A Shot on Frenchmen Street, Then the LaLaurie House
A guided ghost walk from a Frenchmen Street bar to the LaLaurie house on Royal Street and a bar stop on Bourbon.
This walk mixes ghost stories with bar stops. It starts outside the Rambler on Frenchmen Street, where the host hands out the one shot your ticket includes. From there it crosses into the French Quarter for the LaLaurie house on Royal Street, a stop at Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop on Bourbon, and the backstreets around the Andrew Jackson Hotel.
Only adults 21 and over can book, and the operator's FAQ says valid ID is required. Plan on about two hours.
The ticket covers a local guide, that one shot, Mardi Gras beads, and discounts on drinks. Every drink after the first shot is on your own tab. The operator's booking system tells guests to mention the tour to the Rambler's bartender for 20 percent off drinks there. Gratuities are not included, and the operator's FAQ calls tipping the guide customary and optional.
Ghost Tour and Haunted Pub Crawl Party with Free ShotTwo-hour ghost walk and bar crawl from Frenchmen Street into the French Quarter, ages 21 and up, one shot includedwww.viator.comA Haunted House That Was Once a Saloon
The house at 1140 Royal Street is the listing's headline stop, and you see it from the sidewalk; the operator's page describes this part as standing outside. Its recorded history needs no help. In April 1834 a fire at Delphine LaLaurie's Royal Street mansion revealed seven enslaved people who had been starved, tortured and chained, and a mob nearly demolished the house afterward.
Much of the gore you may hear came later. Ghost books written more than a century after the fire added details the records of 1834 do not support. The house also had a drinking life of its own. A Detroit Photographic Company print of it from the early 1900s shows a ground-floor sign for the Haunted Saloon, offering beer, oysters, wines and liquors.
Lafitte's, Where the Pirate Story Is Legend
The listing gives 30 minutes to Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, on the corner of Bourbon and St. Philip streets, and frames it as the bar where pirates plotted. The building is the real thing. The National Park Service lists it as a National Historic Landmark, designated in 1970, and dates it to the late 1700s. The pirate part is softer: the privateer Jean Lafitte's link to the building comes from legend, and no document ties him to it. Drinks here are on you.
Nine Stops on the Operator's Own List
The booking listing names four stops and a finish. The operator's own page for this tour lists nine points of interest: the Old U.S. Mint hang tree, the site of Theophilus Freeman's slave pen, the LaLaurie house, Lafitte's, the Andrew Jackson Hotel, MRB, which it calls Mary's Brothel, a house it links to Interview with the Vampire, the Old Ursuline Convent and the Dragon's Den. Read the longer list as what a guide may work in, since the listing only commits to its four.
Pick Your Hour Around Halloween
As of October 20, 2026, the booking calendar showed four departures on Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31, at 5:00 PM, 7:30 PM, 7:45 PM and 8:00 PM, while some weeknights carried only the 8:00 PM. Sunset in New Orleans on October 31 is at 6:15 PM, so the 5:00 PM group starts in daylight. Clocks fall back on November 1 and sunset moves to about 5:15 PM. Choose 7:30 PM or later if you want the whole route in the dark.
One booking takes up to 14 travelers. The listing marks the walk wheelchair accessible on all surfaces, while the operator's own pages say nothing specific about the route; its FAQ asks guests with mobility needs to raise them in advance.
📍 Meet outside the Rambler at 507 Frenchmen Street, 10 to 15 minutes early, since the operator's FAQ says tours leave on time. The map pin marks that meeting point at the Rambler; the listing ends the walk at MRB Bar & Kitchen, 515 St. Philip Street. Cancel at least 24 hours ahead for a full refund, and know that the listing lets the operator call off a departure for bad weather or too few travelers. Bring ID, and keep a camera ready on the backstreets near the Andrew Jackson Hotel, where the listing tells you to try catching a ghost on film.