New Orleans Cemetery Tour and Stories

New Orleans cemeteries are unique in the “recycling and rotation” of our loved ones in our family tombs. Room for 2 coffins doesn’t stop us from burying hundreds in that same spot.
On our cemetery tour we will show you around one of our most famous "Cities of the Dead". We invite you to come along with us and visit our family tombs as we tell you about our burials, funerals and the stories of those entombed.

We keep the light on for our ancestors by telling their stories.

Your guide will be a New Orleanian that has ancestors buried in the cemetery you visit.

Come with us on this 90 minute visitation. Walk among the dead and leave feeling more alive than ever.

Meeting Point

Moss Street & Esplanade Avenue

Moss St & Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA

You will meet your guide across the street from the gas station on the corner of the Bayou. This will have you on the same side of the street as the cemetery.

What's included:

• Professional Licensed Guide

What to expect:

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

St. Louis Cemetery No. 3

3421 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, 70119-2902, Louisiana

See the above ground tombs and learn about our unique burial procedures. We can fit hundreds into one tomb that is built for two. Find out why we do it. St Louis #3 Cemetery is one of the best cemeteries in our city and one of the oldest.

1 hour, 20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Bayou St. John

New Orleans, Louisiana

Bayou St John is the oldest portage into New Orleans. Nearby is the old Spanish Fort and the old Spanish Customs House. This area is older than the French Quarter

10 minutes