New Orleans Neighborhoods and Plantation Tour

This tour is designed to introduce visitors to a wide variety of inner-city neighborhoods outside of the French Quarter plus a nearby plantation (Destrehan) on River Road.
Few frequent visitors to New Orleans ever see the city outside of the French Quarter or the plantation country nearby.

Note: Please contact the guide directly BEFORE booking to confirm availability and any post-pandemic limits that may still exist or complicate things.

While a private to tour, it is not exclusive, meaning plantation management might include other visitors on the inside-the-house portion of the tour.

Note: Please contact us BEFORE booking to confirm availability.

Meeting Point

New Orleans

New Orleans, LA, USA

At your hotel

What's included:

• Plantation admission
• Hotel pickup and drop-off
• Docent at the plantation
• Licensed and insured driver/guide

Not included:

• Lunch
• souvenirs
• Admissions to unplanned attractions
• Gratuities

What to expect:

Duration: 5 hours

French Quarter

New Orleans, Louisiana

We will drive through the French Quarter and explain the neighborhoods before leaving for a citywide tour.

Pass by without stopping

Faubourg Marigny

New Orleans, Louisiana

We will visit the first suburb of the city below the French Quarter and describe the placage and caste systems.

Pass by without stopping

New St. Claude

New Orleans, Louisiana

We will drive out Esplanade Avenue across St. Claude and describe the Treme faubourg, the history of Jazz, and attempts by the Ffrench to compete with the Americans in the Garden District.

Pass by without stopping

City Park

New Orleans, Louisiana

We will drive through City Park, the site of the Higgins Landing Craft factory, the transition of duels, the WPA, and other topics. We usually stop for beignets here.

30 minutes

Lakeshore-Lake Vista

New Orleans, Louisiana

We drive out along Lakeshore Drive to see Lake Pontchartrain and discuss hurricane Katrina, the topography of New Orleans and seafood

Pass by without stopping

Metairie Road

Metairie Rd, Metairie, LA, USA

We drive through Lake Lawn Cemetery and discuss the rationale of burials above ground.

15 minutes

Tulane University

6823 Saint Charles Ave, New Orleans, 70118-5698, Louisiana

We drive the length of St. Charles Avenue, passing Xavier, Tulane and Loyola Universities. We visit the Garden District and have lunch in the area before leaving town to see a plantation.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Destrehan Plantation

13034 River Rd, Destrehan, 70047-5202, Louisiana

We tour Destgrehan Plantation and discuss slavery, the plantation economy, and the history of transportation on the Mississippi River.

1 hour, 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Chartres Street

, , New Orleans, Louisiana

We return visitors to their hotels after the plantation tour.

Pass by without stopping