Tour Size: Standard
Tour Type: Cultural, Scenic
Tour Duration: 2 Hours 15 Minutes
Tour Departs From: The French Quarter. (Full details will be provided in your electronic ticket upon confirmation.)
Activity Level: Easy
Food/Beverage Provided: Not Included
Recommended Dress: We recommend wearing comfortable clothing and walking shoes. During warmer months, we recommend that you wear lightly colored clothing. A hat and an umbrella is also suggested.
Restrictions: Wheelchair accommodations may be available upon request at booking. This tour cannot accommodate scooters. Collapsible wheelchairs may be accommodated, but must fold up to fit behind the driver's seat. Children ages 5 and younger may attend the tour free of charge with advanced notice at the time of booking, provided that they are not occupying their own seat.
Tour Details
Come experience the beautiful and historic city of New Orleans as you tour its best landmarks. This New Orleans bus tour gives first time visitors and those who frequently come to the city an excellent taste of the best sites.
Begin at the historic French Quarter and Jackson Square, where you'll find the Cabildo and Presbytere Museums. Visit the historic cemetery of New Orleans. There, you will learn about the unique aboveground burial system common in the area. You'll also travel through historic neighborhoods such as Treme and Faubourg Marigny.
The New Orleans tour will continue to Bayou St. John, where you will learn about true stories of piracy and voodoo. This is where Jean Lafitte used the waterway to lead his band of pirates. The guided bus tour of New Orleans continues as you follow the path of the St. Charles Avenue streetcar, the oldest continuously operating passenger railway system in the world, until service was disrupted by Hurricane Katrina.
The bus will then take you to the homes of former Kings and Queens of Mardi Gras. These massive mansions will amaze you as you hear about the wild history of Mardi Gras celebrations. The New Orleans tour will also take you to the campuses of Tulane and Loyola Universities. Learn about these universities' success over the past decades as you continue to Audubon Park. Audubon Park houses one of the top five zoos in the country, the Audubon Zoo. This exciting New Orleans tour is the perfect way to see all the marvels of New Orleans in one convenient day.
