New Orleans: Haunted Pub Crawl French Quarter & Bourbon Street

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Duration2h

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New Orleans' Darkest Bars Tell Stories Most Tourists Never Hear

You get a two-hour guided walk through the French Quarter's most haunted bars and locations, with a guide who knows the dark stories behind them. Drinks at historic bars are included, along with access back to Bourbon Street afterward. You need to be 21 with a valid ID — that's the only real requirement, and it's what keeps the group focused on the actual history instead of the party noise.

Step-by-step itinerary

Haunted French Quarter pub crawl

Begin 2-hour French Quarter tour
Hear stories of murders and crimes
Visit infamous haunted bars
Cross Bourbon Street block party
End at iconic haunted bar
Optional: enjoy 2-for-1 hurricanes next door

The Experience

You walk into a bar on Bourbon Street and the bartender mentions something in passing — a murder that happened in that exact spot a hundred years ago, maybe more. That's the kind of detail that sticks with you, the one that makes you look around the room differently. The Haunted Pub Crawl of the French Quarter leans into that feeling. It's two hours moving through some of the most infamous haunted locations in New Orleans, stopping at bars that have their own dark histories — the kind of places where the stories feel less like tour patter and more like something locals actually know.

The crawl takes you off the main drag and into the parts of the French Quarter that most visitors miss. Your guide — and they're colorful characters, the kind who seem to know every corner and every ghost story — walks you through the murders and crimes of passion that shaped Old New Orleans. You're not just hearing about history; you're standing in the rooms where it happened. Along the way, you sample drinks that made the city famous, cocktails tied to the notorious figures who drank them. Absinthe in a bar that Aleister Crowley used to frequent. Hurricanes at a place with its own reputation. The drinks aren't an afterthought — they're part of the story, the thing that makes the evening feel like you're actually living in the city's past, not just visiting it.

After the two-hour tour wraps, Bourbon Street is still going. The biggest block party in the world, as they call it, and you can wander back into it if you want — soak up the atmosphere that makes New Orleans so famous and, according to the guides, so haunted. If you're still thirsty, Finnegan's Easy next door runs 2 for 1 hurricanes. The whole thing moves at a pace that doesn't feel rushed, and the wheelchair accessibility means you're not choosing between the tour and your comfort.

What’s included

Your two-hour haunted pub crawl includes stops at multiple historic bars in the French Quarter, drinks at each location, and stories about the murders and crimes of passion that shaped New Orleans. The tour ends with access back to Bourbon Street, and if you want more, Finnegan's Easy offers 2 for 1 hurricanes nearby.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessiblePets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Haunted History Tours

Is this one for you?Book this if you want the dark side of New Orleans history without arranging your own bar stops or figuring out which stories are real — the guide handles both, and the drinks keep the evening moving instead of feeling like a lecture.