Names of voodoo shops in New Orleans?

Question

Okay, I know they are probably HUGE tourist traps & very cliche, but I would love to visit a voodoo shop in New Orleans. Are they in the French Quarter?? Are there any you could recommend?? Thanks so much!!

BQ: I've heard that the famous St. Louis Cemetery is unsafe to visit unless you take a guided tour. Why is that?? Is it so big that people get lost or do people get attacked in there??

Answer 1

There are several in the French Quarter. Reverend Zombie's Voodoo Shop is on the 700th block of St. Peter Street (it is also the meeting place for the Haunted History Tours, which offers tours of the cemetery). There's also Marie Laveau's House of Voodoo on Bourbon Street, and Voodoo Authentica on Dumaine St. You could also visit the Voodoo Museum, which is located on Dumaine as well.



St. Louis No. 1 is considered unsafe because it is in an unsafe area around the Iberville Housing Projects. It would be best to take a guided tour, and there are several offered so you shouldn't have any problem booking one.

Answer 2

Voodoo Shop Bourbon Street

Answer 3

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And visit the cemetery only with a guide, even with a guide tour groups have been robbed at gunpoint. Lots of places for them to hide in the narrow alleys of the cemetery.



If you want to just walk around a cemetery, try Lafayette Cemetery in the Garden District on Washington Street. You can take the streetcar. The Garden District cemetery has the pretty, above ground tombs but it's not as dangerous.

Answer 4

The only one I know is the Zombie Voodoo Shop! I think it's in the French Quarter!



To answer your BQ, it's the most haunted cemetary in the US!