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Gilded Grit: Women of the Vieux Carré Walking Tour
New Orleans
Important Information
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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The French Quarter has always belonged to its women—painted or pious, dangerous or divine, sometimes all at once.
We reveal the fiercely complex women who shaped the heart of New Orleans. Their names echo like hymns and hexes: Baroness Pontalba, Elizabeth Werlein, Madame LaLaurie, Marie Laveau, Saint Frances Cabrini, & Rose Nicaud.
The Baroness de Pontalba, who stamped her initials—and her vision—into the architecture of Jackson Square. Her story is one of defiance and civic rebirth.
The preservationist fire of Elizabeth Werlein - this woman's fire saved rather than destroyed.
Madame LaLaurie's horrors told not through haunted legend, but the cruelty of racial violence cloaked in wealt...
Highlights
1 hour and 45 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
1 hour and 45 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Licensed Tour Guides
Alcoholic Beverages
Government Fees
Meeting Points
Departure
702 Decatur St
702 Decatur Amphitheater Steps leading up to Washington Artillery Park between Cafe du Monde and Landry’s. Directly across from Jackson Square
Return
1020 St Ann St.
Tour will end close to where Marie Leveau's house was about a half block from Congo Square on St. Ann St.
Brief history of New Orleans founding, the stories of Baroness Pontalba, and Rose Nicaud.
15 minutes
2
Lalaurie Mansion
The real story of Madame & Dr. LaLaurie's horrors told not through haunted legend, but their cruelty of racial violence cloaked in wealth and elegance laid bare.
10 minutes
3
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar
Tour will have a break at Lafitte's
10 minutes
Gilded Grit: Women of the Vieux Carré Walking Tour
New Orleans
About
The French Quarter has always belonged to its women—painted or pious, dangerous or divine, sometimes all at once.
We reveal the fiercely complex women who shaped the heart of New Orleans. Their names echo like hymns and hexes: Baroness Pontalba, Elizabeth Werlein, Madame LaLaurie, Marie Laveau, Saint Frances Cabrini, & Rose Nicaud.
The Baroness de Pontalba, who stamped her initials—and her vision—into the architecture of Jackson Square. Her story is one of defiance and civic rebirth.
The preservationist fire of Elizabeth Werlein - this woman's fire saved rather than destroyed.
Madame LaLaurie's horrors told not through haunted legend, but the cruelty of racial violence cloaked in wealt...
Highlights
1 hour and 45 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
1 hour and 45 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Licensed Tour Guides
Alcoholic Beverages
Government Fees
Meeting Points
Departure
702 Decatur St
702 Decatur Amphitheater Steps leading up to Washington Artillery Park between Cafe du Monde and Landry’s. Directly across from Jackson Square
Return
1020 St Ann St.
Tour will end close to where Marie Leveau's house was about a half block from Congo Square on St. Ann St.
