Highlights & Hidden Gems With Locals: Best of New Orleans Private Tour

Stroll around the stalls of the French Market, visit Dutch Alley artists’ co-op and see delicious pralines being made

In and around Jackson Square are several highlights to visit. Admire street performers, the Cabildo and Louis Cathedral and last but not least the Jackson Square Statue

Pirate Alley was originally an open walkway to cut from "Place D’Armes (Jackson Square) ” to the “Rue de Royale(Royal Street.)” It was paved in 1831, and called Orleans Alley South - but locals have always called it by a different name...

For our next stop we are visiting Bourbon Street. Boutique Du Vampyre with it's own very spooky story, followed up by the oldest Jazz Club in town are all established on this street

It is break time! While having a break, hear about the interesting dueling story between two cafes.

Near Congo Square is where Marie Laveau, the famed Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, lived. Her original house is gone, but this was built on the same foundation. Voodoo Queens were a major figure in Louisiana Voodoo, which is actually a unique religion different from Haitian voodoo, or other forms of Voodoo.

Pay tribute to jazz legends in Louis Armstrong Park and hear how slave gatherings here enriched the city’s iconic musical style

The J&M studios are famous in New Orleans. Look behind what’s now a laundromat to see a former studio that hosted world-famous music stars

Visit the famous Lafitte’s Blacksmith Bar to hear ghostly tales at the place that calls itself ‘New Orleans’ oldest bar’

And last but not least, the Lalaurie Mansion. Take a step into American Horror Story at LaLaurie Mansion, to hear the intriguing tale of Madame Lalaurie