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

Thu 17 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)

Rob_G

Mar 2023

I was looking for a self guided audio tour and this seemed like a perfect option. So I bought it and then went through the lengthy process of creating an account, downloading the app, entering the code that was emailed to me, and then started downloading the tour. I work as an IT tech and this was even confusing and frustrating for me. Even worse, the tour would not start and kept looping me around. I spent 45 mins trying to get it to work but it never did. This was a horrible experience, DO NOT get this!

Response from Host

Mar 2023

Hi Rob We're sorry this was your experience. Most people really enjoy the tour which is why it has an average rating of 5/5 stars on VoiceMap. Downloading the app, creating an account and then redeem the tour should only take a few minutes. The audio looping sounds like a bug. Had we been contacted about this, we could have helped. We'd still like to understand what went wrong so if you could provide us with more information, we'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks, Alicia

Annette_B

Dec 2022

I’ve never seen anything like it lol- it was educational and entertaining - You can go at your own pace and look inside several different ones- it was fascinating and it was raining and still great

MikeSousa

Oct 2021

Did not go into the detail I thought was needed. I guess it was a difference of opinion as to what to hightlight