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New Orleans: City and Cemetery Bus Tour Garden District Walk

New Orleans: City and Cemetery Bus Tour Garden District Walk

Experience the beauty and history of New Orleans at a walking pace with this city sightseeing tour covering 25 square miles of iconic neighborhoods through three centuries. Board your bus in the French Quarter then follow the history of New Orleans’ expansion up Esplanade Avenue. Learn about the tradition of above-ground burial before you hop off to explore St. Louis Cemetery #3. Cross Bayou St. John into City Park, where you can purchase beignets at Café du Monde or set out to find your own “Instagrammable moment”. The park’s museums, attractions, and sculpture gardens are nestled among picturesque lagoons, bayous, and groves of ancient oaks, some ovrt 800 years old. Hop back on the bus to travel along the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain, past a post-Katrina pumping station, seafood restaurants, marina, and a historic lighthouse with the 24-mile-long Causeway Bridge in the distance. Although called a lake, Lake Pontchartrain is actually one of the largest brackish estuaries in North America at 630 square miles (1600 km2) fed by freshwater rivers and connected to the Gulf of Mexico. Continue to St. Charles Avenue, home to Audubon Park and lined with elegant mansions, churches, and schools, including Loyola and Tulane Universities. Follow the route of streetcars and Mardi Gras parades to the Garden District, one of the most well-preserved living neighborhoods in the US.

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New Orleans: City and Cemetery Bus Tour Garden District Walk

New Orleans: City and Cemetery Bus Tour Garden District Walk

Experience the beauty and history of New Orleans at a walking pace with this city sightseeing tour covering 25 square miles of iconic neighborhoods through three centuries. Board your bus in the French Quarter then follow the history of New Orleans’ expansion up Esplanade Avenue. Learn about the tradition of above-ground burial before you hop off to explore St. Louis Cemetery #3. Cross Bayou St. John into City Park, where you can purchase beignets at Café du Monde or set out to find your own “Instagrammable moment”. The park’s museums, attractions, and sculpture gardens are nestled among picturesque lagoons, bayous, and groves of ancient oaks, some ovrt 800 years old. Hop back on the bus to travel along the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain, past a post-Katrina pumping station, seafood restaurants, marina, and a historic lighthouse with the 24-mile-long Causeway Bridge in the distance. Although called a lake, Lake Pontchartrain is actually one of the largest brackish estuaries in North America at 630 square miles (1600 km2) fed by freshwater rivers and connected to the Gulf of Mexico. Continue to St. Charles Avenue, home to Audubon Park and lined with elegant mansions, churches, and schools, including Loyola and Tulane Universities. Follow the route of streetcars and Mardi Gras parades to the Garden District, one of the most well-preserved living neighborhoods in the US.

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5 out of 5 stars

This was a very enjoyable tour! Our tour guide, Robert, was born and raised in NOLA and was so knowledgeable about all aspects of the City (past and present). I loved learning new facts about the history of the City and even my teen enjoyed her experience. Easy to book, easy to find, smooth transportation: which is probably difficult in a bus around here; I highly recommend!

5 out of 5 stars

Robert, our tour guide was so knowledgeable of the history and brought it forth with a great sense of humor! The whole tour was a great time. We were able to go around the whole city and hit the highlights.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent tour. We really enjoyed it. Gail and Robert were brilliant. So kind and knowledgeable. They took great care of us and we learned so much about New Orleans. Would recommend

5 out of 5 stars

Gail is so knowledgeable about everything New Orleans. I learned so much! Wish it was longer tour!

5 out of 5 stars

Was great. Would have liked to spend more time in the park and less time in the garden district.