Histoire d'une dysnastie de la Nouvelle Orléans - Visites des jardins et cimetières du quartier français

No existing place in New-Orleans preserves more
of her magical and haunting flavour than her courtyards....
 

Laura Locoul (1861 - 1963), a Creole woman and plantation mistress from Louisiana, wrote a journal of her family's life in the old French Quarter.

Walk through locked doors and, surrounded by the stillness of secluded, tropical courtyards, step into the mysterious and remarkable lives of five generations of one New Orlean's family. Amid patios of profuse and entangled beauty, meet the spectors of those long dead; the European and African branches of this Louisiana dynasty.

See this Creole world slowly come alive and tragically dissolve as they struggle through changing society, civil war, the birth of Jazz and the Americanization of our city.

       
 
 
 
 

From grand townhouses to simple cottages and original slave quarters, hear about Creoles, Free people of Color and slaves.

Discover where they actually lived, their ambitions, intimate secrets shared only with Voodoo Queens of long ago.

Based on Laura's Memoirs; some 5,000 pages of legal documents from the National Archives in Paris and records from Senegal; relive compelling life stories of passion, devotion as well as rejection and denial.

Feel the strength and tenderness of a lost world bound by an incredible love that still crosses today's boundaries of time, race and moderation!

National Geographic Traveler writes:
"The Le Monde Creole tour is the BEST walking tour in the city, not to be missed".

Acclaimed by National and International Press & Television including: FROMMERS, LONELY PLANET & THE TRAVEL CHANEL.
   

Our guided walking tour :
 
shows you some of the residences of the Laura Locoul family;
bring you into private courtyards of distinctive French Quarter homes;
and through the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum and its 19th century medicinal gardens;
the Historic New Orleans Collection and its lush courtyard behind an authentic 1792 home;
the majestic courtyard of the Hermann-Grima House Museum;
St Louis Cemetery (where we visit Laura's family tomb and the tomb of the famous Voodoo priestess Marie Laveau).

Tombe de la famille Locoul
Laura Locoul 1861 - 1963

Tour schedule:

  • Daily     - 10:30 am
  • Sunday - 10:00 am

Reservations required

For tour reservations and info call:

  • Bill Coble, General Manager : 504 568 1801
    OR
  • Michelle Dumas, Tour Director: 504 232 8559

$ 20.00 Adults           
$ 15.00 Students w/ID
CASH ONLY
Tours begin at 624 Royal St.

Seating available in some courtyards.
Strollers and wheelchairs may not fit in some passageways.
Tour lasts app. 2 hours.
NO SMOKING ALLOWED
more info/ group rates, email us at contact@mondecreole.com
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