New Orleans City Walking Tours

THE FRENCH QUARTER - OLDEST HISTORIC DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY

Discover the role the Mississippi River played in the founding and development of La Nouvelle Orleans. Learn about the City’s French and Spanish Heritage. Tour Jackson Square, one of the last remaining historical plazas in the country and visit the French Market on our French Quarter Walking Tour.

Explore the Vieux Carre’s historical landmarks, learn the origins of our famous Po-Boy, Muffuletta and Pralines, and view local architectural housing types such as the Creole Cottage and Shotgun House, Hear the legends of Pirates Alley, visit National Literary Landmarks . .

St. LOUIS CEMETERY #1 - THE OLDEST CEMETERY IN NEW ORLEANS

Take a walk with us among the bones of the dead. Discover the grave sites of New Orleans’ famous and notorious like Paul Morphy, the world’s greatest chess player, Marie Laveaux, The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, living Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage and many, many, others . . . Find out why, as New Orleans grew, a way to bury large numbers of people had to be found. Learn about our unique burial customs and what led to the evolution of New Orleans’ Cities of the Dead?

Due to acts of vandalism and tomb desecration entrance to the St. Louis Cemetery #1 has been restricted by the Church. You can’t visit the Cemetery on your own, you must enter with a Licensed New Orleans Tour Guide authorized by the New Orleans Catholic Cemeteries. The Savvy Native is a Registered Tour Operator for the New Orleans Catholic Cemeteries.

THE GARDEN DISTRICT AND LAFAYETTE CEMETERY #1

The Garden District survives as a showcase of magnificent houses and gardens. Hear the stories of the cotton brokers and commission merchants who made their home in the Garden District.

The Garden District became a fashionable enclave of New Orleans’ most successful American citizens, and moving “Uptown” to the prestigious Garden District was considered the culmination of one’s achievements.

“Once again, citizens heard the dreaded call of “bring out your dead” given by cart drivers relieving residents of rotting corpses and hauling them to mass graves here and around the city.”

Our Garden District Tour includes time spent in Lafayette Cemetery. Originally part of the Livaudais Plantation, Lafayette Cemetery has been used for burials since at least 1824. Lafayette Cemetery #1 is the first and oldest municipal cemetery in New Orleans.