New Orleans Sightseeing Tour

New Orleans Sightseeing Tour

This city sightseeing tour lets you absorb centuries of history, culture, sights and sounds of the dynamic city New Orleans. The famous French Quarter, the elegant Garden District, and St. Charles Avenue are just a taste of what you’ll experience on this insightful tour.

Itinerary
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Stop At: French Quarter, New Orleans, LA

Enjoy a grand overview of New Orleans, dubbed ‘The City That Care Forgot,’ on this comprehensive sightseeing coach tour. Start in the world-famous French Quarter, a quaint, mysterious area where the sights and sounds abound.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Jackson Square, 615 Pere Antoine Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116-3234

Head to historic Jackson Square, home of the Cabildo and Presbytere museums, and visit a historical cemetery, one of New Orleans' ‘Cities of the Dead.’ Here, discover the unique above- ground burial system. Marvel at stories of voodoo and piracy on Bayou St John, the waterway used by Jean Lafitte and his band of pirates.

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: Garden District, St Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130-5968

Following the path of the St Charles Avenue streetcar, the oldest continuously operating passenger railway system in the world, pass stately mansions, the homes of former kings and queens of Mardi Gras and the beautiful Garden District.

Pass By: Tulane University, 6823 Saint Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118-5698

View Tulane University and Loyola University across from Audubon Park.

Pass By: Audubon Park, 6500 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70118-4848

Home to the Audubon Zoo, rated one of the top five zoos in the nation.

Stop At: The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at NOMA, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, City Park, New Orleans, LA 70124

Self guided tour of the 11 acre sculpture garden.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, 3421 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119-2902

Guests are welcome to explore this historic above ground cemetery, circa 1854, and take pictures or they can remain in the bus.

Duration: 10 minutes