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A colorful house with green and yellow trim, a black lantern, and a number 301 sign. 2
A house with a blue exterior, a large tree, and a black metal fence. 3
A two-story Victorian-style house with ornate detailing, a balcony, and a large window. 4
A two-story building with a balcony, surrounded by greenery and a fence. 5
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 24m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Step into the mid-nineteenth-century rivalry that reshaped New Orleans. Following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, incoming Anglo-American Protestants clashed with the established French Creole Catholic elite. Barred from the French Quarter's inner circles, these newly wealthy cotton and sugar magnates converted plantation soil into a suburban showcase of monumental Greek Revival and Italianate mansions. Discover the subtle architectural signals, hidden water management systems, and forgotten labour that built this extraordinary area.

    • A 1.4 km self-guided tour with 7 stops over 84 min
    • Ideal for travellers interested in Art, Design & Aesthetics and History & Memory
    • Immersively told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Matching audio content, AI guide and navigation through the app

Activity location

  • Lafayette Cemetery No.1
    • Washington Ave
    • 70130, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Lafayette Cemetery No. 1
    • 1427 Washington Avenue
    • 70130, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Podcast Tour New Orleans The Garden District in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 24 minutes1h 24m
    1h 24m
  • Opening hours: Thu 00:00-23:59
  • English
Price details
€5.99 x 2 Adults€11.98
Total
Price is €11.98

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Verified facts woven into an engaging storey
  • Inclusions
    Interactive in-app guide for questions about the storey and surroundings
  • Inclusions
    Precise navigation between the stops
  • Inclusions
    Immersive podcast-style audio featuring experts and locals

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Lafayette Cemetery No.1

  • 10m
The oldest municipal cemetery in New Orleans, illustrating Protestant funerary architecture and secular city planning. This is an exterior stop; the cemetery interior is currently closed to the public.

Colonel Short’s Villa

  • 10m
An antebellum Italianate double-gallery villa famed for its iconic cast-iron cornstalk fence.

Robinson House

  • 10m
A colossal Italianate double-gallery mansion designed by Henry Howard, showcasing antebellum water management and domestic engineering.

Brevard-Clapp House

  • 10m
A transitional Greek Revival-Italianate mansion that hosted cotton high society and later served as the home of novelist Anne Rice.

Women's Guild of the New Orleans Opera

  • 10m
A Greek Revival sidehall mansion enhanced by a late-nineteenth-century octagonal turret and preserved through civic patronage.

2340 Prytania St

  • 10m
Recognised as the oldest surviving residence in the Garden District (c. 1838), exemplifying early suburban plantation subdivision.

Buckner Mansion

  • 10m
The largest antebellum residence in the area, built to directly challenge the grandest French Quarter estates.

Location

Activity location

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    Lafayette Cemetery No.1
    • Washington Ave
    • 70130, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Lafayette Cemetery No. 1
    • 1427 Washington Avenue
    • 70130, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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