New Orleans Garden District Walking Tour

Embark on a captivating two-hour Garden District tour in historic New Orleans. Discover architectural gems, delve into Louisiana history, and explore pop culture references. No access to Lafayette cemetery due to renovations.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Magazine Street - The adventure starts on famous Magazine Street, known for its amazing shopping and dining options. Your friendly and knowledgeable guide will start the tour outside of a great place for a pre-tour snack (at own expense). Learn about the history of the Louisiana Purchase and how it affected the area.
  • The Rink Shopping Center…
What's Included
  • Professional guide
What's Not Included
  • Drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Entrance to Lafayette Cemetery
Additional Information

Your exploration begins outside PJs coffeehouse, a local treasure that features beignets. The tour itself focuses on the historic Garden District, lasts two hours and covers about 1.5 miles. Your expert guide will provide a quick overview of Louisiana history before delving into the architectural gems of the neighborhood. Historical context…

Location
2140 Magazine St
Magazine Street
In front of PJ's Coffee shop
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Servup2
Nov 5, 2024
Excellent - Bonnie was a very caring, well versed, tour guide. She graciously supplied everyone in our group with rain ponchos, which we all appreciated since an unexpected deluge hit suddenly and intensely. She strategically made adjustments to her normal route. We VERY HIGHLY recommend her! Nancy & Roland
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Lev
Nov 5, 2024
Great tour - Despite the sudden heavy rain, we enjoyed our tour with Bonnie. It was a leisure walk highlighting the architecture, gardens, oak trees, the cemetery, all of it with good stories
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P3471kppatl
Nov 5, 2024
Great tour and excellent customer service! - Our tour guide Bonnie was fantastic! It started pouring about 15 minutes into the tour and she provided rain ponchos to all (free of charge). Learned a lot of history about the area and really enjoyed the tour. Highly recommend!
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Obgdoc
Oct 26, 2024
Garden district tour with tweens! - We went to NOLA for the Eras Tour and booked this tour for the day we departed. Karen was our tour guide. We have to say we loved the tour- we were impressed with Karen’s knowledge base and humor. We also appreciated her keeping the information relevant for our 13/9 yos! We will definitely recommend this tour and hopefully will try others in the future!
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Flyer36105177656
Oct 17, 2024
Friendly, knowledgeable guides who love their work - I learned a lot about the different styles of houses and displays of wealth. The houses were beautiful and we heard both stories of the histories of the houses and what their current real estate prices were, which was awesome.
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Stay802815
Oct 6, 2024
Fantastic Garden District Tour! - My friends and I took the Garden District tour with Bonnie. She was great: knowledgeable and passionate about the history and architecture of the neighborhood. We had a small group so there was plenty of time to ask questions. Two Chicks always does a fantastic job with their tours. Highly recommend!
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Worldbutterfly
Oct 5, 2024
Lovely Walking Tour in a Lovely Setting - We had a lovely time walking through the Garden District with Christine. The whole tour felt like strolling with a very knowledgeable friend who drops some interesting information every now and then. We learned plenty, but it never felt like too much. We loved how Christine oriented us to what we would see before we left, then guided us through the highlights of the Garden District, including historical tidbits about past owners, as well as what TV show or music video was filmed where. Such a pleasant way to spend two hours! Highly recommended, and if you're staying in the French Quarter or CBD, take the St. Charles streetcar to meet her!
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U8611smlisaw
Sep 28, 2024
Great time! - We had an amazing time touring the garden district with Bonnie! She was extremely accommodating and good spirited with our group. We got to see a few celebrity homes and learned so much about design and history. Thank you Bonnie!
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A6773nwmonicab
Sep 17, 2024
Worth every penny. Very interesting, accurate information. - Christine from Two Chicks Walking was our guide. Her presentation was informative, interesting and exciting. I just wanted to learn more. The pace was casual and laid back-no rushing from spot to spot. Our group size was intimate allowing us to easily hear what she was saying and the opportunities to ask questions. Christine's speaking style is very comfortable, not the rapid fire speech of other tour guides. We did the tour in the morning, there was a comfort stop for water and bathroom break. The price was worth every penny. I would do this tour again.
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13tracie
Oct 16, 2024
garden dist walking tour - Our tour guide, Karen, was nice & friendly. I was underwhelmed w/this tour. The Lafayette cemetery is on this tour but it's closed to the public, no fault of this tour. I think the group we were with dictated the mood and it felt a bit rushed & uninteresting. I wanted to love this tour to support a woman's business but honestly it was boring & this isn't my first time in New Orleans.
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