Lonely Planet New Orleans

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781786571793
• eBook ISBN: 9781788681513

Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet's New Orleans is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Take the St Charles streetcar past grand homes and enormous oaks, catch some jazz on Frenchmen St and search out po'boy perfection - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of New Orleans and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's New Orleans Travel Guide: Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights provide a richer, more rewarding travel experience - covering history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, politics Covers French Quarter, Faubourg Marigny & Bywater, CBD & Warehouse District, Garden, Lower Garden & Central City, Uptown & Riverbend, Mid-City, the Treme, and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's New Orleans is our most comprehensive guide to New Orleans, and is perfect for discovering both popular and offbeat experiences. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's USA for an in-depth look at all the country has to offer. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

French Quarter

Sights

Eating

Drinking & Nightlife

Entertainment

Shopping

Sports & Activities

French Quarter

Neighborhood Top Five

1 Riverfront Walking up and down the Mississippi River, watching crowds disembarking from ferries, listening to music and watching buskers along the way.

2 New Orleans Jazz Museum Catching a concert and seeing living local culture playing its Dixieland heart out.

3 Bar Tonique Slow-sipping a marvelous cocktail in a busy spot often frequented by bartenders.

4 Fifi Mahony’s Fitting yourself out for the perfect wig at this treasure trove of hairpieces.

5 Cabildo Grounding yourself in the history of Louisiana at this museum in the elegant former seat of the state’s colonial government.

Explore the French Quarter

Many visitors treat the French Quarter as a sort of adult playground, with Bourbon St serving as a neon heart of bad behavior, where the drinks are as fluorescent as the lights. Skip this side and you’ll find a compact neighborhood where historical preservation, incredible dining and great nightlife intersect like nowhere else in the USA.

Start your first day with the morning walking tour run by Friends of the Cabildo. It’s an excellent introduction to both the architecture and history of the area. After the tour, take a walk along the river and consider catching a concert sponsored by the National Park Service at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. Finish the evening with dinner at either Coop’s Place or Galatoire’s, and drinks at French 75.

Next day, walk up and down Royal Street and lounge alongside the river. If you feel inclined, rent a bicycle; you can cover lots more ground that way. Go shopping or peruse some galleries, and get yourself to Preservation Hall early enough in the evening to see the show. As night well and truly falls, have dinner at Meauxbar, and then hop over for drinks at Bar Tonique or meander back to the river for a late-night bite at St Lawrence – perhaps with a wander (eyes wide shut) along crazy Bourbon St to vicariously take in the drunkenness and debauchery.

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Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to New Orleans
• New Orleans’ Top 10
• What’s New
• Need to Know
• First Time New Orleans
• Top Itineraries
• If You Like…
• Month By Month
• With Kids
• Eating
• Drinking & Nightlife
• Entertainment
• Shopping
• LGBT+ New Orleans
• Neighborhoods at a Glance
• French Quarter
• Mardi Gras & Jazz Fest
• Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
• CBD & Warehouse District
• St Charles Avenue Streetcar
• Garden, Lower Garden & Central City
• Uptown & Riverbend
• Mid-City, Bayou St John & City Park
• Tremé-Lafitte
• Day Trips from New Orleans
• Sleeping
• Understand New Orleans
• New Orleans Today
• History
• People of New Orleans
• Architecture
• Music
• Environment
• Transportation
• Directory A–Z
• Glossary
• Behind the Scenes
• New Orleans Maps
• Our Writers