New Orleans French Quarter Walking Tour with Audioguide

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• (Pass by)

  Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts is a major cultural venue in New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong Park. Opened in 1973 and later named after the New Orleans-born gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, it hosts opera, ballet, concerts, and touring productions. Its history reflects the city’s musical heritage, performing arts scene, and recovery after Hurricane Katrina.

  Admission ticket free
• 1
  Congo Square

  Congo Square is a historic open space in New Orleans’ Tremé neighborhood, now part of Louis Armstrong Park. In the 18th and 19th centuries, enslaved and free people of African descent gathered here for music, dance, markets, and community life. The square reflects the African, Caribbean, and Creole roots that helped shape New Orleans culture and the early foundations of jazz.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2
  Storyville District

  Storyville, known locally by the same name, was New Orleans’ famous red-light district from 1897 to 1917. Created as a regulated area for nightlife and vice, it became closely linked with saloons, dance halls, brothels, and early jazz musicians. Its history reflects the complex world of segregation, entertainment, urban control, and musical innovation in turn-of-the-century New Orleans.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• New Orleans Storyville Museum (Pass by)

  The New Orleans Storyville Museum is a museum in the French Quarter dedicated to the history of Storyville. Its immersive exhibits explore the red-light district that operated from 1897 to 1917, along with the music, gambling, social life, and urban tensions of that era. The museum connects this controversial chapter with the wider cultural history of New Orleans.

  Admission ticket free
• (Pass by)

  The Museum of Death is an unusual museum in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Its exhibitions explore mortality, crime, funerary culture, and the darker side of human history through artifacts, photographs, and documents. The museum reflects the city’s long fascination with death, ritual, storytelling, and the boundary between curiosity and unease.

  Admission ticket free
• 3

  Canal Street is one of New Orleans’ main historic thoroughfares. Laid out as a broad dividing line between the French Quarter and the American sector, it became a centre of commerce, streetcars, theatres, and parades. Its wide avenue reflects the city’s layered urban identity, where Creole, American, and modern New Orleans meet.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4
  The Sazerac House

  Sazerac House is a museum and distillery in New Orleans dedicated to the city’s cocktail culture. Its story centres on the Sazerac, a drink closely associated with New Orleans since the 19th century. Exhibits, historic bar traditions, and distilling heritage reflect the city’s long connection with hospitality, spirits, and Creole social life.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 5

  Antoine’s Restaurant is one of New Orleans’ most historic Creole restaurants. Founded in 1840, it remains closely linked with the city’s French Quarter dining traditions. Its private dining rooms, old-world atmosphere, and famous Oysters Rockefeller reflect generations of culinary heritage, social rituals, and Creole hospitality.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6
  Marie Laveau House of Voodoo

  Marie Laveau’s House of Voodoo is a small shop and cultural stop in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Its name refers to Marie Laveau, the famous 19th-century Voodoo priestess whose legend remains central to the city’s spiritual folklore. The place reflects New Orleans’ blend of African, Catholic, Caribbean, and Creole traditions.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum (Pass by)

  The New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum is a small museum in the French Quarter dedicated to Louisiana Voodoo. Founded in 1972, it explores the religion’s history, folklore, symbols, altars, and connection with figures such as Marie Laveau. The museum reflects New Orleans’ blend of African, Catholic, Caribbean, and Creole spiritual traditions.

  Admission ticket free
• 7
  Miltenberger Houses

  The Miltenberger Houses are a row of historic Creole townhouses in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Built in the 19th century, they reflect the elegant residential architecture of Royal Street, with iron balconies, tall windows, and shaded galleries. The houses connect the quarter with family history, urban refinement, and the layered social life of old New Orleans.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 8

  De La Ronde House is a historic Creole residence in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Built around 1807 for Pierre Denis de La Ronde, it reflects the world of wealthy Creole families in the early 19th century. Its history connects the city centre with the wider story of plantations, war, and social life in old Louisiana.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• Old Ursuline Convent Museum (Pass by)

  The Old Ursuline Convent Museum is one of the oldest surviving buildings in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Built in the 18th century for the Ursuline nuns, it reflects French colonial architecture and the city’s early Catholic history. Its chapel, courtyards, and museum rooms connect New Orleans with education, religion, and life in colonial Louisiana.

  Admission ticket free
• Lalaurie Mansion (Pass by)

  LaLaurie Mansion is one of the most infamous historic residences in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Built in the early 19th century, it is linked with Madame Delphine LaLaurie and the abuse of enslaved people revealed after a fire in 1834. The house reflects the darker side of Creole high society, slavery, and urban legend in old New Orleans.

  Admission ticket free
• New Orleans Jazz Museum (Pass by)

  The New Orleans Jazz Museum is housed in the historic Old U.S. Mint near the French Quarter and Frenchmen Street. Its collections, exhibits, and performances explore jazz as one of the city’s defining cultural creations. The museum connects instruments, recordings, artists, and live music with the wider story of New Orleans’ African American, Creole, and global musical heritage.

  Admission ticket free
• 9
  French Market

  The French Market is one of New Orleans’ oldest commercial spaces, stretching along the edge of the French Quarter near the Mississippi River. Its roots go back to colonial-era trading and public markets. Food stalls, crafts, cafés, and open-air stands reflect the city’s mix of Creole, African, Caribbean, and European influences.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 10
  Café Du Monde Mail Order

  Café du Monde is one of New Orleans’ most iconic cafés. Founded in 1862 in the French Market, it became famous for beignets covered in powdered sugar and café au lait with chicory. Its open-air setting, simple menu, and long history reflect the city’s Creole food culture and everyday life near the Mississippi River.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• The Presbytere (Pass by)

  The Presbytère is a historic building on Jackson Square in New Orleans. Built in the late 18th century to complement the Cabildo, it was originally intended for church use and later served civic functions. Today, as part of the Louisiana State Museum, it connects colonial architecture with exhibitions on Mardi Gras, Hurricane Katrina, and Louisiana culture.

  Admission ticket free
• St. Louis Cathedral (Pass by)

  St. Louis Cathedral, known officially as Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, is one of New Orleans’ most recognizable landmarks. Standing on Jackson Square, it reflects the city’s French and Catholic colonial heritage. Its triple spires, white façade, and long history connect the French Quarter with faith, ceremony, and the civic life of old New Orleans.

  Admission ticket free
• Cabildo (Pass by)

  The Cabildo is a historic building on Jackson Square in New Orleans. Built in the late 18th century during the Spanish colonial period, it later became the site where the Louisiana Purchase transfer was formally completed in 1803. Today, as part of the Louisiana State Museum, it reflects the city’s colonial government, legal history, and changing political identity.

  Admission ticket free
• 11

  The Jean Baptiste Baudreau II monument, known locally as the Execution of Jean Baptiste Baudrau II Historical Marker, commemorates a French Louisiana trader, interpreter, and militia leader executed in New Orleans in 1757. Set near Jackson Square, it recalls his role as a peace ambassador to allied tribes and the brutal colonial justice that ended his life.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• The audio guide is provided via mobile app for iOS and Android
• Entry tickets to the museums are not included, buy them separately in advance
• The tour doesn’t cover all New Orleans sights
• This is a self-guided tour. You will have to download the audio guide mobile app, activate your purchase and follow the route on the mobile app map (with no human guide)

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