French Quarter Tour: History, Architecture, Folklore

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…

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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Trinelisa_t
Dec 14, 2024
Above and Beyond - Lenora was our tour guide and she was incredibly knowledgeable and entertaining. I was running two minutes late for the meet up and messaged the tour guide. They were waiting and for me and ready to go. I can’t recommend this tour enough!
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Stevea1838
Dec 9, 2024
Louis ! - Louis: Louis was a fantastic guide. Great energy and sense of humor. He gave enough dates and events to provide context, but was focused on what life was like back in the day(s). He conveyed a great sense of living the historical experience. He backed up stories with historical evidence, not just hear-say. Four thumbs up !
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P9747ukdavidl
Dec 2, 2024
Great walk and talk - Exceptional toupr with Louis. He was so knowledgeable of the history (old and new) and architecture of the French quarter, which isn't as french as it sounds. We could have gone on, there are so many stories. Louis also has some hot takes on the the church architecture.
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Scaniggia
Nov 30, 2024
Wonderful tour - Very informative and interesting tour. Craig was an excellent guide. Incredibly knowledgeable and keen to take questions.
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134pars
Nov 26, 2024
Friends of the Cabildo French Quarter Tour - We took the Friends of the Cabildo French Quarter Tour. Michael was an amazing tour guide. Michael walked about 6 of us through the French Quarter and gave us a step by step history of this incredible area. There is so much rich history in New Orleans and having a knowledgeable and personable tour guide made all the difference in gaining the most out of our visit. Absolutely loved it Michael! Thank you!!
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Stephensh3674dy
Nov 26, 2024
Very enjoyable tour of the French quarter - I really enjoyed the walking tour of the French quarter last Wednesday. The guide had lived in New Orleans his whole life and was very knowledgeable about the city and its history. One of my fellow tour guests said she wished her history teachers at school were as good as him at explaining these things and I completely agree!
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Brianone23
Nov 22, 2024
Suzette was an incredible guide! - The walk was very informative and interesting... Suzette was an incredible guide - she has so much knowledge of the area and houses... architectures & history! I can't say enough great things about this - a must do while in New Orleans!
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Sochzrd7
Nov 20, 2024
I love walking tours - Lee was our guide and she was very thorough. She asked us what we interested in to star off the tour, and took us to parts a bit on the outskirts of the French Quarter rather than all the stereotypical parts. Learned about history, architecture, and other fun tidbits as we moved from site to site and also looked over some pictures she had prepared.
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Kvtk
Nov 20, 2024
A great tour focused on history and architecture - We enjoyed the tour very much and Kirk was an excellent and knowledgeable guide! We had a small group of 3 which was conducive to hearing everything as well as maneuvering around the French Quarter. We learned many interesting facts about NOLA history as well as architecture. The 1850 House was very interesting. I highly recommend this tour!
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Gretatravels
Dec 9, 2024
A Great History Lesson - Joanne was a wonderful, personable tour guide who knew extensive detail about the woman (and others) behind the development of this entire central area of the city of New Orleans and Jackson Square. Lots of interesting stories. At times it was a little more detailed than I prefer since I was interested to learn a lot about the entire city. However, my group was very happy with this tour and the guide.
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