Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in New Orleans, United States

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 7.4 km
Ascend 177 m
Descend 172 m

Explore New Orleans in United States with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in New OrleansIndividual Sights in New Orleans

Sight 1: New Orleans African American Museum

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New Orleans African American Museum Infrogmation of New Orleans / CC BY-SA 3.0

The New Orleans African American Museum (NOAAM) is a museum in New Orleans, Louisiana's visiting Tremé neighborhood, the oldest-surviving black community in the United States. The NOAAM of Art, Culture and History seeks to educate and to preserve, interpret, and promote the contributions that people of African descent have made to the development of New Orleans and Louisiana culture, as slaves and as free people of color throughout the history of American slavery as well as during emancipation, Reconstruction, and contemporary times.

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786 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Congo Square

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Congo Square

Congo Square is an open space, now within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street north of the French Quarter. The square is famous for its influence on the history of African American music, especially jazz.

Wikipedia: Congo Square (EN)

471 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Saint Louis Cemetery Number One

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Saint Louis Cemetery Number One

Saint Louis Cemetery is the name of three Catholic cemeteries in New Orleans, Louisiana. Most of the graves are above-ground vaults constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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446 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: 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.

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389 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: 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.

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148 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: 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.

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164 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: 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

140 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: 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

126 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: 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. 

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6 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 10: 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.

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811 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 11: The New Orleans Jazz Museum

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The New Orleans Jazz Museum

The New Orleans Jazz Museum is a music museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., dedicated to preserving and celebrating the history of jazz music. Originally a separate museum, the collection is now affiliated with the Louisiana State Museum. The New Orleans Jazz Museum is located in the Old U.S. Mint building on 400 Esplanade Avenue, bordering the historic French Quarter neighborhood.

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Sight 12: New Orleans Mint

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New Orleans Mint

The New Orleans Mint operated in New Orleans, Louisiana, as a branch mint of the United States Mint from 1838 to 1861 and from 1879 to 1909. During its years of operation, it produced over 427 million gold and silver coins of nearly every American denomination, with a total face value of over US$ 307 million. It was closed during most of the American Civil War and Reconstruction.

Wikipedia: New Orleans Mint (EN)

2 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 13: New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

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New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park is a U.S. National Historical Park in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, near the French Quarter. It was created in 1994 to celebrate the origins and evolution of jazz.

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1104 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 14: 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 15: 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.

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383 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 16: 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.

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811 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 17: 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.

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233 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 18: 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.

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454 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 19: 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

605 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 20: Eagle Saloon

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Eagle Saloon Infrogmation of New Orleans / CC BY-SA 3.0

Rampart Street is a historic avenue located in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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