New Orleans Travel Guide

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Locals say that the South ends fifty miles north of New Orleans. In many ways, this is true. This city is home to a diverse music culture, world-renowned cuisine, voodoo, and Mardi Gras , one of the world's largest parties. New Orleans is a relatively small city which had little concern for what went on outside of it until Hurricane Katrina devastated the city … Read New Orleans introduction

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Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, the following description may no longer be accurate. Please consider this when making your travel plans. This structure, built in 1790, was originally called the "Ecclesiastical House." …
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St. Louis Cemetery Number Two
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Museum of the American Cocktail
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Mardi Gras Fountains
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Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, the following description may no longer be accurate. Please consider this when making your travel plans. The …
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Maison de Ville and the Audubon Cottages
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Windsor Court Hotel
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The Queen & Crescent
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Le Pavillon Hotel

My husband and i visited New Orleans from England in April.To say we had the best time would be an understatment.The music the food the people,everything was amazing.We stayed in a lovely bed and ... more

3 May 2008 | patsy.robertson@btinternet.com

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Introduction

New Orleans has long seduced with its Caribbean colour, sultry Southern heat, sweet-tasting cocktails and voodoo potions. The unofficial state motto, laissez les bons temps rouler (let the good times roll), pretty much says it all. Then in August 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck, toppling …

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Not to miss

French Quarter There's no denying the Quarter's appeal. It's walkable, picturesque, always busy, and filled with an extraordinary range of great restaurants, bars, nightclubs, courtyard cafés, art galleries, rummage shops and quirky museums. A visitor can walk these blocks time and …

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Facts for the Traveller

Population : 1200000 Area : 468km² Longitude / Latitude : -90.0986862183 / 29.9563789368 Currency : US Dollar (USD) Weights & Measures system : Imperial

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Getting there & Getting around

Getting there Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, 18km (11mi) west of the city, handles mostly domestic flights. A departure tax of 24.00 is charged to all passengers travelling to foreign cities. Greyhound buses run from the Union Passenger Terminal, with regular services to …

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History

Recent History In recent years, the steady growth of tourism - despite reports of the city's high crime rate - made up an increasing share of the employment opportunities in New Orleans. Like most US cities at the end of the millennium, New Orleans benefited from trends toward urban revival, and …

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Weather

The Gulf of Mexico provides New Orleans with plenty of moisture - the city receives about 150cm (60in) of rainfall annually and no season is immune from it. In March, April and May the weather is quite variable, with plenty of rain; but spring has sunny, mild days that are perfect for the festivals. …

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Overview of New Orleans

New Orleans should come with a warning label. See, there's a growing group of residents whom locals call the never lefts. They are the people who came to New Orleans as tourists: came for Mardi Gras, came for Jazz Fest, or just came. And the city worked its magic on them. They listened to street …

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Overview

New Orleans is like no other place in the world. It is often referred to as the most European of American cities, but it is much more than that: start with Amsterdam, stir in some Caribbean, add dashes of Cartagena and Memphis, and you've just begun the recipe. If you become even passingly familiar …

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