Garden District Tour

When American merchants arrived in New Orleans after the Louisiana Purchase, the Creole elite wanted nothing to do with them. So they built their own city. The Garden District is what happened when money, ambition, and a burning need to prove a point collided: block after block of Greek Revival and Italianate mansions designed to say, loudly, that the Americans had won. This two-hour walking tour follows that story through the architecture, the streets, and the secrets most guides skip entirely. Small groups of no more than nine people. No crowds. No rushing.