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The oldest building in the Mississippi River Valley, the Old Ursuline Convent also once functioned as a school for girls, a hospital, and an orphanage. Its rich collection of devotional art and artifacts makes it a treasure of New Orleans’s Catholic community, while ghost hunters routinely investigate the site for reports of paranormal activity.
1100 Chartres St, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Adults Only New Orleans Ghost, True Crime, Voodoo and Vampire Walking Tour
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If you're looking for a no-holds-barred fright in New Orleans, explore the city’s dark history on this adults-only tour from Hottest Hell, one of the top-rated haunted tour operators in town. Storytelling guides save the most grizzly true-crime tales, voodoo legends, and paranormal frights for this one, taking you on the choice of two different routes through the most haunted locations in the French Quarter and beyond.
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New Orleans #1 Haunted Ghost, Voodoo, & Vampire Tour
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Exploring New Orleans in the evening can seem like an intimidating quest on your own, but this ghost, voodoo, and vampire walking tour takes you to the city’s most eerie sites at night in the safety of a group with a knowledgeable guide. Stop by top attractions such as the LaLaurie Mansion and New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, all while listening to your guide’s detailed stories of the paranormal and beyond.
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Ghost, History, Murder and Mystery Combo Walking Tour
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Save time booking lots of individual tours, and instead, go on this single combination tour that reveals stories of New Orleans’ history as well as tales of the city’s ghosts, ghouls, murders, and mysteries. Explore highlights of the vibrant French Quarter and pass by ‘The Haunted Hotel’, the Lalaurie Mansion, the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, and St. Louis Cathedral.
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New Orleans French Quarter Walking and History Tour
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Immerse yourself in the best of the French Quarter on this 2.5‐hour historical walking tour. An entertaining local guide will lead you through the Vieux Carré, along the mighty Mississippi River, and to Louis Armstrong Park and Jackson Square, describing the city’s cultural history and diverse colonial heritage. See notable literary and cinematic landmarks, bustling scenes of local life, and architectural gems including some of the nation’s oldest buildings.
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French Quarter History Tour with Cafe Du Monde Option in New Orleans
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Discover the magic of the Vieux Carré in the morning on this historic walking tour. Accompany your friendly guide on a stroll through the French Quarter to view signature architecture and learn about the convergence of ethnic influence on this famous neighborhood, from cloistered courtyards and intricate ironwork to po’ boys and jambalaya. If option selected, end with a sugar-dusted beignet and café au lait at Cafe du Monde, a classic New Orleans institution.
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Night Walking Tour through Haunted New Orleans
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Discover why New Orleans is named the most haunted city in America on an evening walking tour through the darkened streets of the French Quarter. Storytelling guides share their own favorite tales of gruesome murders, spirited sightings, and natural disasters in lively retellings, on the sites where it all happened. Along the way, stop for drinks in atmospheric bars.
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Ghost Hunt Experience--Murder, Haunts & Mystery
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Instead of simply hearing ghost stories, experience them yourself on one of the only interactive ghost tours in New Orleans. Join a paranormal guide at some of the most haunted locations in the French Quarter, where you will have a chance to use real ghost-hunting tools to try and pick up on paranormal activity. Plus, unlike most tours that stay on the street, this one actually takes you inside a haunted building.
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Haunted Crawl: New Orleans Exclusive Haunted Tour
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Instead of a boozy bar crawl, take a spirited stroll on this walking tour of the French Quarter's most famous haunts. See the Lalaurie Mansion and other real-life locations of dark deeds and paranormal sightings, plus buildings featured in Hollywood horror films and TV shows like “American Horror Story.” All guides at this boutique tour operator are known for their experience and storytelling skills.
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Ghost, Vampire, and Voodoo Walking Tour
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Learn the legends of New Orleans from a knowledgeable guide on this eerie walking tour. Follow in the footsteps of the Voodoo queen Marie Laveau, Delphine Lalaurie, who tortured and murdered enslaved people in her mansion, the mysterious Casket Girls, who some believe were vampires, and many more. As you stroll the French Quarter, drink in hand (own expense), hear true life tales and history as well.
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Ghost Hunting Tour + French Quarter Supernatural: Ghost, Voodoo + Paranormal
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Explore the French Quarter through a different lens, seeking out the darkest and most haunted places. With a voodoo priest or priestess as your guide, walk through the neighborhood and explore an exclusive haunted location, to be disclosed only on the day of the tour. You'll even get to try some of the paranormal activity-sensing equipment firsthand.
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The Haunted French Quarter - Small Group Tour
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Experience the incredible architecture and atmosphere of the French Quarter, as you hear stories of hauntings, true crime & serial killers, voodoo (Voudou), vampire legends, and much more!
» Fun extras like images that bring the history to life, a polaroid of your group
» Bar break at historic Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
» Small groups, 15 guest max
» Fun guides who never take themselves too seriously
Each tour is personalized for the group., but may include stories like the Baroness Pontalba, Marie Laveau & Voudou, the "casket girls", the Lalaurie mansion, the Axeman of New Orleans, St. Germaine, and more! This is a "no BS" haunted tour -- credible hauntings and the real history behind them, not hokey faked stories -- although we do share legends and folklore with a sense of humor.
Don’t just take a two-hour tour – take home a piece of New Orleans you won’t forget!
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French Quarter History Walking Tour by a Local
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Connect with the rich and raucous past of New Orleans beyond the tourist spots on a French Quarter walking tour led by a real history teacher with nearly 30 years of experience. Your guide brings deep knowledge of the area and her own experience growing up in Cajun Louisiana for a level of passion and personal insight you won’t find on any other tour.
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Stories That Built New Orleans: True History Walking Tour
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Get the low-down on life in New Orleans over the centuries with this guided tour, led by an engaging storyteller guide. You'll walk through the French Quarter, learning about topics that aren't always covered by traditional tours, from the Yellow Fever pandemic to the history of enslaved people and how they shaped the city into what it is today, wrapping up at one of the oldest bars in the city.
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Ghosts of New Orleans: Self-Guided Haunted Walking Tour
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Discover a secret vampire speak easy, ghosts of the French Quarter and stories of Vampires that roamed these streets.
Go the the LaLaurie mansion, press play and put your phone in your pocket. From there the WalknTours app guides you turn by turn telling you the spooky stories of the French Quarter.
-Tour never expires
-1 purchase works on 2 phones
On the solo tour you'll be guided through the streets of New Orleans and you'll see the most haunted spots in the French Quarter. You will see and hear the stories The LaLaurie Mansion, The Casket Girls, the old morgue, haunted hotels, haunted restaurants, the haunted Madame Johns Legacy and much more.
And you'll get a chance to get a password on the tour and use it at the secret vampire speak easy at the end of the tour.
How it works:
1. Get the WalknTours app
2. Register an account and use the experience code in your booking to unlock the tour.
3. Go the LaLaurie Mansion.
4. Press start experience.
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Walking Tour about The Good, The Bad and The Beautiful Women of New Orleans
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New Orleans always has had its adventurous spirit, and that spirit is not just restricted to the men. In this tour, the only of its kind, we will discover the great women of New Orleans’ past - in every field: politics, piracy, culinary, entertainment, science and some jobs best not mentioned.
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Smartphone-Guided Walking Tour of French Quarter Sights & Hidden Stories
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Our smartphone-guided tour brings the facts and stories behind New Orleans to life because we've taken the same stops and sights in the French Quarter that we share with our friends and families when they come to town and created an interactive web-based tour for you!
Read the stories behind the city, answer questions to reveal fun facts, and experience what makes this classic American city incredible! Purchase your tour and then navigate to our website to enter your access code and launch the tour. You can either start immediately or create an account and come back when you are ready to explore.
Please note that you and your group read the tour aloud to one another - there is no audio functionality at this time.
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Twilight Tour- Hauntings for Tweens (8 - 12 y.o.)
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Our Twilight Tour was created for upper elementary aged kids- those ready for deeper questions, critical thinking, and curiosity about the "what-ifs". Like our Spooky Tour, we focus on the real history, documented accounts, and actual experiences witnessed on tours. However, the Twilight Tour digs deeper than the Spooky Tour. The stories are more detailed with more opportunities to interact with the spirit realm. The tour is interactive- kids will never be put on the spot but encouraged to try something new, something they won't soon forget. New Orleans is a magical, mysterious city. On this tour for 8 - 12 year old kids, they will leave intrigued, enchanted, and perhaps a little spooked. Our tour is unique because it is kid friendly: no violence, no gore, nor "adult" topics and language. We keep it clean!
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The New Orleans Sightseeing Flex Pass: Save Big on 20+ Attractions and Tours
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Experience the best of the Big Easy at a great value with the New Orleans Sightseeing Pass. With immediate activation, the pass gives you access to your choice of three or five of the city’s top attractions and tours, from Mardi Gras World and paddlewheel cruises to plantation, cemetery, and swamp tours. It’s valid for 30 days, so keep your pass handy and customize your visit on the go with a guidebook listing opening hours, directions, and other helpful info.
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New Orleans Horror Tour
Get a ghoulish start to your New Orleans evening with a 1 Hour and 30 Minutes haunted history tour of the French Quarter. See the real-life haunts you’ve heard about, and learn how the city got its spine-tingling reputation as your guide relates tales of vampires, voodoo, paranormal activity and true crime. If you're short on time, it's a great introduction to New Orleans’ spooky southern Gothic atmosphere.
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New Orleans: Historic French Quarter Exploration Game
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Discover New Orleans’ historic locations in the French Quarter by solving clues and unlocking stories on your phone. Play the engaging exploration game, reenacting the story of a security guard on a mission to retrieve a stolen artwork from the thief.
As you solve challenges, the story unfolds and exact directions on your phone will guide you to the next location.
Highlights include:
•Explore St. Louis Cathedral, Café du Monde, Jackson Square and other lesser-known places.
•Enjoy a uniquely crafted story brought to you by our top-notch writers.
•Discover the history of New Orleans’ signature treat, the beignet.
•Try a new type of experience, the perfect mix between a tour, outdoor escape game, and treasure hunt.
•Visit one of the oldest bars in America.
After your booking you will receive an email with instructions on how to download and play the game on your phone. We recommend that each user purchases a ticket for an optimal experience, although several people can share a phone.
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The New Orleans Sightseeing Day Pass: 20+ Attractions & Tours in The Big Easy
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Experience the best of New Orleans on your own schedule and at a discount of up to 50% with the New Orleans Sightseeing Pass. Save big at top attractions like the Audubon Zoo, Mardi Gras World, the WWII History Museum, Houmas House Plantation, and the Cabildo, and get around town hassle free with an included hop-on hop-off bus pass. Choose the pass that fits your plans, with 1- to 5-day options available.
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Crescent City History Tour
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Discover the highlights of New Orleans on this 2-hour walking tour of the vibrant French Quarter. A friendly guide will lead you through the Vieux Carré, past charming hidden courtyards, and to Louis Armstrong Park and Jackson Square, describing the city’s confluence of cultures and rich traditions. See bustling scenes of local life, peek into the world of voodoo, and view architectural gems including some of the nation’s oldest buildings.
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French Quarter Walking Tour
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Stroll through the historic French Quarter during this 2-hour walking tour. Follow your guide past the historic buildings, down charming lanes and through serene plazas surrounded by Spanish moss-draped trees. Listen to an insider's account of the bustling, decadent neighborhood's history, from its beginnings to what it stands for today.
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French Quarter Haunted Excursion In New Orleans
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This haunted excursion around New Orleans takes in the greatest hits of ghosts and vampires alongside lurid New Orleans history, popular culture and architecture, cemetery explorations and, of course, tales of the city's great unsolved mysteries. Popular with families and individuals alike, the tour includes fun commentary during a walk through the French Quarter. As the Cajun expression 'laissz les bon temps rouler' goes, let the good times roll!
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