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City
Tours
There are a
number of intriguing tours
awaiting you in The Big Easy. The
following City Tours include those
that take visitors both inside
and/or outside the French Quarter,
either by motor coach or boat.
Also included in this list are
some of the “specific” or
unique tours offered in town.
Gray Line Tours
(504-587-0861)
http://www.graylineneworleans.com
Offers tours of the entire city, including
the French Quarter, in a
comfortable motor coach. Presents
riverboat cruise/city tour
combinations, in addition to tours
of historic antebellum plantations
and swamps. All daily tours begin
and end at the Gray Line
"Lighthouse" ticket
office at Toulouse St. and the
Mississippi River (at the
Steamboat Natchez Dock), just one
block from Jackson Square in the
French Quarter. Multi-lingual
tours are available.
The
Bienville Foundation
(504-945-6789)
Offers high-quality specialty tours
created by expert scholars and
researchers about the dynamic
culture of New Orleans. The slate
of tours changes seasonally, but a
wide variety of tours is included,
such as a Scandal Tour, Gay
Heritage Tour, Women’s History
Tour, Black History Tour, Writers
in New Orleans Tour, and a Jazz
History Tour. It is important to
note that many of these tours are
given by prominent New Orleanians
who specialize in these subjects.
Tours last roughly two hours and
cost $20 per person. Times and
departure locations change
seasonally so call to find out
details.
Laid
Back Tours
625 Hagan Street New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 488-8991 or (800) 786-1274
Fax: 288-2767
Email: info@laidbacktours.com;
Internet: www.laidbacktours.com
Conducts tours on 3-wheeled recumbent
bicycles that are comfortable,
stable and appropriate for almost
any body type and fitness level.
Guided tours include City Park,
Bayou St. John, the Garden
District & others. Customized
and self-guided tours also
available.
Haunted History
Tours, Inc.
97
Fountainbleau Drive
New Orleans, LA
70125
(504) 861-2727 or (888) 644-6787
Fax: 861-1444
Email: hauntedhistorytours@mail.com
Internet: www.hauntedhistorytours.com
These are the
tours you've heard about!
--Haunted sights, cemeteries
voodoo, vampires, and more!
Theatrical, historical, and
entertaining! It's an event! New
Orleans only 5 star adventure into
the legendary French Quarter and
Garden District.
Southern Elite
Tours
4020 St.
Charles Avenue Suite E
New Orleans, LA
70115
(504)
269-8687
Fax:
269-8647
Email: setno@bellsouth.net
Full service
receptive company. Groups,
individuals, special events,
convention planning. Gospel music
itineraries.
City
Tour I
Moss-Draped
Trees, Mysterious Courtyards,
White-Washed Tombs, Greek Revival
Mansions...these are the sights of
New Orleans.The size of the vehicle makes it
possible to navigate the narrow
streets of the historic sector so
this tour gives an in-depth
overview of the ENTIRE
city...Creole site...French
Quarter...Congo square... Hidden
courtyards...Ursuline Convent...Storyville...Garden
District...Anne Rice's
home...Toby's Corner...City
Park...Lake Pontchartrain. Also,
the tour stops for a narrated walk
in the "Cities of the
Dead" (cemeteries) and much,
much more!!! $28.00
Time: 3 hours.
City tour II
This tour is the same as above, with the addition of
the beautiful estate home of Edgar
and Edith Stern (the Sears
heiress) Longue Vue House and
Gardens, featured on A&E's
"America's Castles".
$35.00 Time: 4 hours
Tours by Isabelle
P.O. Box 740972
New Orleans, LA 70174
Toll Free Reservations:
(8am-10:30pm): 1-877-665-8687
(TOUR)
Local (504) 391-3544
Fax: (504) 391-3564
Email: info@toursbyisabelle.com
A small but excellent tour company that
prides themselves in their first
class, small scale, personalized
service given since 1979!
Comfortable, top-of-the-line
13-passenger vans are utilized and
driven by experienced and
knowledgeable Chauffeurs and
Guides who work enthusiastically
to make this company’s motto
come true:
We'll make you fall in love with
Louisiana!
(City, Plantation and swamp
tour available.)
Nancy Gore; Tour Guide Extraordinaire
73355 Military Rd.
Covington, LA 70433
phone: (504) 898-0602
fax: (504) 898-4931
e-mail: sgore1@earthlink.net
Step-on-guide and custom tours for
whatever the tourist wants. City
tours, cemetery tours, plantation
tours and swamp tours. If it's in
New Orleans or the surrounding
area and you want to see it, she
will show it to you. Put some zip
in your trip! Take a tour of
America's most interesting city
with Nancy Gore!
New Orleans Tours, Inc.
(504-592-0560)
Offers daily city tours, plantation tours,
river/city combinations and
nightlife tours.
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