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New Orleans Minibus Tour: Local Experience
4.6
2,382 Ratings
New Orleans
Experience New Orleans from a local’s perspective, beyond the traditional city tour. Enjoy a comfortable air-conditioned minibus drive that offers a substantial overview of the history, culture and architecture of the splendid city of New Orleans.
Experience New Orleans from a local’s perspective, beyond the traditional city tour. Enjoy a comfortable air-conditioned minibus drive that offers a substantial overview of the history, culture and architecture of the splendid city of New Orleans.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- French Quarter - The tour kicks off as you pass through the French Quarter, continuing past the grand mansions on Esplanade Avenue, leading to a stop at City Park. Here, you can enjoy coffee and beignets at the Morning Call Café or explore the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
- Garden District - Experience the Garden District, renowned for its…
- French Quarter - The tour kicks off as you pass through the French Quarter, continuing past the grand mansions on Esplanade Avenue, leading to a stop at City Park. Here, you can enjoy coffee and beignets at the Morning Call Café or explore the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
- Garden District - Experience the Garden District, renowned for its expansive mansions lining the immaculate boulevards.
- Warehouse District - Journey through the Warehouse District and Faubourg Treme, one of the nation’s oldest African American neighborhoods, dating back to the 1700s. Pass through the area once known as the American Sector, home to the internationally renowned World War II Museum and the Contemporary Arts Center, one of the country’s pioneering art institutions.
- St. Louis Cathedral - The St. Louis Cathedral, established as a Catholic Parish in 1720 along the Mississippi River, is the oldest cathedral in North America.
What's Included
- Transport by air-conditioned mini coach
- Professional guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from selected downtown New Orleans and French Quarter hotels only
- Live commentary on board
- Transport by air-conditioned mini coach
- Professional guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from selected downtown New Orleans and French Quarter hotels only
- Live commentary on board
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
French Quarter
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(2382 Ratings)
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Christopher_g
Aug 12, 2025
Joseph is the best!!! - Joseph is amazing! He made this trip the highlight of our visit and the most memorable, I watched the other tour bus and Joseph definitely does it better. I love how he gave the background and history before letting us explore so we got to walk through and connect the dots, he planned his driving habits around what he needed to say and it flowed perfectly. He gave us a heads up way before we got to it with constant updates so we could get our cameras ready, I would change nothing!!!
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Joanne_s
Aug 1, 2025
Thanks Gary! - This was a fantastic experience that we enjoyed so much. It was a great way to see a lot of the city in just a short time. We wished that we had taken this at the beginning of our time in NO because Gary gave great advice on what to visit and where to eat.
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Vincent_a
Jul 31, 2025
Excellent! - The experience in 2023 was great and the one this year was also great and we learned new things like the levees were different than the pumps and that water displacement couldn’t happen in Lake Ponchitran because the lake flooded.
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Travelwithintention
Jul 24, 2025
Excellent tour of this unique city - The tour bus picked us up at our hotel. The tour guide Joseph was very good. We had a really amazing experience. He is from the area and showed us how it feels to live below sea level in a truly beautiful and unique city.
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Tanya_t
Jul 22, 2025
Cozy and Relaxing Tour - This was a very relaxing, knowledgeable, peaceful, and interactive tour. I love the light cozy, small group tours, and every city I visit. I especially appreciate the knowledge and passion. Gary displayed talking about the various high points in the city and background.
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Patrick_s
Jul 16, 2025
Great tour, a lot of... - Great tour, a lot of info, and you see parts of the city you wouldn’t normally see, but A/C wasn’t working. Bob was great.
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Slidin1_n
Jul 15, 2025
Very knowledgeable and... - Very knowledgeable and personable. Learned a lot about the area that I had no idea about. Gary even gave us recommendations.
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Tameka_m
Aug 18, 2025
The mini bus tour was... - The mini bus tour was really insightful. Enjoyed learning about the rich history of New Orleans and it's various parishes.
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Glo
Aug 27, 2025
Mini Bus Tour of New Orleans - My son and I wanted to hear the history of the different areas of New Orleans. Our tour guide was Gary. Gary was very knowledgeable about the environmental damages that hurricane Katrina left in New Orleans. He gave us some very interesting facts about the areas we saw. We stopped at a cemetery as well. This experience would have been better if we were able to take photos at popular spots in some of the towns we saw. Gary tried really hard to engage everyone in conversation during our tour. Letting things flow naturally is usually more comfortable for most people. Overall, this was a good tour.
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Elleno41
Aug 26, 2025
The tour that never happened - My husband and I booked this tour, the city tour of New Orleans. We booked it particularly because he has mobility challenges and we thought this would be a great way for him to see New Orleans. So we went downtown to the French quarter and we're walking to the place where we were to be picked up when we got a call that they had canceled the tour. Less than an hour before it was scheduled to start, they canceled the tour. No explanation. Just canceled. I don't think this is a good way to do business so I talked to the manager who could not give me a good reason why the tour was canceled. My guess was there wasn't enough people and so they canceled the tour. This threw off our whole itinerary for the day. We had planned our entire day around this tour. It is not easy for my husband to get around and I really resent the fact that they've canceled it less than an hour before it was to start. This is no way to do business.
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