New Orleans Trip Overview
Exploring Historic New Orleans Neighborhoods is the best way to understand and experience the city’s unique history and culturally rich heritage. A walk down the streets of New Orleans earliest neighborhoods with their distinct and amazing architecture, historical landmarks, colorful characters and fascinating stories offer you a glimpse into what makes New Orleans Unlike Any Other City.
Each of New Orleans earliest neighborhoods, The Vieux Carre (1718), The Treme (1794) and The Garden District (1832) represent the influential cultures of those who founded, built and resided there, contributing to New Orleans development as America’s Most Interesting City.
Come take a walk with us through New Orleans’ Historic Neighborhoods. Historically Accurate, Entertaining and Memorable, that’s New Orleans with The Savvy Native.
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Duration: 2 hours
Starts: New Orleans, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Exploring Historic New Orleans Neighborhoods is the best way to understand and experience the city’s unique history and culturally rich heritage. A walk down the streets of New Orleans earliest neighborhoods with their distinct and amazing architecture, historical landmarks, colorful characters and fascinating stories offer you a glimpse into what makes New Orleans Unlike Any Other City.
Each of New Orleans earliest neighborhoods, The Vieux Carre (1718), The Treme (1794) and The Garden District (1832) represent the influential cultures of those who founded, built and resided there, contributing to New Orleans development as America’s Most Interesting City.
Come take a walk with us through New Orleans’ Historic Neighborhoods. Historically Accurate, Entertaining and Memorable, that’s New Orleans with The Savvy Native.
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Stop At: French Quarter, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans most famous neighborhood, The Vieux Carre, or “Old Square”, is also known as The French Quarter. The Vieux Carre is the country’s oldest historic district, the original site of the founding of New Orleans. Forever influenced by its French, Spanish and Caribbean heritage, The Vieux Carre is famous for its architecture, ironwork, food, music, its colors and characters.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Treme, New Orleans, LA
America’s oldest African American neighborhood was settled by Free People of Color and is known as the Cradle of the Southern Civil Rights movement. The Treme is home to the Mardi Gras Indians, St. Augustine Church, the oldest Black Catholic Parish in the United States, Louis Armstrong Park and Congo Square. The neighborhood’s architectural landscape is resplendent in Creole Cottages and colorful Shotguns. Soulful and Authentic, its streets gave birth to Jazz, a music that would change the world.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Garden District, St Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130-5968
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. One Of The Most Unique Neighborhoods In All America, The Garden District became a fashionable enclave of New Orleans’s most successful American citizens, and moving “Uptown” to the prestigious Garden District was considered the culmination of one’s achievements.
Duration: 2 hours
