New Orleans Tours

Here are our favorite and highly-recommended Gray Line tours for your pleasure. We have arranged for
you to receive a 10% discount off of the published tour price when you book directly with Gray Line Tours either
online at www.GraylineNewOrleans.com or by calling their reservation line at 800-233-2628. Please be sure to
refer to our special group discount code LOC915, valid from September 10-17 and September 20 24, 2015. The
discount can be used immediately to book any tour, not just those highlighted here.
Tours run rain or shine, must be paid in full and are refundable up to four hours prior to departure time.
All tours depart from the Gray Line Lighthouse Ticket Office in the French Quarter. Please confirm when making
your reservation if shuttle pickup is available at the hotel for your selected tour. If not, you will need to take the
easy, 10-minute walk to the departure point (approximately 5-1/2 short blocks).
The Ladies of Charity, New Orleans Association, hope to see you soon in the Crescent City!
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Questions? Contact Darlene Daigle 850-384-8674 or DdaigleLOC2015@gmail.com

Duration 5 hours (includes
Plantation/Swamp Tour: Tour Destrehan Plantation and the Manchac
Swamp.


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From Belles to Bayous
home, narrated boat cruise and narrated motor Departure Time 1:30pm
Cost Adult: $85.00
coach transportation.
Duration 4.25 hours (2.25
Paddle and Wheel Combo
Super New Orleans City Tour by motor coach,
hour bus tour + 2 hour
board the historic Steamboat Natchez, for a
Tour
boat cruise)
two hour cruise of the Port of New Orleans.
Departure Super City Tour
Departs at 12pm. Cruise
Departs at 2:30pm Daily
Cost Adult: $65.00 (Lunch
available $13.50 advance
reservation)
Duration 2.25 hours
Super New Orleans City Tour by motor coach.
Gray Line New Orleans
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Departure Time
City Tour
9am, noon, 2pm
coach tour
Cost Adult: $43.00
Duration 5 hours (includes
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Plantation Tour
Register. Walking Grounds. Includes guided
Departure Time 12pm
tour of plantation home and narrated motor
Cost Adult: $62.00
coach transportation
Oak Alley Plantation Tour
Tour of Plantation. Access to the second floor Duration 5 hours (includes
travel time)
is by stairs. Walking the grounds is an integral

part of this experience. Includes guided tour of Departure Time 12pm
Daily
plantation home and narrated motor coach
transportation. Lunch available for purchase. Cost Adult: $62.00
Walk through St. Louis Cemetery. Walking tour Duration 2 hours
Cemetery & Voodoo
on uneven sidewalks and streets. Includes
Departure Time 9am Daily
Walking Tour
guided tour with professional guide and climate Cost Adult: $26.00
controlled transportation to and from

cemetery.
Duration 2.75 hours
Includes guided tour,Opera Guild home tour
Garden District &
refreshment and round-trip climate controlled
Departure Time 9:30am
Mansion Walking Tour
Cost Adult: $37.00
transportation to and from Garden District.

Tour # 1 - Plantation/Swamp Tour:

From Belles to Bayous
Tour Destrehan Plantation, est. in 1787,
the oldest documented French Colonial style
house in the lower Mississippi Valley.
This majestic antebellum plantation home
watches over the banks of the Mississippi River,
only a few minutes upriver from New Orleans.
Costumed docents will intrigue you with
the history of the Destrehan familys sugar
dynasty, historic events that occurred at this site,
and the unique architectural features of the
plantation.
Daily trade demonstrations by costumed
artisans give an insight to long-forgotten skills
that were a vital part of everyday life centuries
ago.
Then its a short ride to the Manchac
Swamp where you will cruise through a
privately-owned wildlife refuge, home to the
legend of Rougarou, the Cajun werewolf.
You might not find the Rougarou, but youll
get up close and personal with some alligators in
an area where time seems to stand still.
You can purchase drinks and snacks at
the swamp. (Cost is not included in tour price).
Note: Due to the home's historic nature, access to
the second floor is by stairs only.
No video is allowed inside the plantation home.
Includes guided tour of plantation home,
narrated boat cruise and narrated motorcoach
transportation.

Duration
5 hours (includes travel time)
Departure Time
1:30pm Daily
Cost

Adult: $85.00

Tour #2- Paddle and Wheel Combo Tour

After your exciting Super City Tour by motorcoach, board the historic Steamboat
Natchez,the last authentic steamboat on the Mississippi River. This two-hour day cruise takes
you back to a time when cotton was king and life was as slow and graceful as the current on the
Mississippi River.
The Port of New Orleans
Enjoy the Captains narration of the highlights of one of the worlds busiest ports. New Orleans
is the gateway between the oceans of the world and the American Midwest via the Mississippi
River. This vast network provides the nation with steel, coffee, plywood, and manufactured
goods, while also providing a pathway for over half of the country's grain exports.
Steam-Powered Boat...and Music
Tour the Historic Steam Engine Room and learn how steam powers the engines to turn the
Paddlewheel and provide the energy for the delightful tunes of the calliope, a pipe organ with
thirty-two notes. Enjoy a Steam Calliope Concert daily, a sound that you'll quickly come to
associate with the city of New Orleans.
Experience American History
Not only will you have the chance to see the beautiful French Quarter from the river, but you'll
also cruise past the Chalmette Battlefield, where Jean Lafitte and his buccaneers joined forces
with Andrew Jackson to defeat the British in the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.
Enjoy a Creole lunch (additional cost-$13.50 per adult/advanced purchase).
Tour and cruise may be taken on separate days.
Duration
4.25 hours (2.25 hour bus tour + 2 hour boat cruise)
Departure Time
Super City Tour Departs at 12pm
Cruise Departs at 2:30pm Daily
Cost

Adult: $65.00

Tour # 3 - Gray Line New Orleans City Tour

Travel Through Three Centuries of history, legends and romance as you encounter The
City That Care Forgot!
Absorb the sights & sounds of the world famous French Quarter and historic Jackson
Square, home of the Cabildo and Presbytere Museums.
Visit one of our historic cemeteries, referred to as Cities of the Dead, and learn about
this unique above ground burial system.
Marvel at stories of voodoo and piracy on Bayou St. John, the waterway used by Jean
Lafitte and his band of pirates, as we make our way to City Park, the 5th largest urban park in
America. Here you may visit either the Morning Call Cafe or the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
Follow the path of the St. Charles Avenue streetcar, the oldest continuously operating
passenger railway system in the world (until service was disrupted by Hurricane Katrina).
See the homes of former Kings & Queens of Mardi Gras, stately mansions and the world-famous,
exclusive Garden District.
View Tulane and Loyola Universities across from Audubon Park, home to one of the top
five zoos in the nation, The Audubon Zoo.
Includes cemetery stop and narrated motor coach tour
Duration
2.25 hours
Departure Time
9am, noon, 2pm
Cost

Adult: $43.00

Tour # 4 - Laura: A Creole Plantation Tour

Travel back in time to Laura Plantation, an operating sugar farm built in 1805, on
what has been called the best history tour in the U.S. You'll have the chance to visit 11 historic
buildings on the National Register, including slave cabins in which the West-African folktales of
Compair Lapin (later known as Brer Rabbit) were recorded over 140 years ago.
This Creole plantation tour is based upon 5,000 pages of documents found in the French
National Archives and upon Lauras memories of the Old Plantation Home, in which she details
250 years of true-life stories of the Creole women, slaves and children who lived and worked
here.
Laura Plantation was awarded the Top Travel Attraction in Louisiana by the Louisiana
Travel Promotion Association in 2007. It was also listed among the top 25 most popular house
museums in the U.S. by the American Academy of Architecture and Design.
On your journey to this historic plantation, you'll also have the opportunity to enjoy a
panoramic view of Lake Pontchartrain as you cross the Bonnet Carre Spillway (the flood outlet
of the Mississippi River).
Travel past Whitney, Evergreen, Felicity & St. Joseph Plantations, ghosts of the past that
front the Mississippi River, where the fruits from these fertile lands travelled to ports of trade.
Notes: Due to the home's historic nature, access to the second floor (the main living quarters) is
by stairs only.
Walking the grounds is an integral part of this experience.
Includes guided tour of plantation home and narrated motor coach transportation
Duration
5 hours (includes travel time)
Departure Time
12pm Daily
Cost

Adult: $62.00

Tour # 5 - Oak Alley Plantation Tour

Feel the gentle breeze of Southern hospitality on a tour that takes you back to the glory of
the Old South! You'll experience a bygone era in one of the Souths most beautiful settings-Oak
Alley Plantation, built in 1839.
Marvel at the unbelievable quarter-mile long alley of 28 magnificent Oak trees, each over
250 years old, and view the Majestic Cypress Trees in Louisianas swamps bordering the
Mississippi River.
Your guided tour will reveal the fascinating stories of the home and its history. Perhaps
the most photographed plantation ever, Oak Alley has been the setting for such motion pictures
as Interview with a Vampire, Primary Colors, and the wedding of Bo and Hope from the daytime
soap opera, Days of our Lives.
Travel past Whitney, Evergreen, Felicity & St. Joseph Plantations, ghosts of the past that
front the Mississippi River, where the fruits from these fertile lands travelled to ports of trade.
You can purchase a snack, salad or sandwich in the Plantation Caf to enjoy at the picnic
tables or aboard the coach (Cost is not included in tour price).
Note: Due to the home's historic nature, access to the second floor is by stairs only.
Walking the grounds is an integral part of this experience.
No video is allowed inside the plantation home.
Includes guided tour of plantation home and narrated motorcoach transportation
Duration
5 hours (includes travel time)
Departure Time
12pm Daily
Cost

Adult: $62.00

Tour # 6 Cemetery & Voodoo Walking Tour

Includes Authentic Souvenir Gris-Gris Bag

Walk through St. Louis Cemetery #1, the site of the classic movie Easy Rider, as your
professional licensed guide recounts the background of the famous and infamous people who are buried
there, including New Orleans first black mayor, Dutch Morial.
Make a wish or cast a spell at the tomb of Marie Laveau - the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans and discover how she was able to be in two places at once. Listen to the evolution of Voodoo - which is
still practiced today - and learn how it became such a factor in the Crescent City.
Learn about our unique above ground burial customs and the tombs of various societies in this
historic cemetery that first opened in 1789.
Find out what Gris-Gris means and discover the mysterious ingredients in your souvenir GrisGris bag.
Note: This is a walking tour on uneven sidewalks and streets, so please wear comfortable shoes!
During warmer months, we recommend that you wear lightly colored clothing; caps/hats and
umbrellas are also suggested.
Includes guided tour and climate controlled transportation to and from cemetery.
Duration
2 hours
Departure Time
9am Daily
Cost
Adult: $26.00

Tour # 7 - Garden District & Mansion Walking

Tour
GRAY LINE EXCLUSIVE!
Tour the interior of the Opera Guild
Home, circa 1865, on the only tour that
takes you inside one of the beautiful
mansions of the Garden District!
Enjoy a walk through New Orleans
elegant Garden District, once part of the
plantation owned by Bienville, the founder of
New Orleans.
Visit the American section of town
that was built to rival the architectural splendor
of the Creoles French Quarter. This historic
district is known for its marvelous examples of
Greek Revival and Italianate architecture.
The homes of former Kings and
Queens of Mardi Gras are located here, as well
as the home of the premier family of football the Mannings - where Archie lives and Peyton
and Eli grew up. You'll also see the former
residence of celebrated author Anne Rice, as
well as the house where Jefferson Davis died
in 1889; and Tobys Corner, the oldest house
in the area (built in 1838).
Visit Lafayette Cemetery, one of our
Cities of the Dead, and learn about our unusual
above-ground burial system.
Note: Due to the home's historic nature, access
is by stairs only.
This is a walking tour on uneven
sidewalks and streets, soplease wear
comfortable shoes! During warmer months, we
recommend that you wear lightly colored
clothing;caps/hats and umbrellas are also
suggested.
Includes guided tour, exclusive home
tour (available only to Gray Line guests),
refreshment and round-trip climate controlled
transportation to and from Garden District.

Duration
2.75 hours
Departure Time
9:30am
Cost

Adult: $37.00