New Orleans Garden District Architectural History Tour

Our tour guides are New Orleanians with strong personal connections to the history and have many impressive credentials.

Meeting Point

Garden District Book Shop

2727 Prytania St UNIT 14, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA

The travelers will meet our guide INSIDE the Garden District Book Shop

What's included:

• Professional Guide

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours

Garden District

New Orleans, 70130-5968, Louisiana

Explore the Garden District, one of the world’s most dazzling residential neighborhoods, with knowledgeable and entertaining guides.
Experience the architectural splendor of the live oak-tree lined “American” section of town and examine the antebellum era
“Creole vs. American” conflict.
Witness history and culture reflected in architectural styles including Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Gothic, Georgian, Swiss Chalet, Queen Anne, and more.

Highlights include the former or current homes of Archie, Peyton, & Eli Manning: Anne Rice,
Nicolas Cage, Sandra Bullock, Trent Reznor, and John Goodman; the cornstalk fence, the death site of Jefferson Davis, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button film site, “Miss Robichaux’s Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies” from AMERICAN HORROR STORY, and more!

[The City temporarily closed Lafayette Cemetery - tour from outside.]

The Garden District Tour emphasizes history, architectural style, personal anecdotes, & tropical plant life.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Lafayette Cemetery No.1

1416-1498 Washington Avenue, New Orleans, 70130, Louisiana

See the famed above-ground tombs of Lafayette Cemetery #1, including “Interview with the Vampire,” “Double Jeopardy,” and “Deja Vu” film sites, and the Jefferson Fire Company No. 22 society tomb, situated across from the fictitious Mayfair family tomb featured in Anne Rice’s “The Witching Hour.”
[The City of New Orleans has temporarily closed Lafayette Cemetery for repairs but we still do the cemetery tour from the gates.]

30 minutes