New Orleans City Wide and Plantation Driving Tour
2 Ratings
- Live Guide
- Day Trip
- Pickup Service
- Private Tour
- E-Ticket
- 7 hr
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.
Itinerary Details
Operated by: New Orleans Private Tours
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: French Quarter
We will drive through the French Quarter and explain the neighborhoods before leaving for a citywide tour.
Pass By: Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
We will visit the first suburb of the city below the French Quarter and describe the placage and caste systems.
Pass By: New St. Claude
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.
Stop At: City Park
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.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Lakeshore-Lake Vista
We drive out along Lakeshore Drive to see Lake Pontchartrain and discuss hurricane Katrina, the topography of New Orleans and seafood
Stop At:
We drive through Lake Lawn Cemetery and discuss the rationale of burials above ground.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Tulane University
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.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Destrehan Plantation
We tour Destgrehan Plantation and discuss slavery, the plantation economy, and the history of transportation on the Mississippi River.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Pass By: Chartres Street
We return visitors to their hotels after the plantation tour.
Pass By: French Quarter
We will drive through the French Quarter and explain the neighborhoods before leaving for a citywide tour.
Pass By: Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
We will visit the first suburb of the city below the French Quarter and describe the placage and caste systems.
Pass By: New St. Claude
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.
Stop At: City Park
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.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Lakeshore-Lake Vista
We drive out along Lakeshore Drive to see Lake Pontchartrain and discuss hurricane Katrina, the topography of New Orleans and seafood
Stop At:
We drive through Lake Lawn Cemetery and discuss the rationale of burials above ground.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Tulane University
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.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Destrehan Plantation
We tour Destgrehan Plantation and discuss slavery, the plantation economy, and the history of transportation on the Mississippi River.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Pass By: Chartres Street
We return visitors to their hotels after the plantation tour.
