French Quarter Tour: History and Architecture
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740 Ratings
New Orleans

Discover the history, architecture, and folklore of the French Quarter on this engaging walking tour. Proceeds benefit the Louisiana State Museum. Includes access to the 1850 House Museum.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 1850 House Museum and Store - Ticket includes admission to the museum
What's Included
  • Admission to the 1850 House Museum
  • Historical French Quarter walking tour by a professional licensed guide
Additional Information

This French Quarter walking tour is conducted by city licensed guides and emphasize the history, architecture, and folklore of this fascinating city. Tour and store proceeds benefit Friends of the Cabildo, a non-profit volunteer group to provide support for the Louisiana State Museum. Purchasing a walking tour ticket also gets you admission to the 1850…

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Location
1850 House Museum & Gift Shop
Saint Ann Street
The tail of Andrew Jackson's Horse (Statue in Jackson Square) points straight at the store. All tour guests receive a free ticket to the 1850 House Museum
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Global55589611116
Oct 5, 2025
Great tour! - This was a great tour! For our first trip to New Orleans, we started on Day 1 of this tour the day after arrival. Very informative, we explored the city and it's rich history and architecture. Lenora kept us engaged, answered all questions, and really left us feeling like we knew more than when we arrived. Great way to start the trip!!
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Jeffrey
Oct 4, 2025
Seeing the French Quarter in a new light! - After many trips to NOLA, we finally did a walking tour. Should have done it before! Lenora was great-so knowledgeable and interesting. Two hours went quickly. Saw things that I never noticed before. Truly makes New Orleans come to life! Thanks, Lenora!
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110jo_annes
Oct 1, 2025
A great way to visit and learn about the French Quarter. - Glen was our tour guide and his knowledge of the French Quarter is extensive. His commentary included knowledge of the history of the French Quarter, jazz music and local and historical architecture. Glen answered all of our questions and was considerate of time and of the weather. We thoroughly enjoyed this 2 hour walking tour and can highly recommend it to any visitors to this beautiful city.
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Yi_it_386
Oct 1, 2025
Amazing - Great experience. Learned a lot about The French Quarter. Our guide was very knowledgeable. He made the tour very fun. Thank you.
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Discover06270433190
Sep 28, 2025
Super historical details and positive energy - Jay's ability to give us his planned talk and answer all our questions was phenomenal. So glad to support this community museum
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Ualagirl
Sep 28, 2025
Very glad we did this tour - We had a excellent tour with Susan, who was knowledgable and entertaining and a NOLA native! Highly recommend the Cabildo for a low-key but very informative guide; especially near the beginning of your visit. They also have an excellent gift shop!
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Goeuny2025
Sep 25, 2025
A must to get to know the French Quarter - We had a special walking tour with our guide Jane. We got to walk the streets that we would otherwise have not gone to, and learned all about the history, culture, architecture of New Orleans. If you want to get to know NOLA better, I highly recommend you take this tour!
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J1842tfchriss
Sep 18, 2025
Great information - Jay was a great guide. A lot of information on the history of the French Quarter from indigenous peolple through French, Spanish, and American times. Also pointed out a lot about the architecture
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Ronenh768
Sep 16, 2025
Awesome tour from a worthy nonprofit organization - We had a great tour from Kelvin and he made every effort to share all of his engineering knowledge about NOLA. He really made the french quarter come alive!
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597jeanned
Sep 8, 2025
Excellent experience! - We went on the “Sicilian Walking Tour of the French Quarter” and Joanna was an excellent guide and historian. Attentive, friendly, and eager to answer questions, we thoroughly enjoyed having her as our guide.
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