Le Monde Creole

Rosemary guided us through the French Quarter bringing the history of New Orleans to life for us! Rosemary introduced us to locals, interesting architecture, and historic characters that contributed to what New Orleans is today. Thank you Rosemary and Le Monde Creole!

I had found Le Mode Creole online while researching how to see courtyards and gardens in the French Quarter. I am so glad we took this tour as opposed to trying to find these things on our own. Bill was extremely friendly and answered my e-mails and phone calls right away. He met us in the French Quarter where the wonderful Rosemary then led our small group of 7 people on a very informative and authentic walking tour of hidden places. I had been to New Orleans before, but always for work. At night I would wander around and eavesdrop on the other tour groups I would see crowded on the sidewalk while the guide shouted ghost stories and places where Tom and Brad filmed Interview with a Vampire.Not this tour! Rosemary is a true local and literally had the keys to beautiful courtyards and gardens, including the ones behind St. Louis Cathedral and the Pharmacy Museum to name a few. We also saw the tomb of Marie Laveau in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 (which you cannot enter at all without a tour guide). All of this while learning the rich history of New Orleans and its people.This is a fascinating, informative, and extremely well done tour and since they keep the groups smaller, much more personal than anything else you could take in the city.I cannot recommend this one enough!*The our also includes a bathroom stop at a lovely visitor's center (I think it used to be a train station)

Like Zoolander, I'm not an ambi-turner. I can barely tell my left from right ("Your other left is a phrase that is often repeated to me), I honestly have no idea what people talking about when they say NE, NW, SW, SE, and the compass app on my phone is completely useless. Basically I'm telling you, I could not walk my way out of a paper bag.So when the boy surprised me with an impromptu trip to New Orleans for my birthday we spent our first day wandering the streets with no real places to go. Sure it's a wonderful city but we had a limited amount of time, places to go, and most importantly things to eat. It was time to call in the professionals. I emailed Le Monde Creole at 2 am in the morning to book a two and half hour tour of the city.Yeah it's touristy, but I highly suggest taking a walking tour. This trip helped us take in the culture better and also plan the rest of our trip there!I could not be happier with our host Bill, a local with a knack for storytelling. His musical, lilting voice took us into the story of the a Creole French family in the 19th century. Let me tell you, this is no American Girl story. The Lacoul Family had everything you could ever want: sex, intrigue, violence and scandal! I held on to every single word. For a girl who was diagnosed with ADD by a psychic at her high school graduation (another story, another day) this is quite the feat.I highly, highly recommend this tour. Besides the story you will also get to check out some private New Orleans courtyards (including one where an American Horror Story scene was filmed!), cemeteries (and see the NIcholas Cage future burial place), pharmacies, houses, etc!

I LOVE city walking tours. I think it's a great way to introduce yourself to a city. The service was great from the beginning - I had to cancel because we were not positive we would make it but we were told if we could make they would love to have us - WE MADE IT. BTW - if you have AAA you get a discount. Ina was our tour guide. She gave us such a great overview of the history of New Orleans and this tour covered quite a bit. The courtyards (which you may not be able to see without a tour), the cemetery, the French quarter. Really great. START your trip out with a tour so you can get a local flavor of the city.

This is the 2nd time I've taken this tour. Bill was the guide both times (the 1st was 3 years ago) And it was a great walk and tour to visit again. Bill is such a knowledgeable and enjoyable guide. He makes the world of the French Quarter during the 19th century come alive . He answers questions and involves you in understanding the world it used to be, that this family inhabited.

Yay!This is a great tour for anyone wanting to get a taste of the history of the Quarter and also if you want to get access to St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.Bill was a great tour guide. He gave us some great background and told us a few stories and took us through several courtyards and eventually to the cemetery. It was an educational tour (without being boring) with visual aids and plenty of sites to see. We even met Iko, a cockatoo, towards the end of our tour.I would have given 5 stars except for two little snafus. One: it took over a week to get a response to my reservation inquiry (via the form on the website) and two: our tour was actually cancelled due to inclement weather but we were never informed and they had my phone number and email. However, to make it up to us, the guide only charged us $15 each the next day (instead of the full $25) which was rather generous. Lucky for us, my friend and I were pretty quick on our feet and managed to rearrange our schedule a bit so we weren't overly affected by this change (we were only in NOLA for 72 hours).

This was my first visit to New Orleans, and I thought a walking tour would be a great introduction to the City. Ina was our guide, and she has the gift of story telling that makes the history of New Orleans come alive.Thank you Ina for creating a memorable experience of my trip to New Orleans. I look forward to a return visit.

I work in the French Quarter & people ask me all the time to recommend tours, after going on this tour with Bill, he gets my full backing. The tour is 2-1/2 hours and follows the family of Laura Locoul, of Laura Plantation, through the French Quarter and over into St Louis #1 to see the family crypt. Bill is engaging and knowledgeable, he's done an incredible amount of research on this family as well as the culture of the city during the time period being described. As a New Orleanian myself, I didn't expect to learn much about the local history, but I certainly did! Any questions I asked of Bill, he had an answer for or something to add- even about my own neighborhood! He was so good, I almost regretted not taking notes!If you're coming to New Orleans, or even if you live here and have company coming into town, this is THE tour I'd recommend.

Best tour of the city by far! Recommended by a friend and so informative. Friendly guides give tours in English or French. We stopped in some lovely private courtyards that only Le Monde Creole tours has access to. I'd recommend this tour to everyone visiting Nola!

We found Le Monde Creole via Yelp and it didn't disappoint. What I really liked was that much of the tour took place in quiet, out of the way spots. Our tour organizer did an excellent job presenting an overview of New Orleans, cultural fun facts and the story about the Creole family. It was fun ducking into beautiful courtyards and hearing stories that took me back to another time.