Saint Louis Cemetery Number One

Born in New Orleans, but I hadn't been back for years. The Cemetery's are a part of NOLA's history. Tour guide or not there is no other Cemetery's like this in the U.S. Don' miss Meterie Cemetery either. Such history in all.

It was a hot day and the guys from Magic Tours "Mark" where great and very very informative!! Wish the people that wrote on Marie Lavueus tomb would listen and not do that!! I really suggest that you go on a tour and not try and go alone the area is the projects and its very dangerous! Love the tomb of the lovers.. check it out

The Garden District where this cemetery rest is by its self beautiful and to tour the cemetery, read the various tombstones, talk with others there, and just take in all the sites was well worth the trip. Take pictures and read up on the history cause it is really interesting.

Visiting St. Louis lived up to my expectations from what I have read and heard about it. I was really looking forward to it because I read an article on Marie LaVeau way back in school. It is true that people write three X's with chalk or stone on Marie LaVeau's Crypt hoping that Marie LaVeau would answer the wishes of those who visited. However, when I with a tour, the tour guide said that Marie may not be in the crypt but buried in the back section of the cemetary. Whether this is true or just some mechanation to deter people from putting X's on the LaVeau crypt remains to be. I have to be honest..whatever you do ..DO NOT VIDEOTAPE or photograph the crypt. I lost my video camera not long after videotaping the cemetary coincedence I think not. I do suggest to buy your offering before leaving for cemetary.. that for those with occult leanings and are familiar with voodoo traditions that finding small bottles of rum for offerings is kinda hard..not all the bodegas in the French Quarter carry small bottles of rum. For those who like art and sculpture, St. Louis Cemetary has some impressive sculptures. Also for those who are tempted to visit at night..not recommended because the cemetary is in a bad neighborhood and I believe the cemetary is locked at night anyway.

well worth the 20 dollars..very detailed and historical...took the haunted history cemetary and voodoo tour was really good they are located on st.peter st. at the reverend zombies house of voodoo...

The thing that shocked us the most during the tour, was when the Tour Guide told us about the stacking of Bodies in the above ground Graves. They just stack the next Generation on top, because of the shortage of Land.

We had Eugenia as a tour guide on February 27th 2008 and though she didn't seem to know a lot outside of the tour she certainly knew how to keep the attention of us taking the tour. My boyfriend and I enjoyed it very much.

Stunningly, haunting, creative, ancient. The graves are all above ground. The statuary is surreal. Amazing how much time, resources, and art went into the graves. New Orleans does everything with such abandon. Must see!

I toured this cemetary last July as part of a tour which I arranged through my hotel. The guide was excellent and provided a lot of history and humor throughout our two hour tour. I would highly recommend visiting this site as part of a tour, not alone.

I had read on different sites that this was boring and man should I have listened!! I wasted 120.00 on this snoozefest. The cemetary was pretty and kind of interesting but not for 2 hrs and our guide rambled on and on about weird things that had nothing to do with the cemetary. After the boring tour we went to the voodoo priestess and is that one cuckoo lady. She rambled on and on and I have no idea what she was talking about. Our whole tour group was like what the heck. Save your money and do not take a tour. If you really want to see the cemetary go during the tour hours alone and you'll be ok.