Gretna
Worth seeing in and around Gretna
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01National World War II Museum
Military history museum and non-profit organization in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
3.5 km · Wikipedia - 02
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- 05Robert E. Lee Monument
Historic statue dedicated to Confederate General Robert E. Lee in New Orleans removed in 2017
3.6 km · Wikipedia - 06
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- 08St. Mary's Assumption Church
Church building in New Orleans, United States of America
2.6 km · Wikipedia - 09
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Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Gretna
- Airports
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans (MSY), 22 km · Pensacola (PNS), 282 km
- Pensacola → Gretna278 km · quickest by road, 4h 49m · $27–37
- Houston → Gretna512 km · quickest by air, 5h 10m · $200–300
- Birmingham → Gretna7298 km · quickest by air, 16h 38m · £950–1,460
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Gretna
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gretna. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom the French Quarter or Central Business District, take the Ferry across the river from the foot of Canal Street.
- Get inBear in mind that the ferry does not run all night (hours at nolaferry.com) departing from the CBD side on the :15 and :45, and departing from the Algiers side on the hour and half hour.
- Go nextThe ferry at Algiers Point connects to the foot of Canal Street, the boundary of the French Quarter and the Central Business District.
From Wikivoyage: New Orleans/Algiers, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Gretna
Gretna is 5 km from New Orleans, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Harveyunincorporated suburban community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana3 km
- Terrytownsuburban community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States2.7 km
- Algierscommunity within the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States3.3 km
- Garden Districthuman settlement in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America3.3 km
- Irish Channelhuman settlement in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America2.8 km
- Lower Garden Districthuman settlement in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America2.6 km