New Orleans Tour: French Quarter and Steamboat Cruise

Explore New Orleans’ French Quarter, uncover Voodoo mysteries, and cruise the Mississippi on Steamboat NATCHEZ. Discover the city’s charm today.

Duration: 6 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • French Quarter - Begin your adventure with a sweeping tour of New Orleans, famously known as ‘The City That Care Forgot.’ Kick off in the iconic French Quarter, a charming and enigmatic area teeming with sights and sounds.
  • Jackson Square - Explore historic Jackson Square, home to the Cabildo and Presbytere museums, St. Louis Cathedral, and…
What's Included
  • 2-hour paddle wheeler boat cruise (2:30PM)
  • Stop at Cafe du Monde for beignets (own expense)
  • 3-hour narrated motorcoach tour (10AM)
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Lunch (own expense - based on availability)
  • Refreshments and souvenirs are available for purchase on boat
Additional Information

Enjoy a fully narrated city tour of historic New Orleans, where you will visit the world famous French Quarter, Jackson Square, Audubon Park and even uncover the mysteries surrounding Voodoo. Then take to the waters for a cruise on the Mississippi River with the iconic Steamboat NATCHEZ. Enjoy an authentic riverboat experience of a leisurely, two-hour…

Location
Gray Line New Orleans
Toulouse Street
Tour departs from Toulouse St, New Orleans near the French Quarter. You must exchange this voucher for your ticket at the Gray Line window at the 'Lighthouse' ticket office located at Toulouse St and the Mississippi River (Steamboat Natchez Dock), just one block from Jackson Square in the French Quarter. Please note that both the New Orleans Steamboat Company and Gray Line New Orleans share the 'Lighthouse' ticket office - you must go to the 'Gray Line' window
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Jkirby_b
Sep 22, 2024
Great combination!!! - Robert was our city tour guide and was FANTASTIC! Very knowledgeable and made the experience more personal. We learned more than we expected and would recommend it to anyone that asks. Paddle Natchez boat tour was fun but somewhat uneventful. We’re glad we did it but probably would not go again. Overall, the combination of both tours were worth the money with the city tour being the best.
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Sue_p
Sep 19, 2024
Must do Experience! - A must do! Such a great way to experience New Orleans unique features! Our guide, Robert, and driver Dwayne, were excellent. We love everything about The Natchez!
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W9902kkdeborahc
Jun 27, 2024
Bus tour well worth the time and money! - Bus tour was very much worth the price. The guide covered a significant amount of history and information while we drove thourgh a large area in New Orleans. Highly recommend it.
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Tom_b
Feb 6, 2022
Interesting history - Jim was a knowledgeable and entertaining tour guide. Alton a good driver. The Harbor Cruise was informative and relaxing.
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Rafael
Oct 2, 2024
Natchez Ride and City Tour - The tour of the city very interesting, the Guide very prepared and had knowledge of the city and explained very well any question, that was asked, Congratulations!!, I recommend to do it. The tour on the Natchez boat, well, the jazz band, unfortunately was very very low and we had to look where it was, since it initially seemed like a recorded music that was heard on the speakers of the boat, but it is a good experience.
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Martyjojo
Jan 9, 2022
With doing when in NOLA - We were so lucky with the weather in winter! Beautiful blue skies and to be in shorts! We did the afternoon 2.30pm departure and surprised how busy and how many people this boat took. The queues were long! I’d bought tickets online but you had to still show the email at the ticket office to get paper tickets which seemed pointless to me in todays digital world. We sat up on the top deck with the jazz band and still managed to get chairs on the edge so a great view all the way up the Mississippi. We were sat on the right side too as most of the cruise is going downstream so looking forward sit on the left as the commentary mainly relates to what you see on the New Orleans city side and not the Algiers side. It was a very pleasant 2hrs but lucky we had the sun!!
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Haleybs6558hh
Sep 16, 2024
Don’t waste your money or time - Don’t waste your time or money on the city tour and steamboat. Steamboat was OK! The city tour was a waste of time, we didn’t learn much about anything other then the person stories of the guide - none which were NOLO related.
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Kerilyn137
Jul 26, 2024
I think I had too high of expectations - I signed up expecting to see more of New Orleans and/ or a natural landscape, not the industrial areas. I think i just had different expectations. The music was good. The food was okay. If I were to do this again, I'd skip the lunch part. The narration was somewhat repetitive and was almost like a commercial in some parts. The boat itself is cool, and it was run well.
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Quinton4808
Aug 31, 2024
City Toiur OUTSTANDING... River cruise terrible!!!! - Let me clarify the city tour was amazing! Robert did a fabulous job and it was very informative and fun. The River Boat cruise was horrible! The chairs outside around the deck were tiny and extremely uncomfortable. In addition, if sitting outside there are not enough speakers in place to hear the narration which lasts for a solid 1.5 hrs. In addition, although the river is majestic there is NOTHING to see except for barges and oil tankers. It was beyond boring. I would not recommend the river cruise but highly recommend the Gray Line City Tour... that was incredible.
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Alyson_e
Nov 3, 2021
The experience didn’t... - The experience didn’t happen because the boat was not in port. VERY DISAPPOINTED!!! Have requested a refund.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).