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Stories of Faith and Courage: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
Features
- Free cancellation available
- 1h
- Mobile voucher
- Instant confirmation
Overview
- Be regaled by tales of heroes and saints in a veritable necropolis
- Hear from producer Kevin J. Bozant, a writer, photographer and graphic designer
- Do it all in 60 minutes or linger at stops along the way with complete control
- Get unlimited use of the tour before your booking date and after it
- Use the virtual tour option at home
Activity location
- New Orleans
- New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Meeting/Redemption Point
- New Orleans, LA 70119, USA | If you plan to take the Canal Street streetcar, make sure you take the car with ‘Cemeteries’ as the destination panel, NOT ‘City Park’ Upon your arrival at the Cemeteries Streetcar Terminus next to Greenwood Cemetery, you will exit there. You will find yourself in the presence of at least eight historic cemeteries. Once on foot, you will turn right on City Park Avenue, walk past Greenwood Cemetery, (you can’t miss the large Elk sculpture on the Hill) and head toward and under the elevated Pontchartrain Expressway. As you emerge on the other side you will see the steps that will take you up to the pedestrian entrance to Metairie Cemetery. You are looking for what locals call the horse on the hill. The current pedestrian entrance was originally the main entrance to Metairie Cemetery. The first tomb you will encounter is the tomb of Tom Benson. As you walk past the Benson tomb you will see the horse on the hill on your right.
- New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Valid for 1 Hour, Stories of Faith and Courage: A Self-Guided Audio Tour in English
- 1h
- English
What's included, what's not
- Lifetime access to this tour in English
- VoiceMap app for Android and iOS
- Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
- Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
- Smartphone and headphones
- Transport
- Food and drink
What you can expect
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.
New Orleans cemeteries are outdoor museums where memorial art is celebrated with as much passion as it is neglected. “Perpetual Care” assures that most family tombs are restored and renewed with regularity. Others face abandonment and neglect, lingering in the irony of their own death throes.
But, have no fear. 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.” Join New Orleans writer and photographer Kevin J. Bozant on this hauntingly beautiful journey. He knows where the bodies are buried.
Location
Activity location
- New Orleans
- New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Meeting/Redemption Point
- New Orleans, LA 70119, USA | If you plan to take the Canal Street streetcar, make sure you take the car with ‘Cemeteries’ as the destination panel, NOT ‘City Park’ Upon your arrival at the Cemeteries Streetcar Terminus next to Greenwood Cemetery, you will exit there. You will find yourself in the presence of at least eight historic cemeteries. Once on foot, you will turn right on City Park Avenue, walk past Greenwood Cemetery, (you can’t miss the large Elk sculpture on the Hill) and head toward and under the elevated Pontchartrain Expressway. As you emerge on the other side you will see the steps that will take you up to the pedestrian entrance to Metairie Cemetery. You are looking for what locals call the horse on the hill. The current pedestrian entrance was originally the main entrance to Metairie Cemetery. The first tomb you will encounter is the tomb of Tom Benson. As you walk past the Benson tomb you will see the horse on the hill on your right.
- New Orleans, Louisiana, United States