New Orleans in a Day: Garden District Tour, French Quarter, Haunted House, and Beignet Tasting
8 hrs
Max 20
Why take this tour?
Highlights
- Tour the Elms Mansion and drink sweet tea in the shade of the largest magnolia tree in the South
- Explore the back streets of the French Quarter and learn the unique history of the original creole melting pot
- See St. Charles Ave from the window of a New Orleans streetcar
- Visit the seance room in one of New Orleans’ most haunted buildings
- Enjoy a beignet from the world-famous Cafe du Monde
- Stroll through the Garden District, home to some of the finest southern mansions in America
- Enter a traditional gas lamp workshop to see how these emblems of New Orleans are made
- Taste delicious praline fresh from the pot
- Tour Jackson Square and visit the Presbytere building to see exhibits on Hurricane Katrina and Mardi Gras
- Sites Visited
- Elms Mansion (Or Columns Hotel on weekends)
- French Quarter
- Bourbon Street
- Praline Factory
- French Market
- Cafe du Monde
- Historic Streetcar
- Tango Alley
- Exchange Place
- Pirate Alley
- Jackson Square
- Local cocktail bar
- Pontalba Apartments (outside)
- Cabildo (outside)
- St. Louis Cathedral (outside)
- Presbytere (inside)
- Haunted building
- Tour Includes
- Tickets to the Elms Mansion with complimentary drink
- Tickets to the Presbytere
- Traditional New Orleans lunch
- Complimentary praline
- Beignet from the Cafe du Monde
- Streetcar tickets
- Local expert guide
Take a day to see the best of New Orleans
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