New Orleans Half Day City Driving Tour

Embark on a private New Orleans tour and explore diverse neighborhoods, from the lively French Quarter to the peaceful Garden District. Discover the city’s rich cuisine, history, music scene, and more!

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Jackson Square - While sightseeing in New Orleans, other landmarks we’ll want to explore on foot include Jackson Square and the gorgeous 18th century St. Louis Cathedral. Your guide will give you a history tour of this significant central location of the city, including its symbolic statues and unique architecture.

  • French Market - Feel free to take your time for some on-tour shopping at The French Market, the market is the oldest of its kind in the United States. We may catch some live music here before heading to the New Orleans Jazz Museum, exhibiting the history and instruments of the city’s early jazz greats.

  • Louis Armstrong Park - For those wanting to get the most out of NOLA’s music scene, we can include in our city walk stops at Louis Armstrong Park and one of the city’s most historic jazz joints, Preservation Hall.

  • Garden District - The Garden District is one such neighborhood, its streets lined with old trees and grand historic mansions. After we take in the incredible Antebellum architecture and hear about the area’s connection to Hollywood, we’ll head to Magazine Street to see what early life was like for the city’s working class, showing New Orleans’ iconic shotgun-style homes.

  • Magazine Street - Touring in New Orleans is all well and good, but how about shopping? Your guide will be happy to take you to Magazine Street’s finest arts and antique shops and let you browse during or after your tour!

  • New Orleans Jazz Museum - Let us know in advance if you have any music fans in your group so we can make a tour stop at this venerable institution that preserves the history and culture of jazz in New Orleans!

  • Treme - Other neighborhoods we might explore are Treme, rich with African-American and Creole heritage, and trendy Bywater, known for its art galleries, street murals, and live music.

  • New Orleans City Park - Within the borders of this 1,300-acre park, you’ll find plenty
    of places for photo ops under the ancient oak trees festooned with draping Spanish moss or over one of the stone bridges spanning a meandering stream. Your New Orleans tour guide will point out major park attractions, including the New Orleans Botanical Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, and the storied Dueling Oaks.

  • New Orleans Museum of Art - This fine arts institution, the oldest in the city, sits in the
    heart of City Park and houses a collection of nearly 40,000 objects! Build in a visit with your tour guide or arrange tickets to enjoy before or after your private driving tour with us!

  • New Orleans Botanical Gardens - Set inside the parameters of City Park, this exceptional
    botanical garden contains thousands of plant varieties and themed gardens, from tropical and Louisiana native to Japanese and prehistoric.

  • The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at NOMA - This free outdoor sculpture garden, part of the New Orleans
    Museum of Art, features around 90 art pieces from beautiful to absolutely bizarre. You’ll enjoy a stroll through the grounds of this 11-acre section of City Park with your local tour guide!

  • Audubon Park - Much like Mid-City’s City Park, this 340-acre green space is
    home to institutions, outdoor art, and Louisiana wildlife. On our private driving tour of New Orleans, this could be a chance to stretch your legs and enjoy the Tree of Life or the campus of Loyola University abutting the northern edge of the park.

  • Midcity Neighborhood - Enjoy a drive through this eclectic neighborhood, with its
    variety of restaurants, historic cemeteries, iconic streetcars along Canal Street, and the touching Hurricane Katrina Memorial.

  • Tulane University - Set just outside the northern edge of Audubon Park, Tulane
    University is an excellent stop for any architecture enthusiasts on our private driving tour. Enjoy a stroll through the campus’s immaculate grounds and learn about the history of the university and its notable alumni.

  • St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 - New Orleans is famous for its aboveground cemeteries, and
    we’ll have the chance to pass by St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, regarded as the oldest extant cemetery in the city. A notable burial here includes Homer Plessy, a name you might recognize from the landmark 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision.

What's Included
  • Access to great restaurants and a wide range of shops
  • Local English-speaking guide
  • Private transportation
  • Views of New Orleans’ most iconic spots
  • Custom pick up and drop off
What's Not Included
  • food and drink, souvenirs, tips/gratuities for your guide
  • Museum Admission or event tickets
Additional Information

With your local New Orleans tour guide taking care of the driving, sit back and enjoy the peaceful Garden District, where you’ll fall for its stunning Victorian mansions. More eclectic architecture can be found in the Marigny neighborhood, known for its shotgun-style houses and colorful Creole cottages. You may even want to return to enjoy some live music in the evening along Frenchmen Street!

In Tremé, you’ll discover the history of jazz, passing by such landmarks as Louis Armstrong Park and St. Augustine Church. For those who enjoy nature and scenic views, we’ll stop at Audubon Park in Uptown or City Park in Mid-City, both known for their stately oak trees adorned with Spanish moss.

Whatever your wishes for sightseeing in New Orleans, we’re ready to put together the perfect driving tour for you and your group!

Location
Jackson Square
701 Decatur St,
Cancellation Policy

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

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Kaleld2024
Mar 10, 2024
Loved the driving tour. - Went on the driving tour with Lauren it was fantastic vary engaging would definitely do it again would absolutely recommend.
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332remyd
Mar 10, 2024
Driving tour - Wow this was fun! Take a driving tour of the city with Lauren. Got to see lots of stuff. She was super friendly and told us all about the history if the city. Can't wait to go again!
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465logand
Mar 10, 2024
Informative - It was a great tour! I saw many of the sights that the city had to offer. While the tour guide Lauren was polite and informative about the city as well.
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Glend836
Mar 10, 2024
Driving tour - This was so much fun! Went with Lauren on a great tour! Got to see parts if tye city I never thought I would. Learned a lot about the city with all kinds of architectural, historical and cultural facts I never knew! Thanks so much!!
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Nataliesq4928yy
Mar 3, 2024
Great time; great guide! - Went on the tour with family when we were visiting. So nice to cover so much ground while getting some really cool and unique history. Guide was really knowledgeable and fun!
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499dereku
Mar 3, 2024
Wonderful Tour full of History and Laughs - Did this tour with my wife and parents. We were able to see so much—city park was an absolute highlight. New Orleans is so rich in history, and taking a tour like this was the best way to be introduced to it. The guide was super personable and knowledgeable, and was full of tips for us to do around the city as well.
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Marielupdegrove
Mar 3, 2024
Fun Afternoon Exploring New Orleans - Had a great day with our tour guide Chip! We told him we were interested in visiting historical sites, cemeteries, and parts of the city off the beaten path. Loved that he designed the tour around our ideas.
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T6450kekylen
Mar 3, 2024
Historically packed experience! - Eclectic is a great description, we got to visit a variety of super cool historical sites! The Chalmette battlefield site from the War of 1812 was particularly interesting.
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640chandlern
Mar 3, 2024
Interesting history tour! - Very cool tour. Loved covering so much ground and getting to see so much history! Highlight for me was Chalmette battlefield!
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