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New Orleans Traditional City Tour with Citrus Orchard Visit
New Orleans Traditional City Tour with Citrus Orchard Visit
Price: $80 per person. Advance Registration Required.
Date: Wednesday, August 5
Time: 8 :00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
Leaves hotel promptly at: 8:00 A.M. Please arrive at the Canal Street Entrance 15 minutes in advance of departure time.
Please note that in case of insufficient registered participants, the tour will be cancelled and you will be fully refunded.
This tour starts with a fully narrated 3 hour complete historical city tour of New Orleans, and ends with the 1 hour orchard tour. Beginning in the French Quarter, you will get all the history and architecture of the old Creole city, Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, the Pontalba row houses, and an overall view of the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans. You will be driven by the French Market, the old U.S. Mint and the stately mansions along Esplanade Ave.Next, you will stop for a guided walking tour of historic St. Louis Cemetery #3 on Esplanade Avenue. Riding along peaceful Bayou St. John, you view houses from the late 1700's. You will drive through City Park to see the picturesque antique carousel and centuries old Louisiana live oaks.
Next is the stop for restrooms and refreshments: try the 'Cafe au Lait' and scrumptious 'beignets' at "Morning Call". (Refreshments cost not included). Along Lake Pontchartrain's shores, the levee system that protects both the city of New Orleans and surrounding areas of Southeast Louisiana is explained and the longest of all bridges, the Causeway, is seen. The tour continues with Uptown, the Universities, the 179 year old Streetcar line & St. Charles Avenue's grand colonial mansions and into the Garden District to show famous (maybe haunted?) historic homes; and then on to Downtown, around the Superdome and through the heart of the Arts and Museum district.
Finally, you will drive over to the west bank of the Mississippi River, arrive in Lower Coast Algiers for a guided tour of Isabelle's Orange Orchard, a 4 acre organic citrus farm.