Private Tour
Private Soul of NOLA 3-Hour Citywide Tour
Overview
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3 hours
Mobile ticket
Our most popular 3 hour driving tour is an overview of New Orleans, traveling in the comfort of our luxurious Honda Odyssey minivan. We'll start in the French Quarter, where the city’s colorful history began. We’ll continue to the Marigny and the Bywater, two charming downriver neighborhoods, and get a sense of their changing history through the centuries and in the 14 years since Hurricane Katrina. We’ll proceed up mansion-lined Esplanade Avenue towards Bayou St. John and to City Park, one of our nation’s oldest urban parks and home to the world’s largest stand of mature live oak trees. We will continue upriver along iconic St. Charles Avenue through the University area into the fabled Garden District. Approaching Canal Street, we’ll pass through the Warehouse Arts District, by the World War II Museum and the Central Business District. A condensed presentation, this tour is great for hot summer months, (we’re in air conditioning the whole time!) or for visitors short on time.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
What To Expect
French Quarter
We'll start in the French Quarter, where the city’s colorful history began.
Bywater
We’ll continue to the Marigny and the Bywater, two charming downriver neighborhoods, and get a sense of their changing history through the centuries and in the 14 years since Hurricane Katrina.
What‘s Included
3 hour city tour with a car.
Gratuities
Pickup points
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Options
Private City Tour
Pickup included
Reviews
41 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great Citywide Tour of NOLA!
Y6136AQdavidb,Dec 9, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had a great tour of NOLA! Cassandra showed us parts of the city that we haven't seen before while sharing lots of history and her deep knowledge of the area.
An excellent tour
914jaimieh,Jul 26, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00An excellent tour. The info was catered to our interests and we learned a ton. Even my 13yr old was entertained and that’s hard to do! 10/10 would go again
Exceptional Private Driving Tour of New Orleans
Cruiser16190121087,May 18, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our guide Cassandra from Soul of NOLA provided a superb driving tour tour of New Orleans! She is an exceptional guide who is highly knowledgeable about the city's history and culture. The entire experience (from online trip booking, to confirmations, to pick up & drop off) was highly professional. Our multi-generational group ranged in ages from 20 - 81, so we wanted a driving tour with the option to get out of the car several times for photos in the French Quarter & Garden District as well as a visit to Café du Monde for Beignets. Cassandra customized the trip with me over the phone, and was even willing to pick us up at the river dock where we had just finished a Viking Mississippi river cruise. The minivan was clean and comfortable and easy for the older passengers to get in and out of. Cassandra is very friendly and showed us the best of NOLA, before dropping us several hours later at the airport. We highly recommend her!
The Hostess with the Mostest
764valariel,Apr 3, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Cassandra provided us with a wonderful day. From the time she picked up our party of 6 on Girod Street, until we got dropped off for our afternoon lunch at Commander's Palace, the day was filled with excitement and ease. We had a private tour, which allowed us to curate our own day. We visited City Park, The Pitot House and Longue Vue. The day was gorgeous. We stopped by to have a drink at Hotel Henrietta, before ending at Commander's Palace. If you want gorgeous pictures, the lighting at Hotel Henrietta was amazing! The orange juice used in my mimosa tasted fresh squeezed! Thank you Cassandra and Soul of NOLA! As always, we will be back!
Great 3 hour private tour in Nola
FellowTraveler817329,Mar 18, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00My family and I decided to meet in NOLA for a vacation to get out of the cold. We saw the city wide tour offered as a private tour. We explained we were staying in the garden district agreed on a day and time frame. Soul of NOLA arrange for a comfortable van to pick us up where we met Carl our guide. He was knowledgeable about all the areas around NOLA. He, is a musician also and told us from his research what he learned and explained the history of the area and how music played a role. We walked around the garden district then changed to the French quarter. He talked about the history of all the areas and would ask us questions as it was an interactive tour. Very good 3 hour tour, great arrangements made for us and learned a lot.!! My family talked about it the rest of the time spent in the area.
Exceptionally Soulful Tour!
E3842ZQlaurenc,Jan 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I enthusiastically recommend Soul of NOLA! We have traveled to New Orleans three times now, and each time we have taken a tour of the city from a different company. Cassandra’s Soul of NOLA tour was, by far, the best. New Orleans is such a unique and fascinating place that only the perspective of a knowledgeable, passionate local can open a true appreciation of it. Before we even met, Cassandra replied promptly to our questions, and shared excellent recommendations for everything from restaurants to music venues. Her suggestions turned out to be perfect for what we wanted to experience in New Orleans. The tour itself was exceptional. There is no set script as we have found with other tours; Cassandra and her guides think of the tour as “a conversation”. Cassandra adapted her tour to our interests and the questions we raised along the way, making it especially interactive and engaging. We experienced the parts of the city we wanted to understand better (in our case, we focused on the French Quarter, Tremé, Louis Armstrong Park, Musicians’ Village, Marigny, and the Lower Ninth Ward). Her knowledge of the city’s history, culture, and music scene is impressive. We especially enjoyed learning things we didn’t know about Mardi Gras from someone who is actually in krewes herself. We were also very interested in the jazz scene, so at one point, Cassandra pulled over on Frenchmen Street to chat with a club owner she knew to ask about who was playing that night to see if she should send us there. If you believe that travel is about getting a better understanding of a culture from a human perspective, a Soul of NOLA tour can give you just that. You will walk away feeling something rare for a tourist to feel—a connection to the people of the city rather than simply its sights and statistics.
First class tour
250graemeh,Oct 3, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Absolutely first class tour, picked up from our hotel on time by Cassandra, driven around New Orleans and given a very informative, interesting and comprehensive guide to the city and its history. A must for any visitors.
Very Nice Tour thank you
susaninstlouis2014,Jun 21, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Very informative. Car very clean. Guide very thorough and took us all over. We saw things we had not ever seen before.we had not been to NO in a long time
Awesome way to experience NOLA
DayTrip790843,May 6, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The Soul of NOLA tour is well worth it and highly recommend! 1) The customer interaction by Cassandra before the trip was spot on. 2) Our guide Rene was fantastic. We did the 3 hour driving city tour and got a broad overview of the French Quarter, architecture, history, cemeteries, other neighborhoods, parks and so much more. Rene has some very deep roots in this city and spoke non-stop during the entire time giving us history, recommendations and other great tidbits of information. With his meteorology background, you can go deep in the geek with what happened during Hurricane Katrina. It was a great introduction to New Orleans for us and would do it or another tour with them the next time we are in New Orleans.
Incredible tour of NOLA!!
rhF9564DV,Apr 23, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I had the most amazing tour of NOLA learning history, architecture and culture!! Cassandra was incredibly knowledgeable and fun!!
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