On this garden district walking tour meander down tree lined alleys and past grand antebellum homes while learning about the historic neighborhood from your guide.
Garden district home tour. Your guide shares local perspective on the posh 19th century district and historic lafayette cemetery no. It was so bad that the next time i sell a house they ll have to be pre qualified with a letter from the bank to come. Why go on your own when you could join us on our guided tour of the garden district and lafayette cemetery or our gps audio tour. New orleans garden district walking tour including lafayette cemetery no.
Experience the best of new orleans opulent garden district on the only tour that takes you inside a garden district mansion. Location and times the garden district tour starts at the garden district book shop located at 2727 prytania street starting at 11 00am and 1 45pm daily each tour lasts around 2 hours landmarks around the garden district. Did you know we also offer walking tours of the garden district. Getting to the garden district.
As someone whose non garden district non mansion but nevertheless interesting 150 year old home was heavily trafficked by looky loos when it was on the market i beg you to please have some consideration it s hard enough having potential buyers come poke through your home. Come explore this neighborhood and learn more about the history and homes as well as our walking tours of the area. Tour of the garden district during my trip to new orleans in february 2018. In 1859 merchant colonel robert short bought the empty lot and began work on what is maybe the most popular home on this free garden district walking tour.
1 from 25 00 new orleans garden district and mansion walking tour from 29 00 garden district walking tour from 20 00 city sightseeing new orleans hop on hop off bus tour from 39 00 garden district mansions and magnolias tour from 29 99. Walking in the garden district was a great experience and i d definitely recommend to learn more about the history of. 1 the filming location for famous movies such as interview with a vampire. On this walking tour marvel at the enormous antebellum mansions learn about some of the district s famous residents including anne rice and sandra bullock and visit homes used in the films interview with a vampire and dracula 2000.
You can spend ages looking at new orleans s historic architecture. The main draw to the magnolia lined mansion is the decorative rod iron cornstalk fence that circles the entire lawn. Before taking the tour for yourselves here is a glimpse of what you can expect to find on your tour of the garden.