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New Orleans itinerary

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  1. 1

    The French Quarter - The Oldest Neighbourhood in New Orleans

    The French Quarter, or Vieux Carre, covers 78 square blocks between Canal Street and Esplanade Avenue and is where New Orleans began in 1718. Most of what stands today is Spanish rather than French. Fires in 1788 and…

    Address
    400 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70130
    Nearest transit
    Canal Street streetcar (lines 47 and 48) to Bourbon Street, 4-min walk
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    Jackson Square and St Louis Cathedral - The Ceremonial Heart of the City

    Jackson Square was laid out in 1721 as the Place d'Armes, the military parade ground of the colonial city, and renamed after Andrew Jackson following the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. His equestrian statue stands at…

    Address
    615 Pere Antoine Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116
    Nearest transit
    Riverfront streetcar (line 2) to Jackson Square stop, 2-min walk
  3. 3

    Frenchmen Street and Preservation Hall - Where the Music Actually Happens

    Three blocks of Frenchmen Street in the Faubourg Marigny hold more live music per square metre than anywhere else in New Orleans. The Spotted Cat, d.b.a., Blue Nile and Snug Harbor run sets from early evening until well…

    Address
    500 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116
    Nearest transit
    Rampart-St Claude streetcar (line 49) to Elysian Fields Avenue, 5-min walk
  4. 4

    The National WWII Museum - The Biggest Single Attraction in New Orleans

    The National WWII Museum opened in 2000 as the D-Day Museum and now spreads across six pavilions in the Warehouse District. New Orleans got the museum for a specific reason: Higgins Industries built the LCVP landing…

    Address
    945 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130
    Nearest transit
    St Charles Avenue streetcar (line 12) to Lee Circle, 6-min walk
  5. 5

    The Garden District and Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 - Mansions and Above-Ground Tombs

    The Garden District went up from the 1830s, built by wealthy Americans who were not welcome in the Creole French Quarter. The architecture reflects the rivalry - Greek Revival and Italianate mansions on unusually large…

    Address
    1400 Washington Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130
    Nearest transit
    St Charles Avenue streetcar (line 12) to Washington Avenue, 5-min walk
  6. 6

    The St Charles Avenue Streetcar - The Oldest Street Railway in the World

    The St Charles line has run since 1835, which makes it the oldest continuously operating street railway in the world. The olive-green Perley Thomas cars date from 1923 and 1924, have varnished wooden seats and no air…

    Address
    100 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130
    Nearest transit
    Boards at Carondelet Street and Canal Street
  7. 7

    Cafe du Monde and the French Market - Beignets at Any Hour

    Cafe du Monde has been selling beignets and chicory coffee at the corner of Decatur and St Ann since 1862, and the original stand stays open 24 hours a day except Christmas. The menu runs to four items. Three beignets…

    Address
    800 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70116
    Nearest transit
    Riverfront streetcar (line 2) to Jackson Square, 1-min walk
  8. 8

    City Park and the New Orleans Museum of Art - 1,300 Acres of Live Oaks

    City Park covers 1,300 acres, roughly 50 percent larger than Central Park, and holds the largest surviving stand of mature live oaks in the world. Several of the trees predate the founding of the city, with the McDonogh…

    Address
    1 Collins Diboll Cir, New Orleans, LA 70124
    Nearest transit
    Canal Street streetcar (line 48, City Park/Museum branch) to the Esplanade Avenue terminus
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    Mardi Gras World - Carnival Floats Under Construction Year-Round

    Mardi Gras World is the working warehouse of Kern Studios, the family firm that has been building carnival floats since 1947 and produces most of the figures that roll in the major parades. The tour takes you across the…

    Address
    1380 Port of New Orleans Pl, New Orleans, LA 70130
    Nearest transit
    Free shuttle from multiple French Quarter and Central Business District pickup points
  10. 10

    Barataria Preserve - Cypress Swamp Half an Hour From Bourbon Street

    The swamp begins far closer to New Orleans than most visitors expect. Barataria Preserve in Marrero, about 40 minutes southwest of the French Quarter, protects roughly 26,000 acres of bald cypress swamp, bayou and…

    Address
    6588 Barataria Blvd, Marrero, LA 70072
    Nearest transit
    No public transport - car, rideshare or organised tour only, about 40 min from the French Quarter

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