Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery Walking Tour

Overview

When you tour with non-profit Save Our Cemeteries you are helping to preserve and protect the historic cemeteries of New Orleans. Our tours are small and historically accurate.

Lake Lawn Metairie cemetery was named by Forbes as one of “America’s Best Cemeteries.”

This picturesque cemetery boasts some of the grandest funerary architecture and sculpture in the US. Live oaks surround greek temples, gothic and Islamic style tombs, obelisks, and marble monuments with beautiful ironwork and stained glass.

The resting place of many of New Orlean's most influential and notorious citizens, Metairie Cemetery holds the graves of over 9,000 people on 65 landscaped acres. Nine Louisiana governors, seven New Orleans mayors, 49 kings of Carnival, and three Confederate generals rest alongside madams, brothel owners, bandleaders Louis Prima and Al Hirt, vampire writer Anne Rice, and former Saints and Pelicans’ owner Tom Benson.

An easy walk. Wheelchair accessible.

City: New Orleans

Sun 23 Feb

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Starting at $25.00

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Sun 23 Feb

Starting at $25.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Tour guide

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (27)

Pau_C

Jun 2022

Great Guide Glenn with a huge amount of knowledge of this Cemetery. This was only for the very wealthy so if you are more interested in the traditional cemetery with New Orleans this may not be what you are looking for.

jacqq24

Jun 2022

Wonderful tour, highly-highly recommend doing a tour with Save Our Cemeteries they’re the only nonprofit tour group dedicated to maintaining all the historic gravesites in New Orleans. Amazing walking tour at Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery! Our guide Glenn was very knowledgeable, it was clear that he has a passion for the history of this place and the preservation of New Orleans’ history. He shared a lot of history on how New Orleans was developed in relation to the cemetery and told us about prominent people who were buried in Lake Lawn Metairie. It was hot (90 degrees) when my group and I went so I would suggest checking the weather and bringing a hat, parasol, and ample water if the weather requires. Glenn was also so thoughtful and gave us all cool water at the end of our tour.

nohcristina

Jun 2022

Great tour led by Jamie Barker. She was very knowledgeable and was able to provide historical backgrounds to the cemetery and some of the graves there. I would recommend as well as book through them to see other cemeteries as well. Their organization also does great restorative work to grave sites that have historical or cultural significance which is a great cause to preserve history.

Response from Host

Jul 2022

Thank you for taking the time to review the tour! So glad you enjoyed it. Jamie is a gem!