New Orleans: Witchcraft Family Histories Walking Tour
ID: GYG1492118-2279281
Category:
Country: United States
Duration:
01:30 hours
Description
Walk the French Quarter with a witchcraft family guide. Hear documented family stories, meet Mary Oneida Toups, and explore living traditions with Marie Laveau and others.
Begin your walking tour near Jackson Square and visit Dutch Alley to hear the story of Malvina Latour. Continue to the French Market and learn about the women whose knowledge of herbs, healing, and spiritual practice shaped neighborhood life.
On St. Philip Street, discover Mary Oneida Toups, who chartered the Religious Order of Witchcraft in 1972. Along Royal and Dauphine Streets, hear accounts of Celestine DuPont, the Séance Sisters, Adelaine Duvet, Ophelia Landry, and other women whose stories are part of the Quarter's living memory.
At Marie Laveau's former home on St. Ann Street, explore her place in New Orleans Voodoo and its distinct history. Return to Jackson Square to hear how ancestral families continue practices of protection today.
Highlights
- Explore the French Quarter on a guided walking tour
- Learn about New Orleans' witchcraft families and their stories
- Visit Dutch Alley, the French Market, and St. Philip Street
- Discover the history of Marie Laveau and New Orleans Voodoo
- Hear about the Séance Sisters, Adelaine Duvet, and Ophelia Landry
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This is an outdoor storytelling walk
Guests are not asked to take part in a ritual
Bottom of the concrete steps. Across from Jakcson Square
INCLUDED
- 90 minute outdoor walk
- stories of New Orleans witchcraft families
- visit to Jackson Square
- visit to Dutch Alley
- visit to French Market
- visit to St. Philip Street
- visit to Royal and Dauphine Streets
- visit to Marie Laveau's former home on St. Ann Street
- visit to Mary Oneida Toups Shop
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
