Private New Orleans City Tour With Destrehan Plantation Tour

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Key Details

  • Mobile Voucher Accepted
  • Hotel pickup Available
  • Duration: 8 Hrs 30 Mins
  • Language:
    English
  • Departure Time :
    09:00 AM Times are subject to change due to local traffic conditions.
  • Return Details :
    Times are subject to change due to local traffic conditions.
  • Cancellation Policy :
    This activity is non-refundable Tours booked using discount coupon codes will be non refundable.

Overview

Maximize your time in New orleans with a private full-day tour tour made for you! Kick off your 3 hour city tour with highlights of the Big Easy. City Tour includes a cemetery and stop in city park. You will have enough time for a 1 hour lunch at a local seafood restaurant. Then you will spend 2 hours at the oldest recorded plantation, Destrehan Plantation. Best of all, your private tour includes hotel pick-up and transport by air-conditioned vehicle.

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You'll take a drive slowly down St. Charles Avenue, the American side of New Orleans, and see some of the homes of the Garden District. You will pass Ann Rices home and Governor Claibornes Daughters home, circa 1840.
You'll spend an unforgettable three hours on our comfortable air conditioned Mini-bus while getting an overview of New Orleans, and experiencing the history and culture of the Creoles with your licensed tour guide. No trip to New Orleans would be complete without seeing the highlights of our city and the some of the areas affected by Katrinas flood waters. Your tour guide will also give you an overview of the French Quarter, pointing out areas of interest, so that you can explore them later, at your own pace.
You will see Jackson Square, the site where the Louisiana Purchase was made.
Pass the oldest Cathedral in North America.
See the Cabildo, which was the seat of Spanish colonial city hall of New Orleans.
Pass this outdoor market spanning 6 blocks.
On the way to the Dueling Oaks of New Orleans City Park, you will view 100 year old homes along Esplanade Avenue.
You'll visit an above ground cemetery, where you will be given a short guided tour. Your tour guide will explain how the people of New Orleans bury their dead above ground in re-usable tombs. This tradition was by necessity, not by choice.
The Destrehan Plantation is one of the oldest standing plantation in the Mississippi Valley surrounded by majestic, 300 year old oak trees. The house has been beautifully restored to its original glory and has a lot of history to see and to learn.

Itinerary:


You'll take a drive slowly down St. Charles Avenue, the American side of New Orleans, and see some of the homes of the Garden District. You will pass Ann Rice’s home and Governor Claiborne’s Daughters home, circa 1840.
You'll spend an unforgettable three hours on our comfortable air conditioned Mini-bus while getting an overview of New Orleans, and experiencing the history and culture of the Creoles with your licensed tour guide. No trip to New Orleans would be complete without seeing the highlights of our city and the some of the areas affected by Katrina’s flood waters. Your tour guide will also give you an overview of the “French Quarter”, pointing out areas of interest, so that you can explore them later, at your own pace.
You will see Jackson Square, the site where the Louisiana Purchase was made.
Pass the oldest Cathedral in North America.
See the Cabildo, which was the seat of Spanish colonial city hall of New Orleans.
Pass this outdoor market spanning 6 blocks.
On the way to the “Dueling Oaks” of New Orleans’ City Park, you will view 100 year old homes along Esplanade Avenue.
You'll visit an above ground cemetery, where you will be given a short guided tour. Your tour guide will explain how the people of New Orleans bury their dead above ground in re-usable tombs. This tradition was by necessity, not by choice.
The Destrehan Plantation is one of the oldest standing plantation in the Mississippi Valley surrounded by majestic, 300 year old oak trees. The house has been beautifully restored to its original glory and has a lot of history to see and to learn.

Inclusions

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Professional driver/guide and private transport
  • Local taxes

Exclusions

  • Food and drinks
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Social distancing enforced throughout experience

Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas

Gear/equipment sanitised between use

Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Guides required to regularly wash hands

Regular temperature checks for staff