New Orleans French Quarter Tour

Overview

Join us on a journey through three of New Orleans’ hallowed historical cemeteries. On this tour, your master storyteller will lead you through a maze of above-ground tombs in Masonic Cemetery #1, St. Patrick Cemetery #2 and the Katrina Memorial at Charity Hospital Cemetery.

From burial customs and traditions, to the history of the Masons and Catholics in New Orleans, to the deaths of thousands buried in the graveyard behind the Katrina Memorial, this tour will leave you with feelings of trepidation and excitement, as well as with a reverence for our city’s incredible history.

This is a narrated 1.5-hour guided walking tour.

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
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
Note: due to the current Covid-19 restrictions we are not allowed to enter St. Louis #1. We are viewing the tombs through the gates only.

What To Expect

French Quarter

St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 was founded in 1789 in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Due to unique environmental circumstances and centuries-old Catholic tradition, standard below ground burials could no longer take place and the people of New Orleans had to devise some creative solutions, and so the first St. Louis cemetery was born.

St. Louis Cemetery No. 1

Due to the current Covid-19 restrictions, we are not allowed to enter St. Louis #1. We are viewing the tombs through the gates only. St Louis Cemetery No. 1 is an 8-block area in what used to be the uninhabitable outskirts of town, home to the tombs of plantation owners, architects, pirates, a chess champion, a voodoo queen and Nicolas Cage.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (14)

888gabriellew

May 2022

The knowledgeable guide giving us fumigation hand experience, showing us the dowsing rods, showing us where to use them. Well worth the money! Do it!!!

William H

Feb 2022

Fun tour. Raffles knows lots about the Quarter and history of the area. Couldn’t get in to the cemeteries but still learned a lot.

570carlinb

Nov 2021

We booked an 8pm walking tour meeting in front of Monty’s on the square and called an uber to ensure we would be on time. In the Uber we called the office notifying them we were in route and to notify our tour guide. Due to New Orleans traffic we showed up to the meeting spot at 8:02. We were very confused when we walked up to Monty’s and saw no one there. Coincidentally there was another party of 7 that was left behind too! We called the office again to request the tour guide to meet with us. The office contact was very rude and told us they were unable to reach the guides. We requested a refund and they were “unable” to do that as well. DO NOT SELECT THIS COMPANY THEY STEAL YOUR MONEY AND HAVE NO REMORSE!!!! Please choose another company to do this tour with I never write reviews but this experience was THAT awful!