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Metairie Cemetery Private Walking Tour in New Orleans: Millionaires & Mausoleums
Metairie Cemetery Private Walking Tour in New Orleans: Millionaires & Mausoleums
Learn the story behind the tallest tomb in the cemetery.

New Orleans Metairie Cemetery Tour: Millionaires and Mausoleums

By Red Sash Tours
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$53 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview

Metairie Cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is frequently listed as one of the must-see cemeteries in the world. While walking beneath the shade of almost a 1,000 trees, you'll see the extravagant tombs of Popeyes’ founder Al Copeland, Ruth’s Chris Steak House founder Ruth Fertel, and vampire-novelist Anne Rice. You'll see the pyramid guarded by a sphinx, the Islamic-inspired tomb that a Confederate general built for his daughter, the grave of the gunned-down gambler who never smiled, the Storyville madam who was ousted from her tomb, and the famous weeping angel bathed in blue. Your guide Sally Asher is passionate about revealing the unusual, outrageous and untold stories of New Orleans. An award-winning writer and professional photographer, Asher believes history isn’t about merely listing dates and facts, but the gentle collision of truth and narrative – scandals and all! This tour is approximately 2 miles long and takes 2 hours.

Activity location

  • Lake Lawn Metairie
    • 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd
    • 70124-1031, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd
    • 5100 Pontchartrain Boulevard
    • 70124, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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New Orleans Metairie Cemetery Tour: Millionaires and Mausoleums
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
AU$52.89 x 1 AdultAU$52.89

Total
Price is AU$52.89
Until Sun, 5 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedEntry/Admission - Metairie Cemetery
  • What's includedWhat's includedExpert Guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedInsider tops for local food, music, and culture
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedBottled water

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Lake Lawn Metairie
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Metairie Cemetery (actually located in New Orleans) is home to some of the most elaborate and artistic marble tombs and funerary art in the city. This former racetrack is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is frequently ranked as one of the top cemeteries in the world. Metairie Cemetery has everyone from politicians, to jazz musicians to Storyville madams to mob bosses, to fried-chicken tycoons, to vampire novelists, all nestled together in an 127-acre pastoral setting surrounded by shining pyramids, Greek Temples, Islamic pavilions, crying dogs, and mausoleums with weeping angels. Metairie Cemetery is not a burial place, but a burial destination.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESLake Lawn Metairie
    • 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd
    • 70124-1031, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE5100 Pontchartrain Blvd
    • 5100 Pontchartrain Boulevard
    • 70124, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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