Table of Contents
1 Experience New Orleans 6
Ultimate Experiences 8
What's Where 16
New Orleans Today 18
What to Eat in New Orleans 20
What to Drink in New Orleans 22
What to Buy in New Orleans 24
The Spookiest Experiences in New Orleans 26
Under-the-Radar New Orleans 28
Sports in New Orleans 30
New Orleans with Kids 31
What to Watch and Read Before You Go 32
2 Travel Smart New Orleans 35
What You Need to Know Before You Go to New Orleans 36
Getting Here and Around 38
Essentials 42
A Good Gallery Walk in the Warehouse District 50
A Good Garden District Walk 52
Great Itineraries 54
Best Tours in New Orleans 56
On the Calendar 59
Contacts 62
3 The French Quarter 63
Neighborhood Snapshot 64
French Quarter Below Royal Street 66
French Quarter Above Royal Street 99
4 Faubourg Marigny 117
Neighborhood Snapshot 118
5 The Bywater, ST. Claude and the Lower Ninth Ward 129
Neighborhood Snapshot 130
The Bywater and St. Claude 131
The Lower Ninth Ward 138
6 Tremé/Lafitte and the Seventh Ward 141
Neighborhood Snapshot 142
7 CBD and Warehouse District 163
Neighborhood Snapshot 164
Central Business District 165
Warehouse District 182
8 The Garden District 193
Neighborhood Snapshot 194
9 Uptown and Carrollton-Riverbend 211
Riding the Streetcar 212
Neighborhood Snapshot 215
Uptown 216
Carrollton-Riverbend 231
10 Mid-City and Bayou ST. John 235
Neighborhood Snapshot 236
Mid-City 237
Bayou St. John 246
11 Side Trips From New Orleans 251
Welcome to Side Trips from New Orleans 252
Planning 254
Abita Springs 256
Plantation Country 258
Baton Rouge 261
St. Francisville 265
Lafayette 267
Grand Coteau 273
Opelousas 275
Eunice 277
Breaux Bridge 280
Atchafalaya Basin 281
St. Martinville 282
Avery Island 284
Erath 285
Abbeville 285
Maurice 286
Maps
French Quarter Below Royal Street 68-69
French Quarter Above Royal Street 104-105
Faubourg Marigny 122
The Bywater, St. Claude and the Lower Ninth Ward 134
Tremé/Lafitte and the Seventh Ward 144
The CBD 169
The Warehouse District 184
The Garden District 198-199
Uptown and Carrollton-Riverbend 218-219
Mid-City and Bayou St. John 242-243
Plantation Country 257
Cajun Country 268
Index 287
About the Writers 304
Fodor's Features
Mardi Grass Time in New Orleans 76
New Orleans Noise 152
The Cuisine of New Orleans 174
