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Saint Louis Cemetery #1, New Orleans

Local notables entombed here include 19th century Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau.

Local notables entombed here include 19th century Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau. Do not visit this cemetery alone, as criminals have been known to target vulnerable individual tourists. It can safely be visited with tour groups; free ones are given by the park service (visitor Center: 419 Decatur St, ? +1 504 589-2636, [1]) in addition to various pay tours. Almost all tours start early in the morning, although a couple pay tours will start at 1PM during weekdays.


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About Saint Louis Cemetery #1

 425 Basin Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

 +1 504-596-3050

Saint Louis Cemetery #1 and Nearby Sights on Map

Saint Louis Cemetery

Basin Street Station

The old Southern Railway train station has been remodeled; the ground floor has a visitors information center with gift shop, informative film and local museum exhibits free of charge

Musee Conti Wax Museum

Experience more than 300 years of history, legend and scandal with the 154 life-size figures displayed in historically accurate settings

Municipal Auditorium

Old neoclassical stone auditorium from c

Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts

This is one of the largest performance venues in the city, and is frequently used by the Louisiana Symphony Orchestra and for large scale dance performances and musicals

Hermann-Grima House

1830s mansion

Louis Armstrong Park

Includes historic Congo Square, and statues of early jazz greats Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, and Buddy Bolden

Cigar Factory New Orleans & Museum

History and tradition of one of New Orleans' oldest traditions -- cigar rolling! Watch the masters at work daily in the only operating cigar factory since the 50's

Preservation Hall

Bourbon Street

Named after the French royal House of Bourbon, the Bourbon Street is New Orleans' party street, lined with numerous pulsating bars, electric dance clubs, live music venues, and street performers