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What to see in New Orleans on foot

50 sights worth the detour, all walkable, all offline.

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New Orleans is a city made for walking. This self-guided guide maps 50 of its sights worth the detour — landmarks, historic sites, museums and galleries, parks and gardens and public art — the places locals point to and the tour buses skip, close enough to string into a single day on foot. Download the New Orleans pack in Voyage GO before you go and the whole route works offline: no roaming, no dead battery from a live map. Every monument, viewpoint and park you pass quietly fills your travel passport.

Landmarks5

  1. 1Steamboat NatchezNatchez has been the name of several steamboats, and four naval vessels, each named after the city of Natchez, Mississippi or the Natchez people.
  2. 2Madame John's LegacyMadame John's Legacy is a historic house museum at 632 Dumaine Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
  3. 3Bourbon StreetBourbon Street is a historic street in the heart of the French Quarter of New Orleans.
  4. 4Esoterica Occult Goods
  5. 5Royal Carriages

Historic Sites12

  1. 6French QuarterThe French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré, is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans.
  2. 7Café du MondeCafé du Monde is an open-air coffee shop located on Decatur Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
  3. 8Joan of ArcJeanne d'Arc is an 1874 French gilded bronze equestrian sculpture of Joan of Arc by Emmanuel Frémiet.
  4. 9Jackson SquareJackson Square, formerly the Place d'Armes (French) or Plaza de Armas (Spanish), is a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
  5. 10Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis King of FranceThe Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, also called St.
  6. 11NORTA 2: Canal at Carondelet → French MarketThe Riverfront Streetcar Line is a streetcar route in New Orleans, Louisiana, operated by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA).
  7. 12Lower Pontalba BuildingThe Pontalba Buildings form two sides of Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
  8. 13Upper Pontalba BuildingThe Pontalba Buildings form two sides of Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
  9. 14NORTA 2: French Market → Canal at BourbonThe Riverfront Streetcar Line is a streetcar route in New Orleans, Louisiana, operated by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA).
  10. 15Faulkner House Books
  11. 16Moonwalk
  12. 17Place de Henriette Delille

Museums & Galleries11

  1. 181850 HouseThe Louisiana State Museum's 1850 House is an antebellum row house furnished to represent life in mid-nineteenth-century New Orleans.
  2. 19The CabildoThe Cabildo, originally called "Casa Capitular", is a historical building in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  3. 20New Orleans Historic Voodoo MuseumNew Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum is a voodoo museum in New Orleans, United States.
  4. 21Backstreet Cultural MuseumThe Backstreet Cultural Museum is a museum in New Orleans, Louisiana's Tremé neighborhood, founded by Sylvester Francis.
  5. 22New Orleans African American MuseumThe New Orleans African American Museum (NOAAM) is a museum in New Orleans, Louisiana's visiting Tremé neighborhood, the oldest-surviving black community in the United States.
  6. 23Hermann-Grima HouseThe Hermann–Grima House is a historic house museum in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
  7. 24New Orleans Pharmacy MuseumThe New Orleans Pharmacy Museum is a museum located in the French Quarter of New Orleans that showcases the world of early pharmacies and medicine and describes development of the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare practices in the 19th century.
  8. 25The PresbytèreThe Presbytère is an architecturally important building in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
  9. 26Louisiana State Museum Library
  10. 27Museum of Death
  11. 28The Historic New Orleans Collection - Williams Research Center

Parks & Gardens5

  1. 29Congo SquareCongo Square is an open space, now within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street north of the French Quarter.
  2. 30Woldenberg Riverfront ParkWoldenberg Park is a park in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  3. 31Cabrini Playground
  4. 32Louis Armstrong ParkLouis Armstrong Park is a 32-acre (130,000 m2) park located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street from the French Quarter.
  5. 33Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and PreserveJean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve protects the natural and cultural resources of Louisiana's Mississippi River Delta region.

Public Art17

  1. 34Andrew JacksonAndrew Jackson is a bronze equestrian statue by Clark Mills mounted on a white marble base in the center of Lafayette Square within President's Park in Washington, D.C., just to the north of the White House.
  2. 35Angela King Gallery
  3. 36New Orleans Holocaust Memorial
  4. 37Bienville monument
  5. 38Monument to the Immigrant
  6. 39Old Man River
  7. 40Ocean Song
  8. 41Sacred Heart of Jesus
  9. 42Instrument Men Fountain
  10. 43Jacques the Butcher
  11. 44Michelle
  12. 45Martha - A Market Customer
  13. 46Window into the Past, French Market Yesteryear
  14. 47Al "Jumbo" Hirt
  15. 48Pete Fountain
  16. 49Irma Thomas
  17. 50Antoine "Fats" Domino

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