Fodor's New Orleans 2010
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.\...
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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.
Be a Fodor’s Correspondent............3About This Book............6 Chapter 1: Experience New Orleans............7New Orleans Today............8New Orleans Planner............10What’s Where............12New Orleans Top Attractions............14Great Itineraries............16Local for a Day............18New Orleans with Kids............19Free and Almost Free............20Offbeat New Orleans............21Best Fests and Parades............22Get Outta Town............24 Chapter 2: Exploring New Orleans............31The French Quarter............34Faubourg Marigny and Bywater............51Tremé............55CBD and Warehouse District............58Garden District............65Uptown............75Bayou St. John and Mid-City............81Metairie and the Lakefront............86 Chapter 3: Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest............89Mardi Gras............90Jazz and Heritage Festival............99 Chapter 4: Where to Eat............109Where to Eat Planner............110Best Bets for New Orleans Dining............111 Chapter 5: Where to Stay............141Where to Stay Planner............142Best Bets for New Orleans Lodging............143 Chapter 6: Nightlife and the Arts............169The Arts............188 Chapter 7: Shopping............193 Chapter 8: Side Trips from New Orleans............221Plantation Country............223Cajun Country............237 Travel Smart New Orleans............259Getting Here and Around............260Essentials............264 Index............272 About Our Writers............288NEW ORLEANS IN FOCUS Remembering Katrina............25 MAPS The French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny............36-37CBD and Warehouse District............60Garden District............67St Charles Avenue Uptown............76Lakefront and City Park............82Where to Eat in the French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny............121Where to Eat in CBD and the Warehouse Area............128Where to Eat Outside the Downtown Area............131Where to Stay in Downtown New Orleans............146-147Where to Stay Outside the Downtown Area............164Downtown Nightlife............176-177French Quarter Shopping............196-197CBD and Warehouse District Shopping............209Magazine Street Shopping............212-213Maple Street/Riverbend Shopping............219Southern Louisiana............224Plantation Country............226Cajun Country............239Lafayette............240
