The Garden District, or 'Lafayette City', as it was once known, is part of Uptown New Orleans, and is just a short streetcar ride from Bourbon Street and the French Quarter, but it feels like a world apart. Let us show you this place on a guided tour.
Summary Description
Highlights
- Soak up the city's best residential architecture.
- Learn how Lafayette City became the Garden District.
- Discover places to dine and shop.
- Peek into one of New Orleans' oldest cemeteries.
Description
he Garden District, or 'Lafayette City', as it was once known, is just a short streetcar ride from the French Quarter, but it feels like a world apart. Excluded from early 19th-century Creole society, newly arrived Yankees got to work creating their city.
The result is one of New Orleans's most desired neighborhoods and one of the nation's most beautifully preserved city districts and it's home to the rich, the famous, the strange, and the dead!
Join Free Tours by Foot on our Garden District Tour as we stroll the leafy, magnolia-shaded streets of the Garden District.
This walking tour is not just mansions and manicured gardens, but stories of legends, tragedy, epidemics, lost causes, movie stars, celebrity chefs, and haunted spirits.
Included / Excluded
- Licensed Local Tour Guide
- Digital Ticket
- Meet Fellow Travelers and Locals
- Food
- Gratuities
Start / End Locations
Important Information
Know Before You Book
- Tour is in English.
- This is not a food tour.
- 2 hours in duration
- The booking fee is optional.
- Participants must book in advance.
- Tour is in English.
- Tour runs on pay-what-you-like model
Cancellation
Cancellation Cutoff: 24 hours
Cancellation Notes: Up to 24 hours before the beginning of the activity: full refund Less than 24 hours before the beginning of the activity or no-show: no refund
Options and Pricing
| Free Garden District New Orleans Walking Tour | RETAIL PRICE |
|---|---|
| Participant (5 - 80 years) | N/A |
Points of interest
- The Rink Shopping Center, Prytania Street, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Walter Grinnan Robinson House, Third Street, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Garden District, 1237 Washington Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
- The Rosegate House, Anne Rice’s former home., First Street, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Buckner Mansion, Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Garden District Book Shop, Prytania Street, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, Washington Avenue, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Commander's Palace, Washington Avenue, New Orleans, LA, USA
