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New Orleans Vice and Red Light District Walking Tour 2 hr

TourTruth score 7.5 out of 10

GoodTop 31% in New Orleans

14 reviews · Rated on 1 provider · How we score

  • New Orleans
  • 2 hrs
  • Updated November 2, 2026

Walk through 300 years of New Orleans vice and red-light district history, with vivid stories, historical images, and a group Polaroid to take home.

About this tour

Explore the hidden history behind New Orleans’ red lanterns, notorious madams, and storied districts on this small-group walking tour. Over two hours, follow the city’s history of vice across three centuries, from women sent to the colonies in the 1720s to powerful madams who ruled lavish “palaces of sin” a century later.

Your guide brings the stories to life with historical images and tales of the people who shaped this chapter of the city. The group is capped at 15 guests, giving you room to listen, ask questions, and take in the streets where these events unfolded. Along the way, you’ll get suggestions for historic cocktails, with a group Polaroid to take home as a keepsake. Drinks are not included.

New Orleans Vice and Red Light District Walking Tour offers a vivid look at a side of the city that rarely makes the history books. Meet at the corner of Chartres Street and Ursulines Avenue, by the brick wall of the BK House courtyard, and discover the stories behind the streets.

Highlights

  • Trace 300 years of New Orleans vice and red-light district history
  • Hear stories of women who shaped the city’s underworld
  • See historical images and take home a group Polaroid
  • Get suggestions for historic cocktails along the way

What's included

Included

  • 2-hour walking tour of the history of vice and red-light districts in New Orleans
  • Historical images
  • Take-home Polaroid of the group

Not included

  • Drinks at suggested cocktail stops

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Important information

  • Ages 18 and older
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Meet at the corner of Chartres St. and Ursulines Ave., by the brick wall of the BK House courtyard

How this score is calculated

This score is based on one provider. Viator rates it 4.93 from 14 reviews. We place that rating among all Viator ratings and weight it by its review count. If the tour is found on another provider later, both ratings are combined.

How the score works and rating distribution in New Orleans
  • Each provider rating is turned into a percentile: the share of that provider's ratings it beats, weighted by review counts.
  • Listings on different providers are combined in proportion to their review counts.
  • Tours with few reviews are pulled toward the average until more reviews come in, so a handful of perfect reviews can't top the list.
  • The result is shown from 0 to 10: this tour scores 7.5. Top 31% in New Orleans means it ranks in the top 31% of tours in New Orleans by this score.

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  • Viator

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