16. The Arsenal
City: New Orleans, LA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (504) 568-6968
Address: 600 St. Peter St.
Description: Looking to earn extra points toward your New Orleans coffee merit badge? The best place for field research (after Cafe du Monde, of course) may be the Arsenal, home to the exhibit “Freshly Brewed: The Coffee Trade and the Port of New Orleans.” Entry to the museum, built in 1839, is through the Cabildo. The Arsenal, which occupies the original 1769 site of the Spanish arsenal, also presents special and short-term exhibitions, lectures, seminars, and interactive programs for both adults and children.
City: New Orleans, LA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 701 Chartres St.
City: New Orleans, LA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 929 Camp St.
City: New Orleans, LA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 533 Royal St.
City: New Orleans, LA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 7 Bamboo Rd.
City: New Orleans, LA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 724 Dumaine St.
22. New Orleans Museum Of Art
City: New Orleans, LA
Category: Tours & Attractions
City: New Orleans, LA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 514 Chartres St.
City: New Orleans, LA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 400 Esplanade Ave.
City: New Orleans, LA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 751 Chartres St.
26. Le Monde Creole
City: New Orleans, LA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (504) 568-1801, (504) 232-8559
Address: 624 Royal St.
Description: This Secret Courtyards of the French Quarter and Cemetery Tour provides an intimate glimpse of private French Quarter tropical courtyards, as well as the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum and its 19th century medicinal garden, and St. Louis Cemetery #1—recalling the 200-year history of one of New Orleans’ oldest Creole families. Tickets for the two-hour tour, departing Mon through Sat at 10:30 a.m., Sun at 10 a.m. must be purchased in advance. Call the above numbers for reservations.
27. Magic Tours
City: New Orleans, LA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (504) 588-9693
Description: Dubbed “Alternative tours for the intelligent traveler,” this tour company delivers lively, historically accurate tours conducted by professors, historians, and journalists equipped to keep things entertaining and handle questions from the crowd. Available tours include daily Garden District/Cemeteries, French Quarter and popular nightly ghost tours. Most tours last approximately two hours and all require advance reservations.
28. New Orleans Tours
City: New Orleans, LA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 4220 Howard Ave.
Description: One of the largest motorcoach tour operators in the city, this company offers several comprehensive daily tours to suit nearly any taste, budget, and schedule. Offerings include tours of the Garden District, French Quarter, plantation, and swamp, as well as harbor cruises. Check with your hotel for exact pickup times.
29. Royal Carriages
City: New Orleans, LA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (504) 943-8820
Address: 1824 North Rampart St.
Description: Established in 1941, this is probably the oldest carriage tour operator in the city and definitely one of the most romantic ways to take in the French Quarter. All those honeymooners can’t be wrong. The half-hour open-air ride in an authentic carriage drawn by a clip-clopping mule, starts at the riverside entrance to Jackson Square, across the street from Cafe du Monde, and winds through the French Quarter at a leisurely pace. Simply walk right up and sit right down. Tip: The charge is per carriage (which can hold up to four people), so the more riders, the less cost per person.
30. Tours By Isabelle
City: New Orleans, LA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (504) 398-0365, (877) 665-8687
Description: This company prides itself on small but highly personalized explorations of the city (including Hurricane Katrina damage), plantations, and swamps aboard a 13-passenger van staffed by knowledgeable and licensed guides who speak various languages, depending on the group. The company promises to “make you fall in love with Louisiana,” but even if you don’t, the tour still provides an intimate alternative to large bus tours. Advance reservations are required and because the company accommodates such small groups not all tours are available every day.