New Orleans French Quarter Self-Guided Walking Audio Tour

New Orleans French Quarter Self-Guided Walking Audio Tour

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1h 30m
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Overview

Soak up the unforgettable atmosphere of New Orleans’ French Quarter! On this mobile audio tour, you will experience more diversity and history than in any other place in America — while also enjoying delicious food, drink, music, and culture.

The French Quarter is home to the Old Absinthe House on Bourbon Street, the meeting place where General Andrew Jackson formed an unusual alliance that gave America a decisive edge against the British in the War of 1812.

Perhaps the only things more mysterious than the mind-bending qualities of the famous drink served at the Old Absinthe House are the voodoo potions and dolls you’ll find on Dumaine Street and the legend of the Casket Girls at the Old Ursuline Convent.

In this tour, you will discover all this and more while exploring the city's unique cuisines, music, faiths and customs.

NOTE: This is a self-guided outdoor walking tour. Your purchase does not include entrance to any attractions highlighted on the tour.

Activity location

Jackson Square
- 701 Decatur St,
- 70116, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

Jackson Square
- 70116, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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New Orleans French Quarter Self-Guided Walking Audio Tour in English

1h 30m
Opening hours: Thu 00:00-23:30
English

Travellers

Language options: English

Price details

€4.26 x 1 Traveller€4.26

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What's included, what's not

Self-guided, location-aware mobile audio tour

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Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transport options are available nearby
Transport options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Jackson Square

Jackson Square is the gleaming centre of New Orleans and the architectural gems that make it glow! The central diamond in this three-building setting is Saint Louis Cathedral, named for Louis the 9th, the sainted monarch of France. A church has stood here since 1718, the year of the city’s French colonial founding. Though many rich and famous locals—like native musician Harry Connick Jr.—have worshiped here, the cathedral has long been a place to welcome everyone, even enslaved people and enslavers.

Royal Street

Peek into the windows on Royal Street, and you’ll find treasures untold, including wares once owned by royalty and celebrities. One of the world’s most famous “antique rows,” this is also one of the oldest streets in New Orleans. After antiquing, you’ll probably be hungry. Don’t worry. You’re in the perfect place. Royal Street is home to several historic restaurants.

Preservation Hall

As you stroll the French Quarter, accompanied by the ever-present hum of music, it may be hard to believe that New Orleans jazz was almost lost! But a tune-loving local gave it a place to survive and thrive: this venerable building known as Preservation Hall.

Old Absinthe House

This iconic old Bourbon Street tavern, the Old Absinthe House, looks much the same today as it did the night General Andrew Jackson knocked on the door more than 200 years ago. He was here to enlist a band of pirates to fight with him against the British in the War of 1812.

New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum

If you step inside this one-of-a-kind museum, step carefully. You may be greeted by an albino python assisting his master, a voodoo priest, with the ticket sales. But don't be alarmed. Snakes are just one of the sacred objects in the New Orleans Voodoo Museum, an intriguing showcase of the city’s unique religion.

Old Ursuline Convent Museum

The lights inside this famous fortress, the Old Ursuline Convent, were blazing ’til dawn on the night of January 7, 1815. It was the eve of the Battle of New Orleans, and the Ursuline sisters were praying for victory. After it came, the nuns nursed the ragtag soldiers back to health behind these convent walls, and General Jackson visited to thank the sisters for their prayers through that nail-biter of a night.

French Market

If you're looking for a new bag, some sunglasses, a preserved alligator head or the best crawfish in town, this is the place for you! The unmistakable stone entry welcomes you to the French Market, the bustling, hustling heart of the New Orleans waterfront. The city’s answer to European open-air markets, it has a pedigree to match. A market has operated here on the Crescent City riverfront since 1791, making it the oldest of its kind in the United States.

Café Du Monde Mail Order

Since 1862, the distinctive smell of this cafe's brew has been a signature element in the unique scent of the French Quarter, and the place has served millions of plates of beignets: fluffy, square French donuts doused with a significant dose of icing sugar that covers customers’ clothes, tables and shoes like sweet snow.

Woldenberg Riverfront Park

There’d be no New Orleans without “Ol’ Man River”: the mighty Mississippi! It’s the river’s distinctive curve that earned this town the nickname “The Crescent City.” The river brought into port traders and settlers from every corner of the globe. Together they created the rich cultural “gumbo” that is the city’s unique ethnic and cultural heritage, flavoured by French, Spanish, Italian, Irish, Afro-Caribbean, German, Native American and more.

Location

Activity location

Jackson Square
- 701 Decatur St,
- 70116, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

Jackson Square
- 70116, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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