New Orleans Italian Language Tours

Overview

Take a walk with us down lower Decatur Street, the “main street” of what was once known as Little Italy and once home to landmark Sicilian owned businesses and restaurants, catering to neighborhood people as well as to French Market vendors and shoppers. We will visit the French Market, once the focal point of Sicilian New Orleans, the premiere landmark in our Sicilian/Italian narrative. You will see St. Louis Cathedral and St. Mary’s Italian Church, the geographical and once religious center of the Italian and Sicilian community. You will hear the stories of influential Italians in New Orleans, such as the Vaccaro brothers of Standard Fruit, the Uddo family of Progresso Foods and the Cusimano family who built the largest macaroni factory in America. We will introduce you to Mother Francesca Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants, the Black Hand Mafia, Creole red gravy, the foundation of Creole Italian foods, and retell the account of the largest lynching in U.S. history.

City: New Orleans

Sun 23 Feb

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Starting at $255.00

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Sun 23 Feb

Starting at $255.00

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What's Included

Local guide

Professional guide

Additional Info

Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
We are volunteer tour guides for the Friends Of The Cabildo & The Louisiana State Museum. We are members of the Tour Guide Association of Greater New Orleans, New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau & Save Our Cemeteries. We are registered tour operators for St. Louis Cemetery #1.
The Italians have made a strong contribution to the fabric of New Orleans’ 300-year history yet Italian speaking Licensed New Orleans Tour Guides are rare and in high demand.
Our Language Tours are specialty tours and availabilities are based on available guides. We will not accept your booking until we are sure we can provide you with a fluent guide on the date(s) you are requesting. If a guide is not available on a certain day, or at a certain time, we will do our best to offer you alternatives that coincide with your visit. We will do this quickly, responding within 48 hours. The earlier you book with us the greater likelihood we will be able to confirm your original request.
Bring water, throw on a hat, wear comfortable shoes, and protect yourself from the rain.
Tours Rain or Shine. Can’t be held responsible for missed tours, no shows, and late arrivals - its New Orleans, it happens. Tours start as scheduled.
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Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff

What To Expect

French Quarter

This is the heart of the city, established in 1718 made to look like a European town and named after family and friends of Louis XIV, the Sun King of France. You’ll get introduced to people like the French Baroness de Pontalba, enterprising privateer Jean Lafitte, an Ursuline nun named Madeleine Hachard, and other characters who shaped the colorful history of New Orleans.

Garden District

A walk through an uptown residential neighborhood established 1832 after the Livaudais plantation land was subdivided. Wealthy merchants, planters, and bankers built gorgeous mansions surrounded by lush gardens amidst majestic live oak trees. Today, it is also home of several major movie stars such as actors John Goodman and Sandra Bullock.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Reviews (1)

Spockirk

Oct 2022

My husband and I were looking for an Italian speaking-guide for a private walking tour in NOLA and we found Graziella De Ayerdi. Graziella is a multi-lingual guide. She was simply amazing, she is a very experienced professional, empathetic and enthusiastic. She introduced us to this beautiful city, she told many facts and made us discover places that if we had discovered the city on our own we would never have been able to know. We higly recommend Graziella and its knowledge of the city and its history. Thanx for all. TOP RATING!!! FEDERICA & MASSIMILIANO

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