Tour de Shreveport

Come Star in Your Own Ghost Hunting Video! We are Open!

2008-05-30T11:49:00.000-07:00

It's the first weekend of the ghost hunting season 2008 in Shreveport. Hope to see you at the Caddo Parish Courthouse tonight or tomorrow.

$15 for adults and $7 for children. Fridays 6pm and Saturdays 1:30 and 6 pm.

Cool Oakland Cemetery Treasures

2008-05-29T13:49:00.000-07:00

Bring your camera on the walking tour. You never know what you'll capture on film!

Tours to OPEN end of May 2008

2008-05-03T10:18:00.000-07:00

We've been hibernating this winter! But the ghost hunting walking tours will be open at the end of May 2008.

For the exact date and time check back here. In the meantime stay open to the spirit world, document your experiences and get ready for an awesome summer 2008.

Regular Season Has Ended!

2007-11-06T17:35:00.000-08:00

Our regular tour season has ended for 2007. Thanks to everyone who came out and braved the heat this summer to ghost hunt with us!

Just because the regular season is over doesn't mean we're done with tours! Keep checking our blog over the next few weeks for upcoming special tours!

Ghost Hunting Byrd High School Juniors

2007-09-30T10:30:00.000-07:00

Shreveport Spirit Tours are a great option when it comes to weekend fun. Nina Munoz, J.P. Swearingen, Emily Smith and Victoria Johnson had a blast ghost hunting and absorbing some Shreveport History.

A Great Way to Spend Family Time...

2007-08-22T05:09:00.000-07:00

...go on a ghost walk in downtown Shreveport!

Shreveport Spirit Tours depart from the Confederate Memorial in front of the Caddo Parish Courthouse at 501 Texas Street on Fridays at 1:30 and 6PM and Saturdays at 10:30AM, 1:30PM and 6:00PM.

Fun history fact: Shreveport wasn't always called Shreveport! For a few years it was called Shreve Town. And it was also a bit rough around the edges at that time. One refined lady from back east called it Ratsborough!

Everything You Need To Know about Shreveport Spirit Tours!

2007-08-08T08:47:00.001-07:00

Click here for a bigger version of the above picture.

Fun for Locals and Out of Towners!

2007-07-31T12:51:00.000-07:00

Shreveporter Stacey Brown entertained friends and family from New Orleans by bringing them on a Shreveport Spirit Tour. Thank you, Stacey, for sharing this happy picture of your niece, Marissa Kinler.

Bring a Camera

2007-06-28T14:37:00.001-07:00

Digital cameras are welcome on the Shreveport Spirit Tours! You have many opportunities for great photos with all the lovely architecture and public art we encounter and you may even capture a ghost orb.

As a courtesy to your guide and fellow walkers, please leave the video cameras behind.

The Times

2007-06-21T09:16:00.001-07:00

Thank you to Maggie Martin at The Times for an awesome story on Shreveport Spirit Tours!

501 Texas Street

2007-06-17T12:38:00.000-07:00

Shreveport Spirit Tours depart from the Confederate Memorial in front of the Caddo Parish Courthouse at 501 Texas Street. This statue of a young Confederate soldier tops the memorial. It was erected in 1905.

Go to the Shreveport Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau website and print out your $2 off coupon.

Directions to The Caddo Parish Courthouse

2007-06-07T08:13:00.001-07:00

Shreveport Spirit Tours depart from the Caddo Parish Courthouse at 501 Texas Street. The courthouse is easy to find once you remember Shreveport doesn't have a "Main Street" because Texas Street serves that purpose.

From Louisiana Boardwalk:
Turn LEFT onto TRAFFIC STREET for 1 block
Turn LEFT onto TEXAS STREET for 1 mile
End at 501 TEXAS STREET Caddo Parish Courthouse. Meet at the Confederate Memorial on the north side of the courthouse.

From downtown Shreveport at the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Visitor Center:
Travel north on SPRING STREET for 2 blocks
Turn LEFT onto TEXAS STREET for 3 blocks
End at 501 TEXAS STREET Caddo Parish Courthouse. Meet at the Confederate Memorial on the north side of the courthouse.

From the casinos in downtown Shreveport:
Travel south on CLYDE FANT PARKWAY
Turn RIGHT onto MILAM STREET for 2 blocks
Turn RIGHT onto SPRING STREET for 1 block
Turn LEFT onto TEXAS STREET for 3 blocks
End at 501 TEXAS STREET Caddo Parish Courthouse. Meet at the Confederate Memorial on the north side of the courthouse.

For more detailed directions try Google Maps.

Pictured above is the steeple of the First United Methodist Church located in the West Edge area of downtown Shreveport. This graceful Neo-Classical Revival style building is one of the many featured points of interest on the Shreveport Spirit Tour.

Shade of the Live Oaks

2007-06-01T13:35:00.000-07:00

The Shreveport Spirit Tour is an easy 90 minute walk. We travel about a mile at a slow pace over easy terrain. The main part of the tour takes place in the West Edge area of downtown Shreveport. There's lots of shade covering our trail.

Soft Opening

2007-05-24T10:16:00.000-07:00

There are plans for a big grand opening in a week or so but for this Memorial Day weekend we will open softly... all the better to hear the spirits! Meet you under the lovely live oak trees at the Caddo Parish Courthouse.

Go to the Shreveport Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau website and print out your $2 off coupon.

Ghost Hunting

2007-05-03T13:28:00.001-07:00

Katee Fontane, one of the owners of Tour de Shreveport, looks for paranormal activity in a Shreveport cemetery.

Katee looks forward to sharing her findings with you when Tour de Shreveport starts their Shreveport Spirit Tours in late May 2007.

Shreveport Spirit Tours

2007-04-27T01:50:00.000-07:00

Shreveport Spirit Tours by Tour de Shreveport are coming soon. For more information 318 344-7959 or TourdeShreveport@gmail.com.

You'll be able to: Experience where history and mystery converge. Exercise your clairvoyance along the storied streets of Shreveport.