Explore the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans to learn about the history of jazz and the civil rights movement. You'll visit a laundromat that’s been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as well as the Tomb of the Unknown Slave.

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Duration 87 minutes: Check availability to see starting times.
Live tour guide: English
Wheelchair accessible

Highlights

Discover the center of New Orleans Creole culture
Visit the birthplace of jazz and the modern brass band tradition
See locations from the HBO series "Tremé"

Full description

Take a guided walking tour of Tremé, the birthplace of New Orleans jazz and the center of the city’s Creole culture. Your licensed guide, a local historian, will tell you about this vibrant neighborhood’s African-American history and the rise of the civil rights movement. As you explore this area, you’ll visit St. Augustine Church, The Tomb of the Unknown Slave, and the only laundromat that made its way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Jelly Roll Morton, Alphonse Picou, and Trombone Shorty are just some of the New Orleans jazz greats who were born here. Along the way you’ll see locations from the set of the HBO series Tremé and learn about the city’s modern brass band tradition. Today this neighborhood is still home to musicians as well as artists and craftsmen who contribute to the development of the ongoing neighborhood story.

Includes

Tour conducted by a licensed guide who is a local historian

Food and beverages
Tips and gratuities

Covid-19 precautions

Safety measures in place

The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds

Traveler requirements

You are required to bring and wear a mask

Meeting point

The meeting point for the tour is The Voodoo Lounge, 718 N. Rampart St., on the corner of N. Rampart Street and Orleans Street. The tour starts from this point at the top of the French Quarter.

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Important information

What to bring

Comfortable shoes

Not allowed

Luggage or large bags

Know before you go

For your comfort we recommend comfortable walking shoes and sun protection
Ticket for the for Treme Petit Jazz Museum is included in the tour price

Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.8 /5

based on 82 reviews

Review summary

Guide
4.7/5
Value for money
4.8/5
Service
4.9/5
Organization
4.9/5

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The Tour Treme was exceptional. I highly recommend to all tourist and even residents of New Orleans. My wife’s from New Orleans and she learned so much new information about the City she wasn’t aware of. If you can please request Erin as your tour guide. She has so much knowledge of the tour above and beyond the average tour guide.

August 28, 2022

We thoroughly enjoyed this tour and the tour guide was great. I will be transparent and say it down poured during the second half of the tour and while everyone else in the group said they were okay to continue, (the tour guide did give us options), my cousin and I decided to head back to our hotel to get out of the rain as we were completely soaked. The first half of the tour was incredibly informative and even after five visits to New Orleans, I learned new information and history. I will definitely take the tour again so I can complete the entire experience. I would recommend this experience.

August 15, 2022

We had an excellent time on our tour of the Treme neighborhood! Our guide was very friendly and extremely knowledgeable about the neighborhood and New Orleans in general. I thought it was a nice touch that our guide played some music as we were walking from stop to stop to really help us get into the jazz spirit. Would definitely book with this company again the next time I'm in town (and the free hurricane at the end of the tour didn't hurt!)

July 25, 2022

Tour Tremé: African American & Creole History Tour

Tour Tremé: African American & Creole History Tour

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