Visite à pied du cimetière Lake Lawn Metairie

Aperçu

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.

Ville: La Nouvelle Orléans

Thu 22 May

Autres rendez-vous

Vous pouvez déjà choisir la date sur le site de réservation

À partir de $35.00

Faire une réservation

Thu 22 May

À partir de $35.00

Faire une réservation

La ville de New York Tours

Expériences uniques (21) Services de voyage et de transport (175) Tours, visites et croisières (252) Billets et laissez-passer (96) Billets et laissez-passer pour événements sportifs (4) Petit groupe (27) Occasions saisonnières et spéciales (113) Mesures d'assainissement appliquées (705) Activités extérieures (48) Susceptible de se vendre (29) Visites amicales LGBT (9) Accueille les enfants (8) Implique des animaux (6) Bon pour éviter les foules (147) Nourriture boisson (96) Excellente qualité (174) Cours & Ateliers (32) Meilleure conversion (75) Audioguides (10) Art & Culture (406) Viateur Plus (43) Sustainable Tours (1) Limousine Transfers (5) Donut Walking Tour (2) Virtual Experiences (1) Additional fees (7) DSA non-compliant (17)

Ce qui est inclu

Tour guide

Racontez l'histoire unique de l'ère de la prohibition à New York

Tour guide

"SEMI-PRIVÉ" SIGNIFIE QUE LA TAILLE DU GROUPE N'EST JAMAIS PLUS DE 8 PERSONNES MAXIMUM

Tour guide

Information additionnelle

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

Politique d'annulation

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

Photos de voyageurs

Commentaires (71)

homegrown1210

Feb 2024

Glenn is an exceptionally knowledgeable and friendly guide who led us on a deep dive of the history of New Orleans via the beautiful Metairie Cemetery! This tour is an amazing way to get to know the city and its cast of characters, and learn how social, political, and economic trends play out over time. As a native of the city, Glenn helps visitors connect the dots between those buried at Metairie and the New Orleans we see today. Save our Cemeteries is also a very cool non-profit dedicated to preserving and promoting New Orleans' cemeteries, so this is worth the time whether it's your first visit or you are a seasoned pro. Laissez les bons temps rouler!

K9526HZrichardr

Dec 2023

During a recent visit to New Orleans, my wife and I took a morning away from the craziness of the French Quarter for a morning tour of Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery with Save Our Cemeteries. On the nearly two-hour tour, we learned about the history of burial practices in New Orleans, tomb architecture, and the role of cemeteries in society. But with so many famous (and more than a few infamous) folks buried there, we also got a broader picture of New Orleans history, culture, and politics. Our tour guide, Glenn, was the best! A day before the tour he sent a text with detailed instructions on where to meet in the sprawling cemetery—important if, like us, you are getting dropped off by an Uber or a taxi. He was very personable and possessed a seemingly bottomless reservoir of knowledge on a huge range of topics. He even gave out bottles of water at the end of the tour. We highly recommend this tour. It’s a great way to get a different perspective on New Orleans, its past, its present, and its people.

Jill_N

Nov 2023

We had the best guide ever. So knowledgeable and fun! We learned a lot! So many stories about the cemetery and ll the people involved!