Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in New Orleans, United States

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 6.2 km
Ascend 189 m
Descend 190 m

Experience New Orleans in United States in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in New OrleansIndividual Sights in New Orleans

Sight 1: Harmony Circle

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Harmony Circle Infrogmation of New Orleans / CC BY 2.0

Tivoli Circle is a central traffic circle in New Orleans, Louisiana, which featured a monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee between 1884 and 2017. During this time the circle was known as Lee Circle until its name reverted to Tivoli Circle in 2022. The inner grass circle around the monument was renamed Harmony Circle at that time.

Wikipedia: Tivoli Circle (EN)

255 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Confederate Memorial Hall Museum

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Confederate Memorial Hall Museum is a museum located in New Orleans which contains historical artifacts related to the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) and the American Civil War. It is historically also known as "Memorial Hall". It houses the second-largest collection of Confederate Civil War items in the world, behind the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia. The museum has been advertised as Louisiana's Civil War Museum and as Louisiana's Oldest Museum.

Wikipedia: Confederate Memorial Hall Museum (EN), Website

22 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 3: Ogden Museum of Southern Art

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Ogden Museum of Southern Art Infrogmation of New Orleans / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art is a museum dedicated to art by artists from the southern United States in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was established in 1999.

Wikipedia: Ogden Museum of Southern Art (EN), Website

568 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 4: Lafayette Square

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Lafayette Square

Lafayette Square is the second-oldest public park in New Orleans, Louisiana, located in the present-day Central Business District. During the late 18th century, this was part of a residential area called Faubourg Sainte Marie.

Wikipedia: Lafayette Square (New Orleans) (EN)

702 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 5: Karnofsky Shop

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The Karnofsky Tailor Shop–House was a historic, two-story building in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, that played a significant role in the early promotion of jazz when the neighborhood was known as "Back of Town". It was destroyed by Hurricane Ida in 2021.

Wikipedia: Karnofsky Tailor Shop–House (EN)

573 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: Immaculate Conception Catholic Church

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Immaculate Conception Catholic Church ted bongiovanni / CC BY-SA 2.0

Immaculate Conception church, locally known as Jesuit church, is a Roman Catholic church in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana. The church is located at 130 Baronne Street, and is part of the local Jesuit community. The present church, completed in 1930, is a near duplicate of an earlier 1850s church on the same site.

Wikipedia: Immaculate Conception Church (New Orleans) (EN), Website

233 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Bourbon Street

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Bourbon Street is a historic street in the heart of the French Quarter of New Orleans. Extending twelve blocks from Canal Street to Esplanade Avenue, Bourbon Street is famous for its many bars and strip clubs.

Wikipedia: Bourbon Street (EN)

431 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Saenger Theatre

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Saenger Theatre Infrogmation of New Orleans / CC BY-SA 3.0

Saenger Theatre is an atmospheric theatre in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Once the flagship of Julian and Abe Saenger's theatre empire, today it is one of only a handful of Saenger movie palaces that remain.

Wikipedia: Saenger Theatre (New Orleans) (EN), Website

677 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 9: Hermann-Grima House

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Hermann-Grima House Infrogmation of New Orleans / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Hermann–Grima House is a historic house museum in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The meticulously restored home reflects 19th century New Orleans. It is a Federal-style mansion with courtyard garden, built in 1831. It has the only extant horse stable and 1830s open-hearth kitchen in the French Quarter.

Wikipedia: Hermann–Grima House (EN), Website

315 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Preservation Hall

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Preservation Hall Francis Lee / CC BY-SA 3.0

Preservation Hall is a jazz venue in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. The building is associated with a house band, a record label, and a non-profit foundation.

Wikipedia: Preservation Hall (EN), Website

148 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: French Quarter

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The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré, is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city developed around the Vieux Carré, a central square. The district is more commonly called the French Quarter today, or simply "The Quarter", related to changes in the city with American immigration after the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. Most of the extant historic buildings were constructed either in the late 18th century, during the city's period of Spanish rule, or were built during the first half of the 19th century, after U.S. purchase and statehood.

Wikipedia: French_Quarter (EN)

256 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis King of France

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The Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, also called St. Louis Cathedral, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans and is the oldest cathedral in continuous use in the United States alongside the Royal Presidio Chapel in Monterey, California. It is dedicated to Saint Louis, also known as King Louis IX of France. The first church on the site was built in 1718; the third, under the Spanish rule, built in 1789, was raised to cathedral rank in 1793. The second St. Louis Cathedral was burned during the great fire of 1788 and was expanded and largely rebuilt and completed in the 1850s, with little of the 1789 structure remaining.

Wikipedia: St. Louis Cathedral (New Orleans) (EN), Website

140 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: The Cabildo

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The Cabildo Infrogmation of New Orleans / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Cabildo, originally called "Casa Capitular", is a historical building in New Orleans, Louisiana. Originally the seat of Spanish colonial city hall, the building now forms part of the Louisiana State Museum. It is located along Jackson Square, adjacent to St. Louis Cathedral.

Wikipedia: The Cabildo (EN), Website

142 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Andrew Jackson

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Andrew Jackson is a bronze equestrian statue by Clark Mills mounted on a white marble base in the center of Lafayette Square within President's Park in Washington, D.C., just to the north of the White House. Jackson is depicted dressed in military uniform, raising his hat with his right hand, while controlling the reins with his left hand as his horse rises on its rear legs. 

Wikipedia: Andrew Jackson (Mills) (EN)

6 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 15: Jackson Square

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Jackson Square, formerly the Place d'Armes (French) or Plaza de Armas (Spanish), is a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, for its central role in the city's history, and as the site where in 1803 Louisiana was made United States territory pursuant to the Louisiana Purchase. In 2012 the American Planning Association designated Jackson Square as one of the Great Public Spaces in the United States.

Wikipedia: Jackson Square (New Orleans) (EN)

333 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Joan of Arc

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Joan of Arc

Jeanne d'Arc is an 1874 French gilded bronze equestrian sculpture of Joan of Arc by Emmanuel Frémiet. The outdoor statue is prominently displayed in the Place des Pyramides in Paris.

Wikipedia: Jeanne d'Arc (Frémiet) (EN)

662 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 17: Woldenberg Riverfront Park

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Woldenberg Park is a park in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was created in the late 1980s on land that had been occupied by old wharves and warehouses along the Mississippi Riverfront, in the upper French Quarter, first opening as a park in October 1989. It is named after philanthropist Malcolm Woldenberg (1896–1982) who helped fund its construction.

Wikipedia: Woldenberg Park (New Orleans) (EN)

358 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 18: Audubon Insectarium

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Audubon Insectarium Mark Pellegrini (Raul654) / CC BY-SA 2.5

The Audubon Insectarium is an insectarium and entomology museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. As part of its move from its previous location at the U.S. Custom House Federal Building to the site of the Audubon Aquarium, the museum reopened on June 8, 2023.

Wikipedia: Audubon Insectarium (EN)

383 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 19: Audubon Aquarium of the Americas

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Audubon Aquarium is an aquarium in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. After a $41 million dollar renovation that would see the Audubon Insectarium merge with the facility, the aquarium reopened with new exhibits and experiences on June 8, 2023. The Audubon Nature Institute runs the aquarium, and the institute also supervises the Audubon Zoo, Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center, Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species (ACRES), Coastal Wildlife Network, Audubon Wilderness Park, and Audubon Park. The aquarium is located along the banks of the Mississippi River by the edge of the historic French Quarter off Canal Street, at the upper end of Woldenberg Park and originally opened on September 1, 1990.

Wikipedia: Audubon Aquarium (EN)

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