Voodoo and Cemetery Walking Tour

Voodoo and Cemetery Walking Tour

This two-hour walking tour, led by a highly trained historian tour guide, is an essential immersion into New Orleans culture. Major stops and content include: History of Voodoo, Jackson Square, Armstrong Park, Congo Square, St. Louis Cemetery #1, Marie Laveau’s tomb, Voodoo Cultural site or establishment. This tour branches beyond New Orleans' colonial history, delving into the continued development of New Orleans culture into the 19th and 20th century. Learn about the development of Voodoo and its practitioners’ blending of African tribal spirituality, Catholicism, and magical beliefs as you stroll the city’s oldest neighborhood, the French Quarter.

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Stop At: Jackson Square, 615 Pere Antoine Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116-3234

Learn about the development of Voodoo and its practitioners’ blending of African tribal spirituality, Catholicism, and magical beliefs as you stroll the city’s oldest neighborhood, the French Quarter.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Louis Armstrong Park, 901 N Rampart St, New Orleans, LA 70116-3086

Discover the origins of Jazz music and then uncover the brutal realities of America’s largest slave rebellion as you trace our culture through Louis Armstrong Park and Congo Square. Discover our Afro-Caribbean influences that closer resemble Cuba and Haiti than the American South.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, 425 Basin St 3421 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112-3535

This tour includes a tour of St. Louis Cemetery #1, New Orleans' oldest above ground cemetery, dating back to 1789. Learn about creepy crypts, some crumbling but others still displaying polished stone etched with the names of some of our most famous citizens including French Creole nobleman Bernard de Marigny and the 19th Civil Rights activist Homer Plessy. Of course, no Voodoo tour is complete without a visit to New Orleans' most famous Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau. Learn about her amazing life as you pay homage at her final resting place.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Decatur Street, New Orleans, LA 70116

visit famous decatur street

Duration: 10 minutes

Pass By: St. Louis Cathedral, 615 Pere Antoine Aly, New Orleans, LA 70116-3291

learn about the connections of voodoo and catholicism

Stop At: French Quarter, New Orleans, LA

tour the neighborhood

Duration: 2 hours