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Lunch With A Local
Visitors to New Orleans often know of the more famous restaurants such as Antoine's, Galatoire's, Tujague's, and Arnaud's. These restaurants were established in the 19th and 20th centuries. Since Hurricane Katrina, the number of restaurants in New Orleans has doubled. Restaurant August, R'evolution, Brigtsen's, and Muriel's are some of the more recently established world famous restaurants.
Enjoy lunch while learning about New Orleans history in a neighborhood restaurant. Enjoy po-boys, red beans and rice, gumbo, fresh gulf seafood, and New Orleans Italian dishes — the local variety is endless.
Reservations are required. Contact us for more details and to specify your lunch and neighborhood preferences.
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This tour lasts 1 1/2 hours.
- Wall Vaults
- Family Tombs
- Open tomb for educational purposes
- The Vampire Lestat Tomb,
an Anne Rice Creation - Filming locations of
the Originals and True Blood - Commanders Place
- Cornstalks Fence
- Toby's Corner
- Sandra Bullock's Home
- The house where The Curious Case of Benjamin button was filmed
Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 and the Garden District
Lafayette Cemetery #1 was established in 1833 on the site of the former Livaudais Sugar Plantation.
Lafayette Cemetery holds the remains of citizens from twenty-six different countries. The cemetery was never segregated by race, ethnicity, or religious denomination. Click here to see the Hatfields' inventory and index to tombs in Lafayette #1 Cemetery.
Getting there
If you'd like you get away from downtown, take a leisurely ride on our city's famous St. Charles streetcar line to this iconic cemetery. Meet your scheduled tour guide at the Main Gate near 1400 Washington Ave.
We welcome volunteer and/or student groups with generous discounts. We also offer a discount for any group of six or more traveling together.
Notes
Bilingual tour guides are available. Reservations are required. Contact us for more information and pricing.
DETAILS
Overview
- 2.5 hours or you decide
- Local Guide
- Basin St. Station
- St. Charles Ave.
- Cemetery Walking Tour
- 9th Ward
- City Park, Sculpture Garden
- Morning Call
- French Market
- Narration
Step-on Guide City Tour
When one of our experienced New Orleans guides steps onto your bus, you will be "off and away" to a memorable trip through New Orleans.
With your own bus, your options are unlimited. You can take a general city tour and choose which areas you want to see. You can include short walking tours of the French Quarter, a cemetery; visit churches or synagogues, the lakefront, City Park. Your choices are limited only by the time you allot for the tour.
Whether you charter a bus for your stay here, or come with your own bus, we will help you customize your trip according to the requirements of your schedule.
Custom
As Step-On guides, we can take you on a city tour incorporating the locations you want to see. We will usually include two or three stops where everyone can get off and tour a location of interest, or not, if you prefer otherwise.
Here's a sample itinerary:
It covers:
- MEET: 501 Basin Street Station 70112 for orientation
- City Hall, CBD, Convention Center Blvd.
- Decatur St. along the French Quarter riverfrontTo Congo Square and Louis Armstrong Park
- Through the Bywater Neighborhood across Industrial Canal to Lower Ninth Ward
- Cemetery walking tour
- Esplanade Avenue to Bayou St. John
- City Park and the Besthoff free Sculpture Garden
- Canal Street the Cemetery District
- Katrina Memorial
- End Basin St. Station
* Italics indicate stops along route
Notes
Bilingual tour guides are available. Reservations are required. Contact us for more information and pricing.
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Overview
- 1.5 Hours
- Local Guide
- Oldest Cemetery in New Orleans
- Myths Dispelled
St. Louis No. 1 Cemetery
A tour to Saint Louis No. 1 offers a different perspective of the history of New Orleans. Saint Louis No. 1 is the oldest exiting cemetery in the city. Why are there tombs and not crypts? Understand the religion and nationality of the earliest individuals and families of New Orleans. See how over 50,000 people can be buried in one city block. Visit the resting place some of New Orleans most notable characters to understand the unique character of New Orleans. Saint Louis No. 1 is recognized by the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail and the National Register of Historic Places as an experience of the history of the city's founding and evolution.. Mark Twain referred to New Orleans Cemeteries as "Cities of the Dead". The cemetery remains in use as a living memorable of New Orleans today.
Notes
Bilingual tour guides are available. Reservations are required. Contact us for more information and pricing.
At Orleans Tours and Step-On Guides, you will enjoy the best of what the city has to offer, plus a few secret spots and charms along the way. Explore the city’s eccentricities with our New Orleans Historic Neighborhood Walking Tours, or our Step-on Guide bus tours to discover the wealth of this beautiful place.
We are locally owned and operated, so rest assured every single tour that we offer is conducted by passionate and committed guides who have the knowledge and know-how of all the nooks and crannies of New Orleans. Visiting a city for the first time can be overwhelming. Where do you go? And how do you get there? With our local licensed tour guides, you don’t have to worry about a single thing.
We have a number of available tours for individuals or groups of all sizes, all ready for you to enjoy. If you fancy a customized tour, we can do that for you, too. To really relish New Orleans, you need to visit the historic places, see the beautiful architecture, learn the history and culture, and experience the plethora of European, American, and Caribbean sensibilities that define the city.
Let us make your New Orleans holiday the best it can be with our tour offerings, brought to you by our dedicated and passionate local guides.
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” We enjoyed our Cemetery tour with Leah. She is knowledgeable and friendly, and gave us lots of recommendations on what to see and where to eat in New Orleans. “
Jim K
“Our group of classmates and friends frequently travel to New Orleans and was looking for a customized step-on tour since we have had several step on tour guides over the years. For those of us who have made each trip, we wanted something different and contacted Candy for a tour that reflected the African American Influence on New Orleans. We asked and she delivered! Our tour guide, Milton, was exceptional! He had first hand knowledge of sites and experiences that had not been mentioned on our prior tours. If you’re interested in the total New Orleans Experience, I highly recommend, Milton and Candy of New Orleans Tours and Step-on Guides. They are the best! “
Pennywms - Trip Advisor
” Excellent guided tour through the cemetery by Naif! As a former history teacher, Naif really knows his stuff & provided lots of interesting information about the cemetery & individual graves. Highly recommend!”
Jessica Hawkins
” I would like to thank Spirit of New Orleans tours for such a awesome tour. Mr. Melton was great he did an awesome job I recommend him to do you tour.Learned so much about New Orleans. “