WALKING TOURS

 

A walking tour through the magnificent French Quarter should definitely be on your "to do" list. There are numerous tours available that guide visitors through the legendary cemeteries or to historic homes or on a ghost or vampire tour, in addition to those that travel through surrounding neighborhoods such as the Garden or Business Districts. Nevertheless, whatever your interest, it's sure to be listed below.

Historic New Orleans Walking Tours

(504) 947-2120

Probably the best walking tour offered in and out of the Quarter. Tour guides are carefully chosen for their combination of knowledge and charisma. They also offer a French Quarter Mystique Tour, which focuses on the neighborhoods legendary history, as well as an interesting Voodoo Tour. Tours are available daily at 10:30am and leave from C.C.’s Coffee Shop at 528 Peter St. on Jackson Square. $12 adults, $10 students and seniors.

 

French Quarter Walking Tours with Friends of the Cabildo

701 Chartres St.

New Orleans, LA 70116

(504) 523-3939 Fax: 524-9130

Email: Cabildo@gnofn.org 

Internet: www.gnofn.org/~fcabildo

This non-profit volunteer group offers an excellent walking tour encompassing New Orleans culture, history, architecture and folklore. Daily 10am 1:30pm – no Monday am. Proceeds benefit LA State Museum -- $10 donation. (Special group tours 30 days in advance).

 

Magic Walking Tours

P. O. Box 70766

New Orleans, LA 70172

(504) 588-9693 Fax:

Rated Best Tour by the Toronto Star. We step to a different beat. Cemetery, F.Q., Garden District, Voodoo & Haunted House tours. Historical, entertaining.

 

Ghost Tours of New Orleans

1335 Kentucky St.

New Orleans, LA 70117

(504) 944-7424 Fax: 945-3453

Email: alucard@ix.netcom.com 

Internet: www.neworleans.com/ghosts

England's former hunter of ghosts & Jack the Ripper combines Victorian magic and mindreading with historical tours of the haunted French Quarter.

 

Le Monde Creole, French Quarter Courtyards & Cemetery Tour

940 Royal Street, Suite 207

New Orleans, LA 70116

(504) 568-1801 Fax: 528-9426

Email: creolwrld@aol.com 

Internet: www.LeMondeCreole.com

Discover the social and cultural history of New Orleans through the history of 5 generations of one Creole family. Visit private courtyards in the French Quarter and St. Louis Cemetery #1.

 

New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum & Tour Co.

724 Dumaine

New Orleans, LA 70116

(504) 523-7685 Fax: 523-8591

Email: voodoo@voodoomuseum.com 

Internet: http://www.voodoomuseum.com

26 years of focus on Creole Voodoo, as unique as New Orleans herself! See art, altars, rituals, psychics, a gift shop, ghost, graveyards and vampire tours too!