New Orleans Garden District: Lafayette Cemetery Tour

Discover the enchanting Garden District of New Orleans on a Lafayette Cemetery tour. Explore the stunning residential neighborhood and learn about the city’s burial practices and film sites.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Lafayette Cemetery No.1 - Explore the famed aboveground tombs of Lafayette Cemetery #1, including the Interview with the Vampire, Double Jeopardy, and Deja Vu film sites. Learn about New Orleans’ peculiar burial practices and funerary customs.
    Jefferson Fire Company No. 22 society tomb, situated across from the fictitious Mayfair family tomb…
What's Included
  • Local guide
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Lafayette Cemetery in New Orleans is temporarily shut down for repair works, however, we continue our cemetery tours from the gate. Come with us on a journey through one of the world’s most enchanting residential areas with guides who are both informed and engaging. Highlights of our tour include the St. Charles Avenue Streetcar; the residences of Anne…

Location
Garden District Book Shop
Prytania Street
INSIDE the Garden District Book Shop inside The Rink, 2727 Prytania Street, near the corner of Washington Avenue
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Clair_r
Nov 12, 2024
Excellent tour of the beautiful garden district with a very knowledgeable guide - This is a great tour of a lovely area of New Orleans. If you love architecture don't miss it. The cemetery is not visitable but the main reason to do this tour is to see the 19th century mansions of notable people who are part of the history of New Orleans.
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Anita_i
Nov 2, 2024
Great tour - Really enjoyed the tour. David was very good and knowledgeable. Showed us some interesting homes. Thank you!
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Christine_l
Nov 1, 2024
This tour was great! - Really loved seeing all the houses and learning about the architecture. The Halloween decorations were an added treat!
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Armando_e
Nov 1, 2024
Nice stroll and learning experience - This is a great way to get to know part of the city of New Orleans and its history. Easy walk and our guide Dave was very knowledgeable.
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Christiane_g
Oct 30, 2024
Great Tour Guide - Our tour guide was so sweet and was very knowledgeable about New Orleans history. I loved how he blended architectural information about the houses with anecdotes about the families who lived there. He was also very considerate of our safety on the streets and kept us in the shade as much as possible since it was a hot day for October. Highly recommend!
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Brenna_m
Oct 22, 2024
Informational Historic Tour of the Garden District! - We really enjoyed our tour with Anna! She was well spoken, had a wealth of information to share with us and the pace was great for all ages. I would highly recommend booking this tour to see some of the most historic homes in the Garden district.
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Deirdre_m
Oct 21, 2024
Informative and Interesting - David was an amazing host. Very informative. Had a vast knowledge of the area and all of New Orleans.
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T3393svstephaniea
Oct 19, 2024
Take this tour! - Really enjoyed this tour. I was with a group of friends and we all thought David did a great job!! He was easy to listen to and very informative. Highly recommend this tour
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Protospork
Nov 5, 2024
Not a cemetery tour - However, this is not a cemetery tour - other than standing outside the walls of Lafayette cemetery, this is exclusively a walk through the Garden District. Tour guide was really friendly and knew a lot about the Garden District houses. He made the walk very fun and entertaining. The tour should be re-titled to more accurately reflect the experience.
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Shannon
Nov 8, 2024
Not worth the time - The cemetary is closed and has been for a few years and not anticipated to be open again for awhile. We were disappointed with this, as the cemetary was what we were most looking forward too. The rest of the tour was interesting but we could have wandered the area ourselves and discovered the "movie sites" easily.
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