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Things to Do in New Orleans: Tours, Tickets & Experiences
New Orleans runs on music, food and stories, and its tours lean into all three: steamboats on the Mississippi, swamp boats through the bayous, and walking tours that treat the French Quarter like the layered place it is.
This guide groups the bayou, river, food and after-dark experiences that make a New Orleans trip more than Bourbon Street.
Top experience categories in New Orleans
French Quarter & Ghost Tours
History walks, haunted tours and cemetery visits with local storytellers.
See optionsRiverboat Jazz Cruises
Steamboat cruises on the Mississippi with live jazz and dinner options.
See optionsGood to know before you book
- Swamp tours are at their best in the morning, before the heat flattens the wildlife.
- Book cemetery tours in advance — access rules mean they are guided-only.
- Festival weekends (Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest) sell out everything; book months ahead.
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