Reviews and Testimonials

G L-f de Villiers, The Very Best in New Orleans Historic Tours

Reviews and Testimonials

9/1/2013

The following comments are from TripAdvisor, Yelp, directly from guests, and various publications, as noted. Your comments are invited.

161 Comments

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8/6/2013 02:43:02 am

"My Cemetery Voodoo Tour was led by Glenn, and I enjoyed the experience very much. Knowledgeable and informative, he led us through the back-streets of the French Quarter, the infamous St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, Congo Square, and the Voodoo Spiritual Temple. Glenn gave us a great historical overview and details about each place...this was a fantastic tour."

G L-f de Villiers

9/11/2013 06:13:49 am

From TripAdvisor, May 2013

Trevor and Nicole

9/30/2016 05:58:24 am

Glenn doesn't just share his incredible knowledge of New Orleans, he also shares his fantastically loveable personality which lends the entire experience a feeling of intimacy - to the degree where you feel like Glenn is sharing secrets with you he's told no one else. Thank you Glenn, for giving my wife and I a very special experience of New Orleans!

Christine

10/30/2018 11:02:54 am

My husband and I also very much enjoyed Glenn's tour! He's knowledgeable about the history of some of New Orleans' most iconic haunts, and even though I lived there for over 20 years and my mother is from there, I learned a lot! I highly recommend you schedule this tour on your visit to NOLA! So fun!

GL-f de Villiers link

8/6/2013 04:34:58 am

A friend and I took the French Quarter tour and both thought it was terrific. The guide, a many-generations New Orleans resident, was very knowledgeable about the history and architecture of the area. Authentic historic details without any hokey embellishments.

G L-f de Villiers

9/11/2013 06:14:29 am

From TripAdvisor March, 2013

Glenn

8/6/2013 04:36:52 am

“Loved the Haunted Tour”
Reviewed April 7, 2013
We really enjoyed the haunted New Orleans tour on our first night in New Orleans. Our guide, Glenn, is a wonderful story teller. I loved that he told us about actual experiences he had had and people that he knew. He also set us straight about some stories that were not accurate or that had been combined with other stories. He really seemed to know what he was talking about and seemed to know his history of New Orleans. We had a wonderful time on this tour and would recommend it to others. It was such a great way to start our New Orleans adventure.

G L-f de Villiers

9/11/2013 06:14:55 am

From TripAdvisor

Glenn

8/6/2013 04:42:04 am

Reviewed March 13, 2013
The Cocktail tour was even better than I had imagined. We went on a Sunday night, and our tour guide was excellent. He had grown-up in the Quarter, and still lives there today. Originally I expected to learn about drinks, but we learned about a whole new side of the Quarter we had never known before. Glenn told us the history of several Mardi Gras Krewes. And we discovered restaurants we hadn't been to before. I have used this tour company before and I would go on any of their tours again, including this one. They have excellent tour guides that not only know the city's history, but are ingrained in the city's history.

G L-f de Villiers

9/11/2013 06:15:43 am

From TripAdvisor, 2013

Glenn

8/6/2013 04:43:11 am

Loved it! Great tour guide with great stories. It was fun walking around seeing all the different locations and hearing about the stories to go with. I would definitely recommend anyone do this tour!

G L-f de Villiers

9/11/2013 06:18:31 am

From TripAdvisor, 2013.

Glenn

8/6/2013 04:44:29 am

I really enjoyed a French Quarter tour with my teens. Our tour guide was so well informed in his history and architecture. He had many legends to share as well. It enhanced what I had read in guidebooks. And for my children, it brought history lessons to life.

G L-f de Villiers

9/11/2013 06:26:22 am

From Yelp, 2013

Glenn

8/6/2013 04:49:29 am

“who knew?”
Reviewed October 30, 2012
We had Glenn as our guide, he was extremely knowledgeable...about the Church, the cemetary, and being around the Voodoo Priestess (which was correct). It was very hot, but had we waited one more day, it would have been much cooler weather! :) I learned a great deal about the stops we made along the tour and we never would have know otherwise. It was the tour I wanted to do, I would do it again!! A definite must do in NOLA!!

G L-f de Villiers

9/11/2013 06:22:47 am

From TripAdvisor, 2012

Glenn

8/6/2013 04:56:15 am

We began our stay of New Orleans by going on a Ghost Tour... we wanted to learn about the city - so decided this was best way. Our tour guide was knowledge about the city. We learned so much through the use of the ghost stories. We had a small group so it was nice. The guide was a retired college professor so much more fact than fiction.

G L-f de Villiers

9/11/2013 06:24:51 am

From TripAdvisor, 2012.

Glenn

8/6/2013 04:58:46 am

Great guide, interesting facts, good pace - well worth the price! We learned a lot about the practices in the cemetery, which I found fascinating. Had visited before with family but learned nothing about the practices back in the day - out guide did a great job of "taking us back".

G L-f de Villiers

9/11/2013 06:26:50 am

From Yelp, 2012.

Glenn

8/6/2013 04:59:51 am

It was a misty day and only four of us showed up for our tour, but our guide obviously loved his city and gave a very interesting talk as he showed us around the Quarter, pointing out many details that we never would have known about on our own.

G L-f de Villiers

9/11/2013 06:27:21 am

From TripAdvisor 2012

Glenn

8/6/2013 05:04:48 am

The second tour we did was the French Quarter, and our tour guide was amazing. He was full of stories and history that the 2 plus hour tour was over in a blink! I wish we had more time to do the VooDoo and the cocktail tour! Great company, highly recommend it!

Glenn

8/6/2013 05:11:59 am

Our guide was wonderful. He is a native of NOLA and knows, I think, everything one could possibly know about the city. It is obvious that he is passionate about sharing as many facts as he has time to, in a clear and interesting way. Even though there were 25 people in our group during a thunderstorm, we had a great tour, and I recommend it highly!

G L-f de Villiers

9/11/2013 06:30:25 am

From Yelp, 2012

Glenn

8/6/2013 05:13:22 am

“Wish we would have done this earlier in the trip”
Reviewed January 28, 2013
We did the Scandalous Cocktail tour with Glen. It was a lot of fun and full of sooooo much history and interesting sites and stories. I am pretty bummed that we did this tour our last night because the information, stories, and recommendations by Glen would have been put to use if we had been there longer. If you don't go on this tour you're missing out.

Glenn

8/6/2013 05:14:51 am

“Scandalous Cocktail Tour - We had a Blast!”
Reviewed January 23, 2013
My friends and I took the Scandalous Cocktail Tour. Our guide was so cool. He knew Tennessee Williams in New Orleans and Key West (we live in Florida), had studied his work while he was in college, and had edited a memoir about him. We felt so much "at home" as people said hello to us in the street and told us over and over again that we had the "best guide in the city" (we found out that he lives in the French Quarter near Brad Pitt so everyone knows him!). The drinks were tasty and we went back to some of the places he took us for lunch and dinner. Just perfect.

Glenn

8/6/2013 05:15:45 am

“YES! NOLA!”
Reviewed January 25, 2013
Touring with Glenn was entertaining, enlightening and enjoyable. Historical landmarks and points of interest were interlaced with intriguing backstories and fascinatingly obscure facts, drawing from his own colorful past (and present). One gets the feeling he is well connected with an endless supply of remarkable stories that piques your curiosity and imagination.

Glenn

8/6/2013 05:17:02 am

“Three Tours, Same Guide”
Reviewed January 23, 2013
My boyfriend and I started with a Cemetery and Voodoo tour. We liked it so much, that we asked our guide, Glenn, if he gave any other tours. We scheduled the Cocktail and the Haunted with him. We learned a lot about New Orleans and had a good time doing it. What really surprised us is how different each tour was from the other. For $20, each, you can't beat it. Very happy with the service.

Glenn

8/6/2013 05:19:03 am

Loved this tour.... Glen was as much a character as the places he took us... he was interesting and fun. Going to the top of the Omni Hotel was so very cool... Walking through some of the Landmark restaurants and bars was very interesting! However, it was Glen who was the star of the show....

Glenn

8/6/2013 05:21:41 am

Even though I was the only person that wanted a tour that day/time, I got a fantastic tour of the French Quarter. In fact, since it was just me, I requested more stories over covering more territory (since I'd already done some exploration on my own) and got it in spades. My guide was personable and entertaining. Would absolutely recommend to anyone looking to find out more about the history behind everything you see.

G L-f de Villiers

9/11/2013 06:41:34 am

All above, TripAdvisor, 2012-3.

Glenn

8/6/2013 05:27:38 am

“A wonderful tour full of facts and history!”
Reviewed June 3, 2012
When we were planning our trip to New Orleans, I knew that I really wanted to learn about voodoo and see the cemeteries. However, having had bad "ghost" tours given by other people in other places in the past, I wanted to pick something that would be sure to actually teach me something and not just try to tell bad, Hollywoodized versions of voodoo stories. These tours were recommended... and they were definitely right on the money. We were so glad that we went! The tour guide obviously knew his stuff, and he was personable and a good speaker, also. As another reviewer said, this was no cheesy tour, but a really interesting and informative experience. I have already recommended the tour to my parents, and I would recommend it to anyone going to New Orleans and interested in learning about the re