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New Orleans Ghost Tour: French Quarter Haunted Locations & LaLaurie

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Duration2h

GroupUp to 28

LanguagesEN

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Inside the Haunted Rooms of New Orleans' French Quarter

You walk a 2-hour route through the French Quarter with a licensed guide, entering a private haunted courtyard and a bar, seeing the LaLaurie Mansion and Jackson Square, and hearing historically documented ghost stories tied to real events. The guide focuses on verified history rather than theatrics, and the tour includes at least one interior space most ghost tours in New Orleans don't access. Book this if you want the actual documented hauntings rather than the legend version.

Step-by-step itinerary

Start at the meeting location
See haunted buildings in French Quarter
Walk through Jackson Square
Pass by St. Louis Cathedral
Enter private haunted location on Orleans
Visit haunted courtyard exclusive to tour
Grab a drink at haunted bar
Take pictures of LaLaurie Mansion
Pass by vampire folklore site

The Experience

You meet your guide at the starting point in the French Quarter, and the tour moves straight into the darker history of the neighborhood. For two hours, you walk past and into real haunted locations—not staged setups, but actual buildings where documented deaths and hauntings have occurred. The guide is a licensed tour operator who sticks to historically verified stories rather than folklore, which means you're getting the research-backed version of New Orleans' ghost stories, not the theatrical one.

The route takes you through Jackson Square, past St. Louis Cathedral, and into a private haunted courtyard on Orleans Street that only this tour accesses. You'll stop at one of the city's most haunted bars for a drink, and you get time to photograph the LaLaurie Mansion—the place where vampire folklore in New Orleans actually began. The stories here aren't abstract; they're tied to specific rooms, specific people, and specific events that happened in those buildings. You pass by the location where the vampire legend took root, and the guide explains what actually occurred versus what the myth became.

The tour operates in all weather and is wheelchair accessible, though the route can shift depending on parades or road closures in the French Quarter. Infants can come in a stroller, and service animals are welcome. The pace is walkable for most fitness levels, though it's not recommended if you have cardiovascular concerns. Since you're going inside at least one haunted location, wear comfortable shoes—you'll be on your feet the whole time, moving between stops and through courtyards.

What’s included

Your tour includes a professional licensed guide for two hours, entry into at least one private haunted location, a walk through Jackson Square and past St. Louis Cathedral, access to a private haunted courtyard on Orleans Street, a stop at one of New Orleans' most haunted bars, and the chance to photograph the LaLaurie Mansion while learning about the city's vampire folklore origins.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearbyNot for heart conditions

Operated by New Orleans Ghost Adventures

Is this one for you?Book this if you want documented ghost stories tied to real events rather than theatrical legends, and you're willing to walk for two hours through the French Quarter—the licensed guide and private courtyard access are what set this tour apart from the standard version.