history of Louisiana's great planter families. You'll see the lavish homes as a shining symbol of their success.
People like Scarlett O'Hara, who lived on the plantation in the summer and in the city in the winter months, in the heart of New Orleans, or Anne Rice, author of the novel "Interview with the Vampire" who lived nearby (Brevard House at 1239 1st Street.) You'll get a sense of the mysterious atmosphere that emanates from these imposing houses lined up next to each other. All that they have seen, the secrets of the aristocracy of the time that they sheltered. The era of masters and slaves, the segregation of the South, the Civil War, the abolition of slavery... The romantic impulses against the cruel historical reality.
Your guide will tell you the history and anecdotes about this popular cemetery, and you will learn about the rites of burial above ground.
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Experience America's oldest & most mysterious living city from the perspective of a local with this walking tour of the French Quarter. Hear about the secrets lurking in numerous alleys named after past sinners and saints. Enjoy the gorgeous architecture of the St. Louis Cathedral at Jackson Square, and inhale the abundant scents of Creole cooking that waft in the air.
Guests will be allowed to stop in bars along the tour route to grab a to go drink (adult beverages or soft drinks) and use the restrooms. Then the tour group will head out to the next location. Please keep in mind that some bars allow children inside however some do not.
Real paranormal equipment will be used during the tour for those interested in the paranormal aspect of the tour.
Welcome to the home of the New Orleans Drunken Tour.... Where learning is intoxicating.
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Visit New Orleans like a real local and learn where all the locals' secret sweet spots are with this insider tour. Learn about New Orleans' history along with detailed stories of events that made New Orleans become the city that it is today. During this tour you are encouraged to eat, drink and most of all have fun! Enjoy a tour where learning is intoxicating.
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Begin your tour at Louis Armstrong Park—the Birthplace of Jazz—just steps from the French Quarter. This off-the-beaten-path experience blends music, culture, and history, highlighting the rich heritage of people of color in New Orleans. As you stroll through the Treme neighborhood, you’ll explore iconic landmarks, hear powerful stories, and learn about the Gens de Couleur and their lasting impact on Louisiana culture.
Discover a vibrant neighborhood full of rhythm, history, and flavor—an authentic slice of local life that deserves a spot on every New Orleans itinerary. All shared with NOLA love!
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Wear comfortable shoes — New Orleans streets may be cobblestoned.
Don’t miss trying local food or drink
Look out for public fountains to refill your water.
Book tickets in advance to skip the lines at popular attractions.
Guided vs. Self-Guided Walking Tours
A guided walking tour offers expert insights, historical
context, and often includes skip-the-line access to major landmarks. If you
prefer flexibility, a self-guided route lets you explore
New Orleans at your own pace using maps and mobile apps.
Combining both options is ideal for a complete experience.
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