New Orleans Garden District and Cemetery Walking Tour

Randy was very knowledgeable about history of New Orleans. Had a great sense of humor, very personable.

Beautiful! Our tour guide Tara was excellent. She gave us so much info & emailed us later links to find even more info on the beautiful homes & cemetery we saw.

My husband and I were really looking forward to this garden district tour. We waited 1/2 hour at the designated meeting point and the guide never showed up. Called the number listed as contact but no live person, could only leave a message. We ended up walking through the neighborhood by ourselves. We did get to visit the cemetery, see a few nice houses, and wander along Magazine street. Everything was a lot more close together than I thought. Unfortunately the Commanders Palace wasn't open, the cemetery was open to walk through-could only view from outside, and many of the shops and restaurants on Magazine Street were likely closed due to Covid. Some of the houses have plaques on their gates so you can read some of the historical information. It was disappointing to not have the guide to give us the stories/other information we were looking forward to learning on our tour. We weren't prepared to self-guide ourselves and didn't do much research ahead of time. I received an email from the company about two hours after the tour start that said my booking got marked as spam and they didn't know about the booking (although after I booked I got a confirmation from the company). The next day I got a phone call from a nice representative that apologized and offered to reschedule. He said there was a scheduling error as to no guide showing. I see no need to take this company through the ringer since they tried to remedy the situation and seemed to be an honest mistake.. We didn't reschedule because we had already seen most of the things in that area and due to lack of time. My general advice for anyone taking a tour in any area is to do a little research and make a back up plan if a guide no shows. Luckily the garden district was a safe neighborhood to self navigate but some neighborhoods are not as safe. Have a plan to return of self-guide.

Randy was thorough, fun and personable! We really enjoyed learning more and seeing the sights! I highly recommend Randy as a tour guide!

Tara was absolutely fantastic. Very informative and knowledgeable about the area. The only issue is that the part for the Cemetery Tour was closed (by the City) so we had to “tour” from outside the gates. But, Tara made the absolute best of that situation. Overall, outstanding and would highly recommend.

We had the absolute best time! Our tour guide was wonderful! He was so knowledgeable and he made the whole experience so much fun! I would highly recommend this tour!

We were happy to have Tara as our guide, and since the tourist numbers were low due to Covid 19 we were the only 2 people to tour with Tara today! She told us many fascinating details of many beautiful homes. We were worried it would be too hot, but a rain showered us to cool things off. Tara even offered to postpone/continue our tour another day due to the rain, but we were fine with our ponchos/umbrellas. Although we didn't go inside the homes, Tara was kind enough to send us links of several of the homes for us to virtually tour later. The info about the cemetery was also quite interesting. We would definitely recommend this tour!

Tara was absolutely wonderful and took us to all the beautiful locations and homes that we would have wanted to see. She provided great history and stories. I highly recommend this tour. Thanks Tara!!

Graham is a professional historian and longtime resident of the city. He was a wealth of information about history, culture and architecture—all in a personable presentation. Top tier.

Our guide, Randy, was terrific! The amount of information he gave us was unbelievable and all so interesting. My only complaint is directed at whomever I spoke to on the phone. She told us we would see the outside of the cemetery that Maria Laveau was laid to rest. I was disappointed about the misinformation but Randy made up for this with his funny tour.