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A cemetery with a prominent stone monument featuring a statue and inscriptions. 1
A Gothic-style church with a pointed spire and a large arched entrance. 2
A memorial with two statues of angels, a central archway, and a plaque. 3
A cemetery with a prominent pyramid-shaped monument, a small chapel, and a statue of a figure. 4
A white memorial building with columns and a flag. 5
By Red Sash Tours

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Free cancellation available
Price is AU$51 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
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Overview

    • Immerse yourself in the weird and wonderful history of the Metairie Cemetery
    • Visit Millionaire’s Row to see extravagant tombs and learn their intriguing past
    • Discover the guarded pyramid and learn its fascinating symbolism and history
    • Hear stories about the cemetery’s inhabitants, from mob bosses to city mayors
    • Stroll through Metairie Cemetery with an engaging local author as your guide

Activity location

    • New Orleans
    • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA | • Meet your guide at the Law Enforcement Memorial to the right of the funeral home. Take a right at the stop sign and use any of the entry gates to reach the memorial. • If you are driving, you can park in the lot.
    • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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New Orleans: Millionaire’s Tombs of Metairie Cemetery Tour

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
AU$50.58 x 2 AdultsAU$101.16
Total
Price is AU$101.16
Until Wed, 11 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Guided tour with a local author and historian
  • Inclusions
    Entry to Metairie Cemetery
  • Inclusions
    Entry to Lake Lawn Metairie
  • Inclusions
    Insider tips for local food, music, and culture
  • Exclusions
    Hotel pickup and drop-off

What you can expect

  • Explore the infamous Metairie Cemetery on a guided walking tour with a local author. Learn the fascinating history of this cemetery, see Anne Rice's tomb, and marvel at a pyramid guarded by a sphinx.
    Meet your guide and local author at the cemetery and begin your walk beneath the shade of almost 1,000 trees. Learn how this cemetery, established in 1872, landed on the National Register of Historic Places.
    As you stroll, hear the fascinating history behind a series of diverse characters that lay in peace in the cemetery, including mayors, governors, Kings of Carnival, mob bosses, law enforcement, and ground-breaking journalists.

    Visit the most extravagant and million-dollar tombs. Stop at Popeyes’ founder Al Copeland's tomb, see where the vampire-novelist Anne Rice is laid to rest, and stop at the sphinx-guarded pyramid.
    Continue to a tomb with jewel stained-glass windows and see the Islamic-inspired tomb made of limestone that a Confederate general built for his daughter.

Location

Activity location

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    • New Orleans
    • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA | • Meet your guide at the Law Enforcement Memorial to the right of the funeral home. Take a right at the stop sign and use any of the entry gates to reach the memorial. • If you are driving, you can park in the lot.
    • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States