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Garden District Walking Tour: Historic Lafayette
5.0
70 Ratings
New Orleans
Explore the rich history of Lafayette's Garden District on a walking tour. Discover the diverse ethnic neighborhoods and learn about the area's transformation from plantations to a vibrant community.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Lafayette Cemetery No.1 - Located in the Garden District one the oldest cemetaries in the city.
What's Included
- Cultural Ambassador
- Guided Tour
- Lagniappe (something extra in French)
- Native of NOLA - Licensed Tour Guide
What's Not Included
- Snacks
- Admission to Lafayette #1 Cemetery : $5-$10 dollars, Cemetery is temporary closedd
Additional Information
Designated as a National Historic Landmark District, Lafayette city was referred to as the American Sector, although it was commonly called the Garden District around the 1830s. This area included several plantations that were segmented, sold, and divided into smaller lots. These subdivided sections formed diverse ethnic neighborhoods, such as the American sector, the Irish Channel, and a high-profile Jewish community, to name a few. Large African American and Creole communities also existed in close proximity to these neighborhoods, all comprising parts of the city of Lafayette.
- Tour operates with a minimum of 4 guest . We do not operate with 1 guest unless its a Private Tour, call for details.
- not recommended for travelers with difficulty standing long periods of time
Location
The Rink Shopping Center
Prytania Street
We will meet in front of the Rink by the historical Garden District Marker on the corner of Washington Ave. and Prytania Street.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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U3025bprickl
May 28, 2024
Spend an afternoon with Harris and learn a lot about the city. - Harris was a great tour guide for this 2 hour walking tour of the Garden District. His knowledge of 19th and 20th century history of the city is augmented by fun facts about modern personalities and happenings from the modern era. Anyone who can sprinkle in a little Nine Inch Nails with the events that lead to the founding of the Louise McGehee is the kind of guy you want to hang out with to learn about this historical area.
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Buckalanche
May 26, 2024
Beauty and the Best - The Garden District Walking Tour was phenomenal and our guide, Harris, was second to none with his knowledge of the district, city, and culture. Harris’ unique knowledge of the city of New Orleans, the Garden District, and first-hand experience with the New Orleans art scene and culture enabled him to weave great stories and answer any and all questions on a lively, informative tour of some of the most beautiful and historic homes in the city. Recommend to everyone.
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N1977gpdavidw
May 23, 2024
Don’t Miss This Tour - Harris is AMAZING!! He has SO MUCH knowledge and is a wonderful storyteller! We thoroughly enjoyed the tour and wish we had done this tour on our first day in New Orleans! I highly recommend this tour, we learned so much!
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Joellens374
May 23, 2024
Homes with Harris - Marvelous time strolling the Garden District with Harris (aka the Historian!) with Tours By Steven. He was a delightful wealth of knowledge and brought the stories of the area to life. Wish the weather hadn’t been so warm, but when it was available, Harris found us shade in order to continue the narrative. VERY highly recommend!
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Wingtiphsu
May 16, 2024
Garden - The Garden District is a wonderland of history and the fantastic elements comprising New Orleans. There is no better guide than Mr Harris Parson, he is knowledgeable, articulate, exceptionally personable and charming. Very highly recommended
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235cassiew
May 12, 2024
AMAZING Garden District tour w/Harris! - WOW! My mom and I decided last minute to take a Garden District tour w/ Tours by Steven and were set up on tour with Harris. He is truly a gift 💖 and we loved every minute of it. He was an incredibly knowledgeable oral historian, mixing past with the present in his stories as we walked through the garden district. His pace and delivery were flawless and made sure he was engaged with everyone in our group. Even walking past a few other tour groups- we’d hear their guides say- ya’ll have the best guide! He also sent out a very comprehensive post tour guide with additional resources on what we learned and some great suggestions for places to watch some jazz- which we followed! All in all it was the highlight of our trip. Thank you Harris!! 💖🙏🏻
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Cindy
May 10, 2024
This is our 2nd tour of Garden District with Harris. HE IS FANTASTIC! Learn something new each time. 10+ stars! We will retu - Our 2nd tour with Harris. 10+ stars. He is so knowledgeable & interesting. FANTASTIC! We will return & highly recommend!
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Faraway19827653808
May 8, 2024
Amazing views in the Garden District. - Our Tour guide Harris was extremely knowledgeable and helpful to everyone in our group. His tour was amazing because he gave it purpose and passion to it, you really can enjoy some time with him.
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Dmsellars20
May 8, 2024
Do not miss a tour with Harris! - Amazing tour! Harris was our tour guide and he was phenomenal! The homes were beautiful and his narration on the architecture and history is not to be missed. He is a wealth of knowledge!
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Anthonyj198
May 5, 2024
Our Garden District Neighborhood Tour in New Orleans, Louisiana - A Huge shout out to a wonderful tour guide Harris Parson. He had our group of about a dozen individual full attention. He was very polite. His voice was loud enough so that everyone could hear him. He was clear and informative.
During our tour of the Garden District Neighborhood of New Orlean we saw several single-story cottages to grand historic mansions. We learned and discussed several topics. Some of the topics included the Code Noir of 1724, the Swill Scandal of 1858 and much more.
Some of the mansion and places we visited were Lafayette Cemetery (lots of history here), Col. Shorts Villa, Braddish Johnson House, Louis McGhee School for Girls, Womens Opera Guild, Brad Pitt, John Goodman, Archie Manning, Nicholas Cage, Sandra Bullock homes and many more.
This was definitely a great tour. Thanks again Mr. Parson. Great job
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