Metairie Cemetery Stories: A Self-Guided Audio Tour in New Orleans booking from $8.99

Metairie Cemetery Stories: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

Overview

Enter the former Metairie Race Course, an earthly venue for the “quick,” now elegantly transformed into a glorious “City of the Dead” - where no one is in a hurry. Architecture and archeology seem to converge in this hallowed landscape of imposing society tombs and soaring mausolea. Experience an angelic locale filled with obelisks and pyramids, heroes and rogues, symbols and secrets. You will walk past the final resting places of over 50 kings and queens … of Carnival, that is.

Soldiers and saints will escort us, revealing the rich military history and religious culture of New Orleans. We will explore the fascinating and unique memorials honoring many who struggled in the face of earthly battles as well as those who achieved spiritual victories, arousing the “better angels of our nature.”

The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.

City: New Orleans

Fri 11 Apr

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What's Included

Lifetime access to Faith & Courage: Metairie Cemetery Stories tour

VoiceMap Application

Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What To Expect

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Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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Reviews (9)

hanna_h

Jan 2024

Great Tour. You can take as much time as you need and stop anytime the audiogide. Downloading and starting the Tour is super easy

Carolee_W

Oct 2023

Great story telling, easy to follow, and one of the highlights of our trip! Very informative and fun!

bella724

Jul 2023

This was actually a pretty cool audio walking self guided tour. We used our phones. The GPS locator function worked very well. It stops and starts when you arrive at the next correct area. The nararrator was very clear to understand. He talks you thru the tour with directions. We rushed a bit thru it due to the very hot temperature outside but the cemetery was just so beautiful. Hearing the history of some of these families was interesting.

Metairie Cemetery Stories: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

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