Adjacent to the French Quarter district in New Orleans is Treme' (pronounced Tre-May), the oldest African-American neighborhood in the USA. The New Orleans Treme' Walking Tour takes in the major landmarks and locales of this cultural watershed, stopping at Storyville and Congo Square, while discussing jazz greats such as Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews and Alphonse Picou.

Explore the local streets on a walking tour of the city
Informative, friendly and professional guide

What's Included

Professional guide

Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Gratuities
Food and drinks
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting And Pickup

Meeting point

Voodoo Lounge
718 N Rampart St, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA
Departure Point: Voodoo Lounge Address: 718 North Rampart Street New Orleans LA 70116 Dates: Daily

Start time

10:30 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Storyville District

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

French Quarter Phantoms

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Tour Treme'

50 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Be ready to have fun and please wear comfortable shoes. You may bring your camera. No Videotaping please. All tours run rain or shine.
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Reviews

5.0

102 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews

Reviews by Viator travelers.

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Our guide Yah Yah...

Alvin_F, May 2023

Our guide Yah Yah Universe knew the history of Treme and did an excellent job bringing it to life. My wife and I were captivated with the information shared.

Response from Host, May 2023

Thanks so much, we're thrilled you and your pup had a wonderful time with our expert story teller, Yahyah and the Yahyah Universe! We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review and for choosing French Quarter Phantoms and cant wait to entertain you again on your next visit to New Orleans! Stay spooky! Natasha

Great tour with an amazing guide!!

Janet_M, Apr 2023

Yahyah was AMAZING !! She was so knowledgeable and told her stories with such passion. The history of the ‘Treme district and the music of New Orleans was beautifully entwined in her presentation. It was entertaining, educational and at times heartbreaking. We would take a tour with her again and again. Thank you Yahyah for a wonderful experience!!❤️❤️❤️

Response from Host, Apr 2023

Thanks so much, we're thrilled you had a wonderful time with our expert story teller, Yahyah and the Yahyah Universe! We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review and for choosing French Quarter Phantoms and cant wait to entertain you again on your next visit to New Orleans! Stay spooky! Natasha

Truly great!

Casey_S, Apr 2023

Yah yah was incredible!!! Truly lucky to meet her and hear her stories and wealth of music and the treme neighborhood!!! Abolutley wonderful experience!

Response from Host, Apr 2023

We're thrilled you enjoyed your time with us and Yahyah! And for taking a moment to leave a review for us! We'll see you next visit back to New Orleans!! Stay Spooky, Natasha

Excellent tour of the Treme

Pam_C, Mar 2023

Yah-Yah our guide was great! Knowledge and entertaining. The music she shared with us helped tell the story

Response from Host, Mar 2023

We're thrilled you enjoyed your time with us in the Yahyah Universe! Thanks also for leaving us a review and for choosing French Quarter Phantoms!! We look forward to entertaining you again on your next visit to NOLA! Natasha

Unfinished tour through Treme.

lucy_g, Aug 2022

Phil was our tour guide. He was magnificent. I loved the way he truly walked us through the history of Treme using music that was hung around his neck. It was quite an informative and interesting tour. Unfortunately, we could not finish the tour since someone in our party felt ill. This was quite a shame since it was so good. When we go back, this is a tour we will definitely repeat.

Response from Host, Aug 2022

We're so sorry you weren't able to complete our Treme tour with Phil. Hopefully we'll have the opportunity again next time you're here to visit.

Treme walking tour

Shaunita_M, Aug 2022

If you want to know more history of the Treme- I highly recommend this walking tour. Phil was an excellent tour guide!! Very knowledgeable! It was a great, eye-opening experience!!! Thanks Phil!!!

St Augustine church talk...

sharon_s, Aug 2022

St Augustine church talk was most enlightening.Entire tour was historic.Tour was rain or shine we were prepared effectively.We ran late but they accomadated us and it all worked out.

Philip was great!

Jocelyn_T, May 2022

Phillip was a delightful tour guide. He provided good information and history about the Treme neighborhood. If you are interested in socio-economic history this is the tour to take.z

Excellent tour

Siri_A, May 2022

Phill was a great tour guide. I've done a handful of tours in New Orleans and this may have been my favorite. I loved learning about Treme, jazz and music history, civil rights history and more. The tour even ended near a Second line that was just about to begin, which was an amazing experience. Thank you

Highly recommend

Requita_D, May 2022

We had a great experience with Phil, our tour guide. The tour was very informative and insightful. Would highly recommend.

1 traveler found this review helpful

Fantastic day in Treme

Nadia_M, May 2022

Erin is a fantastic tour guide and we were so lucky to have her guide us around Treme. Her passion, criticial analysis, and deep knowledge in history and anthropology really shines. She went above and beyond and made our tour truly special. I learned so much and had such an amazing experience.

Yes yes yes would recommend

Janet_P, Apr 2022

Our guide Andrea was fantastic. She gave us a lot of great info about jazz greats and the neighborhood

DO IT

tlwhouseofcare, Apr 2022

A MUST DO! I went with my 16yr old son. Andrea our guide was GREAT! She was very knowledgeable took the time to explain as well as answer questions. My son was engaged as much as me. The day prior I was across the street and said we could have done it on our own. Glad we did’nt. She took us for a bathroom break inside a shop which gave us a opportunity to try the food there. Overall it was a great experience. If you could request your guide ANDREA.

Tremé tour with Erin

Rose_C, Apr 2022

Erin our tour guide was so interesting to listen to and really informative. I was hoping for a real, truthful telling of the history of Tremé, including about the gentrification, as well as history of Jazz. That's exactly what I got. She did not sugar coat it and I really appreciated that.

We booked online 2 days...

Emmanuella_S, Jan 2022

We booked online 2 days prior but when we arrived no one was there. After calling, they said they didn’t see anyone booked so they canceled the tour. This was a birthday gift gone wrong

Response from Host, Jan 2022

Our apologies. This was human error and totally our fault. We accidentally placed your reservation under our Cemetery tour and thinking we had no one for Tour Treme on a near freezing morning, we called the guide off. When you reached out we offered any of our other tours and even searched the internet for you to see if another company offered a Treme tour but alas, were unable to find one. At that point we immediately issued a refund. I do hope the rest of your birthday was better.

Hooray Treme

Leslye_A, Nov 2021

Our experience walking through the Treme neighborhood and learning about the history of music in New Orleans was wonderful

Great Tour

Nilajah_S, Nov 2021

Our tour guide was knowledgeable and engaging. We would take other tours from this company! I learned a great deal and had fun doing so…

This Treme tour ROCKS!!!

Letitia_P, Aug 2021

This tour was EXCELLENT! Our tour guide, Malika (hope I spelled her name correctly), was very knowledgeable about the history of Treme`. We also got to witness a second line, which was great to see how a life is celebrated!

Awesome

Mattie_J, Aug 2021

Malika was very knowledgeable about the tour of Treme. I'm sure I'm spelling her name wrong please forgive me. It was a great tour she made it so interesting. She's a 10+ score of a tour guide.. Definitely will be taking tour next visit!!!🌈🌻🎆 Thanks again 😷😀

Cultural tour of Treme area

Mary_S, Apr 2021

Favorite part of malika’s tour was Congo square in Armstrong park. Also enjoyed the Treme walking tour, where we discussed the impacts of gentrification post-Katrina. The emphasis on and discussion of the musical and artistic heritage of New Orleans was much appreciated.