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New Orleans · United States

Tours, tickets and day trips in New Orleans, LA

The best-reviewed tours and tickets with live prices, the sights with published visitor numbers, and the towns close enough for a day out.

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Top-rated experiences in New Orleans

The best-reviewed experiences in New Orleans from Viator, our tours partner: 692 to choose from, with the “from” price of each. You book on Viator, which takes payment and handles changes; free cancellation is marked where it applies.

All 692 experiences in New Orleans on Viator (opens viator.com in a new tab)

Prices are Viator’s “from” prices in US dollars as of 16 Sep 2026; the final price depends on date and group. We earn a commission on bookings made through these links, at no extra cost to you.

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What people come to see

Most-visited sights in New Orleans with published visitor numbers (Wikidata)
SightVisitors a yearYear
New Orleans Public Library1,136,9672015

The busiest is New Orleans Public Library at 1,136,967 visitors in 2015. Figures are the latest each site has published, so they are not all for the same year.

Day trips from New Orleans

Tours from New Orleans: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
New Orleans to Baton RougeUnited States120 km (75 mi)about 1 h 57 min
New Orleans to LafayetteUnited States189 km (118 mi)about 3 h 5 min
New Orleans to MobileUnited States212 km (132 mi)about 3 h 27 min
New Orleans to JacksonUnited States261 km (162 mi)about 4 h 15 min

Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.

Find things to do

Tours, tickets and day trips anywhere Viator sells them: pick a place, compare prices and reviews here, book on Viator.

Common questions

How do I book tours and tickets in New Orleans?

Through Viator, our tours partner. The experiences on this page are live from Viator with their “from” prices; you book on Viator, which takes payment and handles changes and refunds.

What is the most visited attraction in New Orleans?

New Orleans Public Library, with 1,136,967 visitors in 2015 (Wikidata).

How are the journey times on this page worked out?

From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.

Where these facts come from

  • GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
  • Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
  • OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
  • Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines

Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.