No visit to New Orleans is complete without a tour of the city's oldest outdoor museums, its historic cemeteries. Often called CITIES OF THE DEAD, these cemeteries are noted for their unique, aboveground tombs. The tombs serve as monuments to the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and they, like the cemeteries themselves, are a major part of the city's unique heritage.
Save Our Cemeteries, Inc. offers authentic, accurate guided New Orleans cemetery tours through two of New Orleans' oldest and most historically significant cemeteries, Lafayette No. 1 and St. Louis No. 1. Relive the romance, the tragedy, the memories of two centuries of New Orleans' history, brought to life by representatives of Save Our Cemeteries, Inc.

Lafayette Cemetery Guided Tours:
Lafayette Cemetery No. I is located in the historic Garden District. It is among the city's earliest and most significant aboveground burial sites. Once part of the Livaudais Plantation, Lafayette No. I was designated a city burial site in 1833, and has since been in continuous use. Distinguished by its intersecting avenues, designed to accommodate funeral processions, it was the City's first planned cemetery. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places by virtue of its significant history, location, and architectural importance, it retains its original size and configuration, and contains a variety of tomb types and styles.
Lafayette No. I is a 15 minute streetcar ride from Canal Street. Disembark at Washington Avenue and walk one block toward the river.
For group rates on New Orleans cemetery tours of 20 or more, call 504-525-3377. Click here for a printer-friendly map to the tour's starting point.

St. Louis Cemetery Guided Tours:
Founded in 1789 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, St. Louis No. I is the burial ground of some of the most illustrious citizens of New Orleans, including Etienne Boré, pioneer in sugar development; Daniel Clark, financial supporter of the American Revolution; Paul Morphy, world famous chess champion; and other local and national figures. Notable structures include the famed oven wall vaults, the supposed resting place of Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau and the magnificent tombs of the French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish societies.
Meet in the first floor of the Basin Street Station Visitors Center, 501 Basin Street, where your guide will greet you and escort the group to the cemetery.
For group rates on New Orleans cemetery tours of 20 or more, call 504-525-3377. Click here for a printer-friendly map to the tour's starting point.

Group and School Tours:
SOC also offers group tours of these two cemeteries for groups and students. To arrange a special tour, please call (504-525-3377) or e-mail the SOC office. SOC encourages school students to tour the historic cemeteries of New Orleans to learn of our unique cultural and architectural heritage.

For more information about Save Our Cemeteries, Inc. click here.

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