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History BuffCemetery Tours NOLA
$25–$50Guided walking tour of St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans's oldest cemetery and resting place of Marie Laveau.
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St. Louis Cemetery No. 1
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 is a sightseeing stop in New Orleans, LA, part of the New Orleans guide. Cost: $25 to $50.
Basin St at St. Louis St, tour check-in at 501 Basin St · New Orleans, LA
Why you should go…
Opened in 1789, St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 holds many thousands of burials in a single block of above-ground tombs on Basin Street, one block beyond the French Quarter. You can only enter on the official guided tour, offered in partnership with New Orleans Catholic Cemeteries, which checks in across the street at Basin St. Station and lasts about 55 minutes. Inside are the tomb believed to hold Marie Laveau, the grave of Homer Plessy and a pyramid tomb actor Nicolas Cage bought in 2010.
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