Welcome to Atlantis Tour Guides (the audio tour division of Tours by Foot). We are excited you chose to take our French Quarter self guided audio tour.
INSTRUCTIONS:
This is a self guided tour that you can take at any time. It is not date specific and you can listen to it as many times as you'd like.
Find the audio stops listed below. You can listen out of order if you chose but the verbal instructions to get between stops will follow our suggested map route.
Each stop has a Google Map link to ensure you can easily fine the next stop, but you can also use this embeddable Google Map.
You can also use this .pdf file of the written script if you want to read along.
You can use this map by clicking on the square in the upper right corner. It will then open your Google Maps app (you must have this app for the map to work) with the stops shown. You cannot download the self guided tour map, but if you'd like to use this map without data, be sure to leave this page open!
Jump to an option to use this tour data free...
SELF GUIDED AUDIO TOUR OF THE FRENCH QUARTER
If you prefer to get a quieter take on the neighborhood where you can focus on the scenery, then the morning is the ideal time; if you’re looking for a livelier experience with street music or stopping into shops, then daytime or early evening will work best. The neighborhood can also be beautiful by night, but for maximum safety and access to parks and other facilities that close in the evening, we recommend daytime for this tour.
If you’re planning on shopping or eating, it’s best to make sure you have some cash on hand – many businesses in the neighborhood only accept cash, and some of the best arts and crafts in the neighborhood are sold outdoors by street vendors. Plus, as great as our street musicians are, you probably won’t want to throw your credit card in their tip jar.
The tour begins in Washington Artillery Park, a raised park overlooking Jackson Square. The address is 768 Decatur Street. Being centrally located, it can be reached on foot from anywhere in or near the Quarter; the nearest public transit is the Riverfront Streetcar, which connects this area with the convention center, cruise ship terminals, and Riverwalk mall. Washington Artillery Park is accessible by ramp from either side; one ramp begins right by Café du Monde, the other by the intersection of Decatur and St. Peter Streets.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN...
We suggest you save this page to your home screen, making it easy for you to return to this page between stops. You can do this via the Add To Homescreen Button on your device.
STOPS:
Click on the stop name to hear the audio for each stop.
- Cafe du Monde (813 Decatur St - map)
- St. Louis Cathedral (615 Pere Antoine Alley - map)
- Creole Townhouses (Corner of Chartres & Wilkinson Street - map)
- Pharmacy Museum (514 Chartres St - map)
- Louis Supreme Court & Napoleon Building (500 Chartres St - map)
- Antoines Restaurant (713 St Louis St - map)
- St Anthony's Garden (600-698 Pere Antoine Alley - map)
- St Peter's Street (546-500 St Peter - map)
- Anne Rice House (1239 1st St - map)
- Madame Johns Legacy (632 Dumaine St - map)
- Voodoo Authentica (612 Dumaine St - map)
- Old Ursuline Convent (1112 Chartres St - map)
- Commander's Palace - (1403 Washington Ave - map)
Data Free Option
If you would like to listen to this data free, we suggest you download the .mp4 file below. This is an audio file that includes the entire tour in one go. You can download it depending on your device settings and it should appear in your Files.
The audio is one long file, but you will be given instructions to pause between stops.
Click here to open the AUDIO FILE OF ENTIRE TOUR.
Time Stamps for individual stops:
