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Katrina Rescue Boat

    Long ago, when this tour guide was a kid, the entrance to the Presbytere was home to a Civil War submarine. Today the entrance holds another, more modern boat: One that rescued 3,000 people from rooftops after Hurricane … Read More »

St. Charles Masterpiece

INSIDE A ST. CHARLES MASTERPIECE: The Columns Hotel   The Columns Hotel was built in 1883 for a Jewish tobacco magnate who moved his family to New Orleans. For his home, to be located in fashionable Uptown along the famous St. Ch… Read More »

Forget Shades of Gray

Gray Line New Orleans Unveils Sleek New Look for Fleet Forget Shades of Gray - The new look for 2013 is Blue.   If you love blue, take a walk down to where Toulouse Street meets the Mississippi. Across from the NATCHEZ and below the … Read More »

Gray Line & the Oscars

Tour guides on Gray Line’s plantation and swamp tours have something new to talk about: Oscar Buzz. On the way to tours of both Laura and Oak Alley Plantations, the bus drives right past Evergreen Plantation. The home was used as one of… Read More »

Mardi Gras Parades

This year the Sheraton New Orleans, 500 Canal St., will be offering admission to their Mardi Gras parade viewing stands. Gray Line will sell the tickets for the viewing stands through our reservation system. You can make reservations by p… Read More »

COMPANY'S COMING: GRAY LINE GUIDES PREPARE FOR SUPER BOWL

  A table set as if awaiting guests at Laura Planation, a tour offered to Super Bowl guests!   “We’re expecting record crowds for Super Bowl XLVII,” says Adrienne, Marketing Director for Gray Line of NO.&nbs… Read More »

Pirate Tour Kicks off Battle of New Orleans Commemoration

New Orleans, the rich port city that the British attempted to invade in 1814 at the tail end of The War of 1812, is conducting a lavish dress rehearsal for an international bicentennial event to be held in two years. On January 8 the Chalmette Cha… Read More »