NEW ORLEANS · HISTORY TOURS
The ones worth your morning.
The 15 new orleans history tours worth your morning. A short list of the walks, sites and guided visits that bring the past to life, with run times, prices and who leads them.
Walk the French Quarter for six NOLA tastings and four full-size cocktails, with real food-and-cocktail history from start to finish.
Most Popular“Meg was an amazing guide! Such a great mix of history and personal local knowledge. The variety of food was amazing! Cocktail were great too! Definitely best part of our trip!”
Small-group New Orleans French Quarter walking tour with levee history, Jackson Square landmarks, and literary stops, led by a local guide.
“Our tour guide, Dave, was so knowledgeable and it was a great walking tour. Only had one full day in New Orleans we saw so much in 2 hours and a lot of the history. Absolutely recommend”
A 2-hour guided walk through New Orleans music landmarks, from Frenchmen to Congo Square, with Bluetooth song clips and a local producer.
“Great experience and very informative. Learned so much about the jazz history of New Orleans. Highly recommend if you are a jazz music lover or interested in some of the history of New Orleans.”
Walk Tremé’s jazz and Creole crossroads with a licensed historian. See St. Augustine, Congo Square, and HBO *Tremé* locations for $22.
Creole classics and craft cocktails on a 4-hour New Orleans walk: 6 tastings, 4 drinks, and cocktail history for $160.
A 21+ French Quarter pub crawl with haunted-style tales, five historic stops, and one included drink for a great $30 night.
“We thoroughly enjoyed our experience! Extremely knowledgeable and high energy guide….learned so much about the city and had an amazing time !”
New Orleans Drunk History Tour: haunted French Quarter stories, to-go bar stops, and an EMF detector for $21, 1–2 hours.
“They cancelled the tour a few hours before it happened, causing us to have to scramble to book another tour with another company. It was the last day of our trip and the only option they gave us was to rebook for the next night.”
1.5-hour French Quarter history walk with a small group, ending at Cafe du Monde for beignets and cafe au lait.
“Very cold the day of tour but guide very good at keeping us in the sun and moving. He was very knowledgeable and native to area so had personal stories as well.”
Garden District cemetery stories, a 3-stop Creole-Cajun meal with drinks, and Magazine Street shopping, all in a 3-hour walk for $95.
Dark History Tour in New Orleans: a 2-hour French Quarter walk with licensed guides, free stop tickets, and true, human stories.
“I learned so much! Doug is a fantastic guide—very knowledgeable and friendly. Although this walking tour definitely lives up to the dark moniker, Doug relayed these stories in a compassionate and humanizing way. As a history nerd, I can't recommend this tour enough!”
A 105-minute French Quarter walking tour mixing Catholic faith, voodoo legends, and dark folklore. Meet at The Voodoo Lounge for $22.
3-hour French Quarter cocktail history tour with 4 craft drinks, Sazerac options, and pre-Prohibition classics ending with live jazz.
“Our quiet was excellent. She was knowledgeable, friendly and funny.”
Small-group Irish Channel history pub crawl with an expert guide, beer options at four local bars, and vampire-to-war-hero stories.
“The crawl was fun. Our guide was very knowledgeable about the history of New Orleans. I highly recommend it.”
A 2-hour French Quarter walking tour connecting Jewish New Orleans to the Holocaust memorial, pirates, music, and Judah Benjamin.
“Fascinating overview of local Jewish history. We knew very little about this aspect beforehand. Never would have seen the magnificent Agam Holocaust Memorial without Janet’s taking us there and explaining it to us. It was so helpful to receive, after the tour, a summary of what was presented. A well paced walking tour with a…”
New Orleans 9th Ward Katrina history tour in a small van group with local guide Hollis. Levee breach sites, memorial, and rebuilding.
“Our tour was very informative. We learned things about the actual culture and the people within the 9th ward. Our guide was excellent and full of knowledge and made us aware of topics we did not know.”
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