My daughter and walked ourselves you can get a lot of the info online so we did that.... I’m sure the tour would be great to do

By far the cheapest, most fun and easiest way is via the St Charles Streetcar. Be sure to take the streetcar all the up St Charles as well - gorgeous ride! Have fun

We stayed at an Airbnb. Really nice place near the French Quarter.

I stayed at the Avenue Plaza(time share trade), I also recommend the Pontchartrain hotel and Hotel Indigo(a kimpton property) I prefer staying in the Garden district. easy peasy street car will take you to French Quarter

We stayed at the Indigo in the Garden district. Streetcar stops in both directions directly across from hotel. Quiet and nice.

We got a map at the Hilton Riverside where we stayed. BUT, I'm pretty sure the map was provided by the Red Bus Tour company. We did do the Red Bus Tour & I highly recommend. What we did was got on the bus, went for the entire loop of the tour to see where it went & see where we might want to get off & explore. Then on the 2nd time around, we got off & had lunch in the Garden District. So start the Red Bus Tour in the morning because you can get on & off throughout the day. It's well worth the cost of the tour. Beware, however, because, toward the end of the day, they will tell you, the bus might not be back if it's too late in the day. We used Uber extensively in New Orleans, so we always felt, whatever, can always get an Uber back. We actually took the streetcar back after we got off of the Red Bus tour.

Commander’s Palace in the Garden District has free maps in their entry way. They give a walking route to take and have a brief summary of the important addresses. It was very good.

We went at the end of April & it was really pleasant. Not too hot, just pleasant.

We walked, a lot! Bikes would have been ok but I stopped to take many pictures.

We combined the online Garden District tour and the online tour of the cemetery that is across from Commander's Palace. It's not the greatest cemetery, but was still interesting. We also had dinner at Commander's Palace on a different night; you need reservations, well in advance (I believe) and nicer than the usual tourist clothing.