Fodor's New Orleans 2010Fodor’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. |
Contents
New Orleans Planner | 10 |
Great Itineraries | 16 |
Best Fests and Parades | 22 |
EXPLORING NEW ORLEANS | 31 |
CBD and Warehouse District | 58 |
Garden District | 65 |
Uptown | 75 |
Bayou St John and MidCity | 81 |
MARDI GRAS AND JAZZ FEST | 89 |
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