New Orleans: French Quarter & St. Louis Cemetery Bus Tour

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Duration2h 15m

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Two stops, one cemetery, and beignets in a 2.5-hour loop through New Orleans

You ride a small bus through New Orleans' main neighborhoods and historic sites, stop to walk St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 with a licensed guide, and spend 20 to 30 minutes at the sculpture garden in City Park with time for beignets. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, and the whole thing takes 2.5 hours.

2h 15m

Step-by-step itinerary

New Orleans city and cemetery tour

Hotel pick-up in French Quarter
Relax on bus through historic neighborhoods
Pass by St. Louis Cathedral
Stop at St. Louis Cemetery No. 3
Guided tour of cemetery
Free time to explore cemetery
Stop at City Park sculpture garden
Enjoy beignets at Morning Call Cafe
Explore sculpture garden
Return to hotel

The Experience

Hands grip the bus rail as it pulls away from your hotel—and then you realize the driver is pointing out the St. Louis Cathedral before you've even left the French Quarter. That's the rhythm of this tour: you're moving through the city while someone who actually knows it talks, and then you step off to walk around on your own. The bus holds under 15 people, which means you're not packed in with a crowd, and the whole thing runs 2.5 hours, so it fits into a morning or afternoon without eating your whole day.

The first real stop is St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, the city's third oldest "City of the Dead." Your guide walks you through it for a bit—explaining the above-ground tombs, the history, why New Orleans buries people this way—and then leaves you alone for about 10 minutes to wander and take photos. It's quiet in there, and strange in a way that makes sense once you understand the ground. After that, the bus rolls through Treme, the Faubourgs, Marigny, and the Garden and Warehouse Districts, passing the St. Louis Cathedral and City Park along the way. Your guide is licensed, so they're not just pointing; they're actually telling you something about the architecture, the neighborhoods, what happened where.

The second stop is City Park at the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, and this is where the tour shifts. You get 20 to 30 minutes to walk around the sculptures, sit on the grass if you want, and grab beignets and coffee at Morning Call Cafe. It's not rushed. The whole thing—the bus ride, the cemetery, the sculpture garden, the beignets—is built so you're not standing still for long, but you're not running either. Hotel pickup happens 30 minutes before the tour time, and drop-off is back where you started.

What’s included

Your tour includes hotel pickup and drop-off, a licensed local guide who explains the history and architecture as you ride, entry to St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 with a guided introduction and time to explore on your own, access to City Park and the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, and time to order beignets and coffee at Morning Call Cafe.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPets welcomeInfants must sit on laps

Operated by New Orleans Native Tours - Day Tours

Is this one for you?Choose this if you want to see the main neighborhoods and historic sites of New Orleans without arranging your own transport or timing—the bus, the guide, and the stops are all planned, so you just show up at your hotel.