New Orleans Trip 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.
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Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Starts: New Orleans, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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.
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Pass By: French Quarter, French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana
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.
Stop At: St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, 425 Basin St 3421 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112-3535
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.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
