New Orleans Bywater Self-Guided Audio Tour

Discover Bywater on a self-guided New Orleans audio tour that trades the French Quarter’s spectacle for the character of an evolving neighborhood. Once a working-class area, Bywater is now home to artist-run collectives, new bars and restaurants, and music venues.

Follow GPS directions through streets rich with natural, historical, and easily overlooked details. The walk focuses on the neighborhood’s noncommercial daytime side, with poetry woven into the experience and time to pause beside the Mississippi River, whose curve gives New Orleans its crescent shape. Explore at your own pace, with offline audio and maps available through the VoiceMap app.

Begin beside the Homer Plessy memorial plaque at Royal and Press Streets, an easy 15-minute walk from the French Quarter. Install the app and enter the code on your confirmation ticket before you arrive. Set out whenever you’re ready and experience New Orleans Bywater through its stories, streets, and riverfront.