Highlights & Hidden Gems With Locals: Best of New Orleans Private Tour

Don’t settle for just another city tour, get the perspective of a local who can show you the city and hidden gems in a way others can’t. Your guide will include city highlights, personal recommendations, storytelling, and a local treat for a memorable outing in a memorable town. Skip the touristy groups, but still see the important attractions’including Jackson Square, French Market, and Lalaurie Mansion’with an authentic take.

Take in New Orleans from the eyes of a local
Enjoy a special New Orleans treat
Hear the story of Boutique Du Vampyre on Bourbon Street
Visit Cafe Beignet in an old converted carriage house

What To Expect

Shops of the Colonnade

Stroll around the stalls of the French Market, visit Dutch Alley artists’ co-op and see delicious pralines being made
18 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Jackson Square

In and around Jackson Square are several highlights to visit. Admire street performers, the Cabildo and Louis Cathedral and last but not least the Jackson Square Statue
18 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Pirates Alley

Pirate Alley was originally an open walkway to cut from “Place D’Armes (Jackson Square) ” to the “Rue de Royale(Royal Street.)”
It was paved in 1831, and called Orleans Alley South – but locals have always called it by a different name…
18 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Bourbon Street

For our next stop we are visiting Bourbon Street. Boutique Du Vampyre with it’s own very spooky story, followed up by the oldest Jazz Club in town are all established on this street
18 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Cafe Beignet, Royal Street

It is break time! While having a break, hear about the interesting dueling story between two cafes.
18 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Congo Square

Near Congo Square is where Marie Laveau, the famed Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, lived. Her original house is gone, but this was built on the same foundation. Voodoo Queens were a major figure in Louisiana Voodoo, which is actually a unique religion different from Haitian voodoo, or other forms of Voodoo.
18 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Louis Armstrong Park

Pay tribute to jazz legends in Louis Armstrong Park and hear how slave gatherings here enriched the city’s iconic musical style
18 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The Lost Sock @ Rampart

The J&M studios are famous in New Orleans. Look behind what’s now a laundromat to see a former studio that hosted world-famous music stars
18 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop Bar

Visit the famous Lafitte’s Blacksmith Bar to hear ghostly tales at the place that calls itself ‘New Orleans’ oldest bar’
18 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Royal Street

And last but not least, the Lalaurie Mansion. Take a step into American Horror Story at LaLaurie Mansion, to hear the intriguing tale of Madame Lalaurie
18 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Highlight

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Private tour: only you & your local guide
CO2 Neutral: all tours carbon emissions are offset
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Include

Private Tour
Local Guide
1 local drink/tasting

Exclude

Hotel pick up and drop off
Food and beverages other than listed as inclusions

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