How to Find Walking Tours in New Orleans

Finding a walking tour in New Orleans is usually as easy as simply watching a group of people looking at the same thing and listening to to a guide. New Orleans has Voodoo tours, architecture tours, haunted house tours or history tours. If you wish to learn about New Orleans in a walking tour, let's find out what's available.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Comfortable shoes
• Raincoat
• Umbrella
• Camera

Walkng Tours in New Orleans

1. Join Magic Tours to hear ghost stories, tales of vampires and Voodoo Legends. These tours are after dark, walking around the French Quarter's edges while looking for the living dead. Almost all houses have resident ghosts and spirits and you can discover where they live. It starts at 500 St Peter nightly at 8:00 pm. and lasts for about two hours.

2. The French Quarter History Tour visits Jackson Square and the St. Louis Cathedral, focal point of the Crescent City, the Cabildo and the Presbytere, which flank the cathedral. See the Pontalba Buildings, the oldest apartments in the United States and the prominent statue of Andrew Jackson.10:30 a.m. 7 Days a Week311 Bourbon StreetTour lasts approximately two hours.
Bring a rain coat for the rain. Bring an umbrella for the sun.

3. Take the Garden District tour. The Garden District is situated on what was once a large sugar plantation just across Canal Street from the French Quarter. The Garden District was created by Americans who came here after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Lafayette Cemetery is located in the "dead center" of the Garden District. No matter where one started from, this is where one ended. Tour times vary with the season, last about two hours, and end at Lafayette Cemetery across from Commander's Palace. Tour cost: $20.00 per person.

4. Take a haunted French Quarter tour. listen to the folklore and legends of New Orleans. Hear about assassinations, lynchings, duels, murders and the general mayhem that were commonplace in old New Orleans.Walk with the tour through St. Louis #1 Cemetery and the streets of the French Quarter. Learn the truth about Marie Laveau in this city where Voodoo is still practiced.Daytime and evening tours are available. All tours are by appointment. Tours last an hour and a half and are $15.00 per person. Reserve your tour by email at [e-mail], or call 504-914-2039.

Tips & Warnings

• Stay with your tour guide. Do not wander off alone. New Orleans can be dangerous.