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

Thu 22 May

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Starting at $35.00

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Thu 22 May

Starting at $35.00

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 (71)

KristeM238

Mar 2022

Glenn was fantastic! He was very knowledgeable and also very excited about New Orleans! The tour went over 1.5 hours (we started just before 10 and ended at 12:15).

Response from Host

Mar 2022

Thank you for your kind words. Glenn is a terrific guide! Best, Carolyn

elenatQ9642MY

Mar 2022

Excellent and very knowledgeable tourguide who is passionate about New Orleans and how its history is reflected in the cemetery.

Response from Host

Mar 2022

Thank you for your review! I'm glad you enjoyed your tour. Isn't Lake Lawn Metairie an amazing cemetery?

R9017TJerinc

Feb 2022

Glenn knows this cemetery. Glenn loves this cemetery. Glenn gets upset when he can’t give tours of the cemetery. If you want to learn about who is buried here - from the founding to the present - take this tour. You’ll see celebrity graves. You’ll see historic graves. You’ll see beautiful cemetery architecture. Glenn is there to give you the facts, not act, which is really what any cemetery enthusiast wants.

Response from Host

Mar 2022

What a wonderful review! You are absolutely right about Glenn and SOC is lucky to have him as a tour guide.