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9 New Orleans tours worth booking – and which to skip

Planning your first trip to New Orleans? These are the best New Orleans tours and experiences to consider booking, from French Quarter food tours and swamp trips to historic neighbourhood walks, plantation excursions and Mississippi River cruises. New Orleans is one of those cities where…

Visiting the BK House, New Orleans: practical guide for first-time visitors

BK House & Gardens is a restored 1826 mansion in the French Quarter, telling nearly 200 years of New Orleans history through the diverse families and individuals who called it home. Theis guide was updated in August 2026. Worth knowing before you search: the museum…

Gallier House, New Orleans: Ticket prices, hours, parking & visitor tips

Gallier House is a meticulously restored 1860 Victorian townhome in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, designed by architect James Gallier Jr. as his own family residence. This guide was updated in August 2026. Adult admission to see it is now $20 for a…

Visiting Audubon Zoo, New Orleans: Parking, prices, hours & visitor tips

Audubon Zoo is a 58-acre zoo in Uptown New Orleans, home to more than 2,000 animals within historic Audubon Park. Two of its best-known exhibits, Wings of the World and the Reptile Encounter, are currently closed while the zoo builds a new dinosaur exhibit in…

Mardi Gras World, New Orleans: Complete guide with hours, prices & tips

Mardi Gras World is a working float-building studio and visitor attraction at the Port of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana. This guide covers current opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical tips for a first-time visit. This guide was updated in…

New Orleans Jazz Museum: Complete guide with hours, prices & tips

The New Orleans Jazz Museum is a music history museum inside the historic Old U.S. Mint, at 400 Esplanade Avenue on the edge of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. This guide covers current opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical…

The Cabildo, New Orleans: Complete guide with hours, prices & tips

The Cabildo is a Louisiana State Museum history museum on Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans. This guide covers current opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical tips for a first-time visit. This guide was updated in August 2026.…

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans: Complete guide with hours, prices & tips

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art is an art museum in the Warehouse Arts District of New Orleans, Louisiana. This guide covers current opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical tips for a first-time visit. This guide was updated in August 2026.…

Southern Food and Beverage Museum, New Orleans: Complete guide with hours, prices & tips

The Southern Food and Beverage Museum (SoFAB) is a culinary history museum in the Central City neighbourhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. This guide covers current opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical tips for a first-time visit. This guide was checked and…

Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, New Orleans: Complete guide for first-time visitors

The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience traces more than three hundred years of Jewish life across the American South, in the heart of New Orleans' Arts District. The museum only moved to this Howard Avenue location in 2021, having previously been based in Mississippi,…