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New Orleans Minibus Tour: History, Culture, Architecture
4.6
2,226 Ratings
New Orleans
Experience New Orleans from a local’s perspective, beyond the traditional city tour. Enjoy a comfortable air-conditioned minibus drive that offers a substantial overview of the history, culture and architecture of the splendid city of New Orleans.
Experience New Orleans from a local’s perspective, beyond the traditional city tour. Enjoy a comfortable air-conditioned minibus drive that offers a substantial overview of the history, culture and architecture of the splendid city of New Orleans.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- French Quarter - Your tour begins when you pass through the French Quarter and travel past the mansions along Esplanade Avenue on your way to a stop in City Park where you can visit the Morning Call Cafe’ for coffee and beignets, or view the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
- Lower 9th Ward - In addition, you will see the Ninth Ward, a neighborhood…
- French Quarter - Your tour begins when you pass through the French Quarter and travel past the mansions along Esplanade Avenue on your way to a stop in City Park where you can visit the Morning Call Cafe’ for coffee and beignets, or view the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
- Lower 9th Ward - In addition, you will see the Ninth Ward, a neighborhood devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
- Garden District - View the Garden District with it’s vast mansions that line pristine boulevards.
- Warehouse District - Drive through the Warehouse District, Faubourg Treme- one of the oldest African American neighborhoods in the country dating back to the 1700’s, pass through the area formerly known as the American Sector, Home of the internationally acclaimed World War II Museum, and the Contemporary Arts Center, which is one of the country’s first art institutions.
- Lake Lawn Metairie - The tour also makes a brief stop at the Metairie Cemetery, where you will see the city’s distinctive above-ground tombs. You’ll get a great introduction to the history, culture and architecture of this magnificient city.
- St. Louis Cathedral - The Saint Louis Cathedral is the oldest Cathedral in North America, founded as a Catholic Parish in 1720 along the Banks of the Mississippi River
What's Included
- Transport by air-conditioned mini coach
- Professional guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from selected downtown New Orleans and French Quarter hotels only
- Live commentary on board
- Transport by air-conditioned mini coach
- Professional guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from selected downtown New Orleans and French Quarter hotels only
- Live commentary on board
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
French Quarter
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(2226 Ratings)
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Delicia_c
Sep 5, 2024
NOLA TOUR - Even though it rained throughout the day, Gary made it a great experience for us. We enjoyed the hot chocolate and beignets from Cafe Du Monde..
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Carol_l
Sep 4, 2024
Great Tour by Gary K - Great tour by a a New Orleans native. It was obvious Gary K loves his town and loves to share with his tour groups. Saw unique places like the Flooded House Museum. He also provided numerous text links to help visitors i.e. Great restaurant recommendations, how to use trolleys, best music in French Quarter. Also small group size was great. Highly recommend!!!
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Ednaanne_g
Sep 2, 2024
Awesome - very informative tour!!! our tour guide is awesome!! knows what hes saying... and it makes me understand more about New Orleans
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Chris_e
Sep 2, 2024
awesome and impressive - Joseph remains the best at this.. so knowledgeable, so eloquent, so fluent.. we had a good time. Would recommend this trip to more and more people.
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Kendalyn_m
Sep 2, 2024
Great history tour of New Orleans. - Learning the history of how New Orleans, the different parts of the city was very informative. Our driver Gary was professional and very helpful in suggesting things to do and food to eat.
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Thomas_b
Sep 1, 2024
Intimate well narrated city tour of New Orleans - Very well narrated city tour with Joseph who has so much to say, it was very very good. Beat my expectations, can only recommend!
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Karen_k
Aug 31, 2024
Gary was great! - We had the best time!!..Gary was our tour guide and he was wonderful, he let us have some input on where some of stops would be. He was full of New Orleans information, he even sent us texts of recommendations for restaurants and other activities…. I would highly recommend this tour company.
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Felicia_b
Aug 29, 2024
Great tour guide led us on a fantastic journey through a fabulous city! - I loved going through the different parts of the city. Gary K was an awesome and knowledgeable guide. The extra info he gave us was helpful nuggets!
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912adar
Aug 26, 2024
Garden district jem - Very informative tour. Knowledgeable , caring and professional guide did his best to in a hot summer day. He managed to find some shade for us. I returned to the garden district next day to give it some more time and recall all information provided on the tour.
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Ronda_b
Sep 3, 2024
If you are looking for more in dept tour, try another one. This just touches the surface. - it was an ok trip. I was expecting to see a little more on the trip. Also on the Hurricane Katrina area, i thought we were going to visit the 9th ward but we were only taken to the "Katrina exhibit"
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