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Ranked by traveller reviews: 1) a French Quarter history walk, 2) a swamp airboat tour, 3) the Steamboat Natchez jazz cruise, 4) a ghost, vampire or voodoo tour after dark, 5) St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, 6) the Garden District by St. Charles streetcar, 7) a Creole food tour — gumbo, po’boys, beignets, 8) Oak Alley or the Whitney Plantation, 9) live jazz on Frenchmen Street and at Preservation Hall, 10) the National WWII Museum.

Three days: the French Quarter and Frenchmen Street, then a swamp or swamp-and-plantation day, then the Garden District, a food tour and a sunset river cruise. Add a fourth for the National WWII Museum, City Park and the Bywater murals, or for Mardi Gras World and a cocktail tour.

The French Quarter and Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, Royal Street’s buskers and galleries, live music on Frenchmen Street (many bars have no cover), the Moon Walk and Crescent Park along the river, City Park’s oaks and sculpture garden, the Historic New Orleans Collection museum, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 from the gate, and the Garden District mansions on a self-guided walk. The St. Charles streetcar costs $1.25.

Oak Alley and the Whitney Plantation on River Road (about an hour; many tours combine one with a swamp ride), a swamp airboat at Jean Lafitte or Honey Island (45 minutes to an hour), Baton Rouge and the Old State Capitol (80 minutes), Avery Island and the Tabasco factory (2.5 hours), Lafayette and Cajun country (2.5 hours) and the Mississippi Gulf Coast beaches at Bay St. Louis (an hour). See our day trips page for bookable tours.

Frenchmen Street for live jazz, blues and brass bands in a dozen clubs, Preservation Hall’s 45-minute acoustic sets (book ahead), a ghost or vampire walking tour of the Quarter, the Steamboat Natchez dinner jazz cruise, a cocktail history tour (the Sazerac was invented here), Bourbon Street if you must, and the Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone.

Winter is mild (50s–60s °F) and it is Carnival season: parades run from Twelfth Night (6 January) to Mardi Gras day, peaking in the last two weeks. December has Réveillon dinners, Celebration in the Oaks lights in City Park and Christmas caroling in Jackson Square. Swamp tours run year-round but alligators are sluggish in the coldest weeks; plantation, food, ghost and museum tours are unaffected.

A swamp airboat tour (most take children from about four), the Audubon Zoo and Aquarium of the Americas, the Insectarium, riding the St. Charles streetcar, beignets at Café du Monde, a daytime steamboat cruise, Mardi Gras World’s float warehouse, City Park’s Storyland and Carousel Gardens, and the Louisiana Children’s Museum. Ghost tours have family-friendly early slots.

October to November and March to May: warm days, low humidity, and festivals — French Quarter Fest in April, Jazz Fest in late April to early May. Mardi Gras (February or early March) is unforgettable but hotels triple. June to September is hot, humid and hurricane season, but cheap.

Yes — it is the second most-booked experience in the city and the one visitors say surprised them most. Airboats are fast and loud and get close to the gators; covered pontoon boats are calmer and better for photos and small children. Most tours include hotel pickup and take about four hours door to door.