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Learn the basic history of New Orleans
Visit the main highlights of New Orleans in 90 minutes with your private guide
Get introduced to a local artist!
Hit the major “must-sees” of the French Quarter!
Get local suggestions of the best places to go - and the traps to avoid!

New Orleans Private Kickstart Tour with a Local

By Withlocals
4.5 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is CA $157 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview

Receive a warm welcome to New Orleans on a private tour that will kick off your time in the city in the best way possible! In only 90 minutes, a local guide will get you acquainted with New Orleans to help you enjoy the rest of your stay to the fullest.

Discover where to find main attractions like Jackson Square and Lalauri Mansion, and how to explore them away from the crowds. And what about that unique family-owned restaurant or that amazing local hotspot? We got you covered; the local guides are experts in the subject! Forget about touristy traps; on this city kickstart tour, your guide will point you in the right direction.

Withlocals City Kickstart Tour™ is one of Withlocals' signature tours available in major cities worldwide. We work with passionate local guides who earn a fair fee. We support local economies by only offering local produce and prevent over-tourism with only small non-intrusive groups. Our tours are carbon-neutral and away from the standard tourist routes

Activity location

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

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 701 Chartres St
    • 701 Chartres Street
    • 70116, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Private Tour
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m1h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
CA $157.02 x 1 AdultCA $157.02

Total
Price is CA $157.02

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLocal Tips and Tricks
  • What's includedWhat's includedCity Orientation
  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate Tour
  • What's includedWhat's includedLocal Guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pick-up and drop off

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Private tour: only you & your local guide

Activity itinerary

Jackson Square
  • 10m
We start of our tour at Jackson Square where we will see several monuments with each and one of them having a special and intruiging storey attachted to them
Galerie Rue Royale
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
This was originally an open walkway to cut from "Place D’Armes (Jackson Square) ” to the “Rue de Royale(Royal Street.)
Saint Peter
  • 10m
Get some views of the most photographed building in the quarter as well as an introduction to Royal Street
Bourbon Street
  • 10m
Bourbon St can be a fun place to spend an evening, but there are things to look out for. Along with street performers, there are a lot of tricks, and ‘tourist traps’. Your host will tell you all of them.
Dauphine Street
  • 10m
We have reached the end of the French Quarter and the beginning of the Treme area. This is widely recognised as the Birthplace of Jazz.
Bourbon Street
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Lafitte’s Blacksmith shop is one of the oldest buildings in the French Quarter. The storey goes, this shop survived the fires of 1788 and 179* because it was, in fact, a blacksmith shop, and so structurally it was built to withstand large amounts of heat.
Royal Street
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Back on Royal Street we are going to sightsee a very special building. If you’ve seen American Horror Story you are probably familiar with Madame Delphine Lalaurie
French Market
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket included
Spanning 6 blocks, The French Market began where Cafe Du Monde stands currently - which is the direction we will be heading. Here you can find a variety of local foods, from beignets, to crawfish, local produce, alligator bites - you name it.
Lalaurie Mansion
  • 15m
The LaLaurie Mansion is widely considered one of the most haunted houses in New Orleans' French Quarter.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESJackson Square
    • 70116, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE701 Chartres St
    • 701 Chartres Street
    • 70116, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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