Trip IdeasFodor's New Orleans 2010
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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in New Orleans!
•Updated annually, Fodor’s New Orleans provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s New Orleans features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in New Orleans.
•Experience New Orleans like a local! Fodor’s New Orleans includes choices for every traveler, from shopping boutiques and walking historic neighborhoods to gallery hopping and late-night clubbing, and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in New Orleans!
•Updated annually, Fodor’s New Orleans provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s New Orleans features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in New Orleans.
•Experience New Orleans like a local! Fodor’s New Orleans includes choices for every traveler, from shopping boutiques and walking historic neighborhoods to gallery hopping and late-night clubbing, and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
Be a Fodor’s Correspondent............3
About This Book............6
Chapter 1: Experience New Orleans............7
New Orleans Today............8
New Orleans Planner............10
What’s Where............12
New Orleans Top Attractions............14
Great Itineraries............16
Local for a Day............18
New Orleans with Kids............19
Free and Almost Free............20
Offbeat New Orleans............21
Best Fests and Parades............22
Get Outta Town............24
Chapter 2: Exploring New Orleans............31
The French Quarter............34
Faubourg Marigny and Bywater............51
Tremé............55
CBD and Warehouse District............58
Garden District............65
Uptown............75
Bayou St. John and Mid-City............81
Metairie and the Lakefront............86
Chapter 3: Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest............89
Mardi Gras............90
Jazz and Heritage Festival............99
Chapter 4: Where to Eat............109
Where to Eat Planner............110
Best Bets for New Orleans Dining............111
Chapter 5: Where to Stay............141
Where to Stay Planner............142
Best Bets for New Orleans Lodging............143
Chapter 6: Nightlife and the Arts............169
The Arts............188
Chapter 7: Shopping............193
Chapter 8: Side Trips from New Orleans............221
Plantation Country............223
Cajun Country............237
Travel Smart New Orleans............259
Getting Here and Around............260
Essentials............264
Index............272
About Our Writers............288
NEW ORLEANS IN FOCUS
Remembering Katrina............25
MAPS
The French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny............36-37
CBD and Warehouse District............60
Garden District............67
St Charles Avenue Uptown............76
Lakefront and City Park............82
Where to Eat in the French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny............121
Where to Eat in CBD and the Warehouse Area............128
Where to Eat Outside the Downtown Area............131
Where to Stay in Downtown New Orleans............146-147
Where to Stay Outside the Downtown Area............164
Downtown Nightlife............176-177
French Quarter Shopping............196-197
CBD and Warehouse District Shopping............209
Magazine Street Shopping............212-213
Maple Street/Riverbend Shopping............219
Southern Louisiana............224
Plantation Country............226
Cajun Country............239
Lafayette............240
About This Book............6
Chapter 1: Experience New Orleans............7
New Orleans Today............8
New Orleans Planner............10
What’s Where............12
New Orleans Top Attractions............14
Great Itineraries............16
Local for a Day............18
New Orleans with Kids............19
Free and Almost Free............20
Offbeat New Orleans............21
Best Fests and Parades............22
Get Outta Town............24
Chapter 2: Exploring New Orleans............31
The French Quarter............34
Faubourg Marigny and Bywater............51
Tremé............55
CBD and Warehouse District............58
Garden District............65
Uptown............75
Bayou St. John and Mid-City............81
Metairie and the Lakefront............86
Chapter 3: Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest............89
Mardi Gras............90
Jazz and Heritage Festival............99
Chapter 4: Where to Eat............109
Where to Eat Planner............110
Best Bets for New Orleans Dining............111
Chapter 5: Where to Stay............141
Where to Stay Planner............142
Best Bets for New Orleans Lodging............143
Chapter 6: Nightlife and the Arts............169
The Arts............188
Chapter 7: Shopping............193
Chapter 8: Side Trips from New Orleans............221
Plantation Country............223
Cajun Country............237
Travel Smart New Orleans............259
Getting Here and Around............260
Essentials............264
Index............272
About Our Writers............288
NEW ORLEANS IN FOCUS
Remembering Katrina............25
MAPS
The French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny............36-37
CBD and Warehouse District............60
Garden District............67
St Charles Avenue Uptown............76
Lakefront and City Park............82
Where to Eat in the French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny............121
Where to Eat in CBD and the Warehouse Area............128
Where to Eat Outside the Downtown Area............131
Where to Stay in Downtown New Orleans............146-147
Where to Stay Outside the Downtown Area............164
Downtown Nightlife............176-177
French Quarter Shopping............196-197
CBD and Warehouse District Shopping............209
Magazine Street Shopping............212-213
Maple Street/Riverbend Shopping............219
Southern Louisiana............224
Plantation Country............226
Cajun Country............239
Lafayette............240
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