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Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans - photo by Detroit Publishing Co

Metairie Cemetery Stories: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

By VoiceMap Audio Tours
4 out of 5
Features
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview

Enter the former Metairie Race Course, an earthly venue for the “quick,” now elegantly transformed into a glorious “City of the Dead” - where no one is in a hurry. Architecture and archaeology seem to converge in this hallowed landscape of imposing society tombs and soaring mausolea. Experience an angelic locale filled with obelisks and pyramids, heroes and rogues, symbols and secrets. You will walk past the final resting places of over 50 kings and queens … of Carnival, that is.

Soldiers and saints will escort us, revealing the rich military history and religious culture of New Orleans. We will explore the fascinating and unique memorials honouring many who struggled in the face of earthly battles as well as those who achieved spiritual victories, arousing the “better angels of our nature.”

The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.

Activity location

  • 5510 Pontchartrain Blvd
    • 5510 Pontchartrain Boulevard
    • 70124, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 5510 Pontchartrain Blvd
    • 5510 Pontchartrain Boulevard
    • 70124, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLifetime access to Faith & Courage: Metairie Cemetery Stories tour
  • What's includedWhat's includedVoiceMap Application
  • What's includedWhat's includedOffline access to audio, maps, and geodata
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedSmartphone
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTransport
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood/Drink
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Washington Artillery Park (Pass by)

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES5510 Pontchartrain Blvd
    • 5510 Pontchartrain Boulevard
    • 70124, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE5510 Pontchartrain Blvd
    • 5510 Pontchartrain Boulevard
    • 70124, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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