Neighborhood 48H guide
Tremé: Where to Stay & What to Do in 48 Hours
Congo Square, St. Augustine Church, Mardi Gras Indian suits at the Backstreet museum and gumbo at Dooky Chase’s.
Tremé, just across Rampart Street from the French Quarter, is one of the oldest Black neighborhoods in the United States and a cradle of jazz, brass bands and second lines. It is home to Armstrong Park and Congo Square, St. Augustine Church and the Backstreet Cultural Museum.
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Photo: Infrogmation · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Why stay here
You can walk to the Quarter in minutes, but you sleep in a residential neighborhood with deep roots.
Who it's for: Music and history travelers, and visitors who want culture over nightlife.
Pros
- Walk to the French Quarter
- Rich music and cultural history
- Quieter than the Quarter
Cons
- Very few hotels; mostly small guesthouses
- Fewer restaurants
- Some blocks are quiet and dark at night
48H in Tremé
Congo Square, a museum, Creole lunch.
10:00 – Armstrong Park & Congo Square
Where enslaved and free Africans gathered to drum and dance on Sundays.
11:30 – Backstreet Cultural Museum
Mardi Gras Indian suits and second-line history. Open Tuesday–Saturday.
13:00 – Lunch at Dooky Chase’s
Leah Chase’s Creole restaurant, with fried chicken and gumbo.
16:00 – St. Augustine Church
Founded in 1841 by free people of color and enslaved Africans.
Named recommendations
Real places with links to their official site or a Maps place page. We do not invent hours, prices, or ratings.
Eat
Eat
Dooky Chase’s Restaurant
2301 Orleans Ave
Creole restaurant open since 1941; civil-rights meeting place.
Official site / map →
See / do
See / do
St. Augustine Church
1210 Governor Nicholls St
1841 parish church that has served Tremé’s Black Catholic community from the start.
Photo: Infrogmation · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →See / do
Backstreet Cultural Museum
1531 St Philip St
Mardi Gras Indian suits, Baby Dolls and second-line history.
Official site / map →
Outdoors
Outdoors
Louis Armstrong Park & Congo Square
701 N Rampart St
Park on Rampart Street including Congo Square, a birthplace of African American music.
Official site / map →
Where to stay
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Hotel · Expedia
New Orleans Guest House
1118 Ursulines Ave
14 rooms around a courtyard in an old Tremé house, a block from the Quarter.
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Vacation rentals
Prefer an apartment or whole home in this neighborhood? Browse Vrbo listings for Tremé.
New Orleans limits short-term rentals: whole-home rentals are banned in most of the French Quarter and capped in residential blocks. Book listings that show a city permit number.
Browse vacation rentals in Tremé on Vrbo →Other ways to spend 48 hours in New Orleans
- French Quarter — Jackson Square, beignets at Café du Monde, a muffuletta at Central Grocery and jazz at Preservation Hall.
- Marigny — Live music on Frenchmen Street, the night art market and Creole cottages under the oaks.
- Bywater — Crescent Park on the river, wine in Bacchanal’s backyard and a long brunch at Elizabeth’s.
- CBD / Canal Street — The Roosevelt’s Sazerac Bar, fried chicken at Willie Mae’s and the river at the foot of Canal.
- Warehouse / Arts District — The WWII Museum, Southern art at the Ogden, galleries on Julia Street and dinner at Cochon.
- Lower Garden District — Coliseum Square’s oaks, Magazine Street shops and the best sandwich at Turkey and the Wolf.
- Garden District / Uptown — Mansions under the oaks, Commander’s Palace, Lafayette Cemetery tours and the streetcar to Audubon Park.
- Mid-City / Bayou St. John — City Park’s oaks, NOMA’s sculpture garden, a po’boy at Parkway and the Canal streetcar back downtown.