Free tours by foot new orleans will be suspending public tours starting sunday march 15, 2020 until the end of the month. Welcome to new orleans, inventor of the cocktail and louisianas most haunted city. Let our loretrained tour guides take you on a ghost adventure through the streets of new orleans as you learn about our dark past. The quickest way to experience new orleans and explore every mustsee neighborhood is on a new orleans city tour. Stroll through the past and present of this fascinating city in st.
We will discuss voodoo history and how it arrives in new orleans and why it continues today. Hear tales of the famous soldiers, statesmen, musicians, and even storyville madams who rest in our cities of the dead. Explore some of new orleans fascinating history with this 2hour voodoo and cemetery walking tour. This is why our departed spend eternity entombed above ground. Lee, our tour guide, was a treasure trove of information of new orleans.
Walk through the city of the dead and view the mausoleums and the tomb of voodoo queen marie laveau. This tour is two hours and is a great introduction to the history and culture of new orleans. Gray line also offers plantation tours, city tours and cemetery tours in new orleans, among other offerings. Click here to choose the best tour to learn about the. Please let us know of special interests so we can tailor a tour. Meet your guide outside of the basin street visitors center located at 501 basin street, directly across the street from the cemetery. Visit new orleans oldest active city of the dead, founded in 1789 and listed on the national register of historic places venture inside the vaultlined walls of this historic new orleans cemetery with a master story teller local historian guiding you through in one city. Nola tour guy offers one free pay what you feel tours and two premium paid tours.
Delve into new orleans storied past as you walk in the cities of the dead on our guided. Cemetery tours new orleans night tours french quarter. New orleans cemetery tours two chicks walking tours. Our new orleans ghost tour offer ghosts, witches, voodoo, vampires and cemetery tours. Witches brew tours is new orleans most popular ghost tour. Just like a ghost you cant see us but were still here. The 10 best new orleans cemetery tours travel us news. Tours by steven is a new orleans based small business that offers walking and jogging tours of our great city while focusing on the preservation of its great. Consequently, you must book a tour with us in order to get the best experience. Ghost tours, cemetery tours, and other haunted tours of new orleans by french quarter phantoms. Book this tour to explore one of the citys most picturesque above ground cemeteries.
See one of the citys oldest active cemeteries on our new orleans cemetery tour. This one hour walking tour is offered for those short on time or do not wish to walk long distances tour is approximately one mile, but wish to see st. Witness the extravagant and spiritual sides of new orleans this 3. Guests on this new orleans haunted city and cemetery tour will have the opportunity to visit a cemetery at night and explore the cities historic neighborhoods. Here, graves are family affairs, with remains settling over time to make room for the next generation to. The garden district lafayette cemetery tour emphasizes history, architectural style, personal anecdotes, and tropical plant life. Louis cemeteries in new orleans, but the oldest extant.
Life in the cities of the dead by brothers robert and mason florence is a lavish volume overflowing with wonderful photographs of thirteen of the citys wonderful graveyards, as well as historical accounts of each site. Learn about its rich history and those who have been laid. The stop at cafe du monde was particularly satisfying. New orleans haunted city and cemetery tour book now. Space on these tours are limited especially on holidays and weekends so we recommend that you book these tours online by clicking the buttons below. The great desire tour will take you on a literary adventure through the french quarter, new orleans. New orleans city and cemetery sightseeing tour 2020. The word voodoo means spirit also an invisible, mysterious force that can intervene in human affairs during this tour you make your way through the historic french quarter to st. Discover 300 years of history on a guided excursion by new orleans legendary walking tours. He was so knowledgeable and showed us the coolest parts of new orleans and the cemetery. A tour is the best way to see the above ground cemeteries of new orleans like the saint louis cemetery. One of the oldest, most famous and most haunted cemeteries in new orleans is also the closest to hotel monteleone st. The city of new orleans has temporarily closed lafayette cemetery for repairs but we still do the cemetery tour from the gates.
Find out why most of our dead are buried aboveground. This one hour tour will give you a good understanding of why we bury up instead of down, how we buried before and the cultural history of burial traditions and superstitions. New orleans cemetery tours historic new orleans tours. Offering everything from new orleans cemetery tours to airboat tours visit iconic new orleans vacation destinations like the french quarter, garden district, plantations, cemeteries, and swamps. There are several options, but a city bus tour is by far the most popular way to experience new orleans sightseeing. This post covers the various new orleans cemetery tours that are available to you, including our paywhatyoulike tours, selfguided options and bus tours that. Will definitely recommend him and might try to book him again. Discover the true history and culture of new orleans voodoo with a guided tour of the new orleans historic voodoo museum and other local voodoo attractions, including congo square, marie laveaus house and st. Explore the historic and haunting metairie cemetery in new orleans to the fullest. Take a step back in time to colonial new orleans with the french quarter and cemetery combo tour.
The cemetery is only accessible when accompanied by a certified tour guide now is your chance. An ideal option for history buffs, this twohour walking tour of st. New orleans native tours best new orleans city tours by. Our sacred stories voodoo cemetery tours in new orleans. No city celebrates life, or death, quite like new orleans. The tour not only provides excellent information about the cemetery itself and cemeteries in new orleans but about the city itself. These 11 tour groups offer the best cemetery tours in new orleans, from the strictly historical to the wholly haunted. Please note that under the new rules set by the archdiocese of new orleans, all visitors to st. Searching for bodies in a 550 foot deep mexican mine shaft and weird unexplained sounds. Watch video clips on the monitors while we visit the actual filming locations. Voodoo or voudou is a religion practiced in new orleans consisting of various african magical beliefs and rites that have become mixed with catholic elements. The tour allows guests to experience the many eclectic neighborhoods new orleans has to offer, such as the french quarter, garden district, lakeview, and the warehouse district. Here, graves are family affairs, with remains settling over time to make room for the. The times picayune, new orleans, september 28, 1997 new orleans cemeteries.
Cemetery combo tour new orleans architecture tours. Tour the new orleans historic voodoo museum and st. No trip to new orleans would be complete until you see and experience this fascinating city and area with a personally guided tour. We have every intention of offering tours starting in april. New orleans native tours created the 1 hour city tour so guests without a lot of time can still see the main highlights of our city. French quarter new orleans tours the best things to do. Learn about the cultural splits that inspired uptown expansion as you tour americas best collection of antebellum mansions and 19th century architecture. The 11 best swamp tours in new orleans travel us news. Sit back and enjoy a unique and intimate movie experience on board our 10 passenger van. The best and safest way to see new orleans famous cemeteries is to tag along on a guided tour provided by save our cemeteries, a group dedicated to the preservation of new orleans sacred. This company offers a voodoo and cemetery tour which includes a trip to st. New orleans tours book in advance the savvy native. See culturally infused architecture in the french quarter, stunning mansions in the garden district, and the famous lake pontchartrain causeway en route to st louis cemetery no 3.
Our partners complete the new orleans experience with music, cocktail and culinary, haunted, ghost and voodoo, swamp, plantation and city, and bike tours. One hour saint louis cemetery number one walking tour. We will continue to offer private tours to guests who will already be in new orleans. Our new orleans cemetery tour is the perfect ghostly companion to our nighttime haunted walking tours. For groups of 2 to 300 nola tour guy has experience crafting a personal experience. We saw areas of the city that we would not have seen otherwise.
Explore new orleans oldest surviving burial ground, home to notorious and eminent figures like homer plessy of plessy vs. Hear tales of the famous soldiers, statesmen, musicians, and. On our new orleans cemetery tours youll learn more than just the myths and ghostly accounts of historical figures like the voodoo queen, youll learn the truth behind the cemetery s most famous residents. In addition to learning about how people are buried and why the tombs are actually above ground, youll also discover some of the voodoo rituals that are practiced in new orleans.
Tour the garden district, a living testament to the golden age of new orleans. New orleans cemetery, voodoo, and french quarter walking tour. This tour focuses on new orleans incredible and often. Our death culture is truly unique and is formed by influences from around the globe. New orleans is a city surrounded by water and built below sea level. The history he provided was very informative and entertaining. Voodoo cemetery tour new orleans historic voodoo museum.
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