Frommer's New Orleans 2011 (Frommer's Complete Guides)

✍ Scribed by Diana Schwam

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 356
• Series: Frommer's Complete Guides
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Completely updated every year, Frommer's New Orleans features a full rundown of the unique experiences that await you.Our author hits all the highlights, from the French Quarter to the Garden District to Mid-City and beyond. She's checked out all the city's best hotels and restaurants in person, and offers authoritative, candid reviews that will help you find the choices that suit your tastes and budget.You'll also get up-to-the-minute coverage of shopping and nightlife; an in-depth look at Mardi Gras; detailed walking tours; accurate neighborhood maps; advice on planning a successful vacation; and side trips to Cajun Country and the nearby plantation homes.Frommer's New Orleans also includes a color fold-out map.

✦ Table of Contents

FROMMER'S NEW ORLEANS 2011......Page 3
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 5
LIST OF MAPS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 9
CHAPTER 1: THE BEST OF NEW ORLEANS......Page 13
THE BEST FIRST-TIME NEW ORLEANS EXPERIENCES......Page 14
THE BEST TRIP MEMENTOS......Page 16
THE 5 BEST NEW ORLEANS DRINKS......Page 18
THE BEST BARS BEYOND BOURBON......Page 19
CHAPTER 2: NEW ORLEANS IN DEPTH......Page 21
HISTORY 101......Page 22
NEW ORLEANS IN POPULAR CULTURE......Page 31
CHAPTER 3: MARDI GRAS, JAZZ FEST & OTHER FESTIVALS......Page 36
MARDI GRAS......Page 37
CAJUN MARDI GRAS......Page 47
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL......Page 48
OTHER TOP FESTIVALS......Page 51
VISITOR INFORMATION......Page 53
WHEN TO GO......Page 54
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS......Page 60
GETTING THERE & AROUND......Page 62
MONEY & COSTS......Page 67
CRIME & SAFETY......Page 68
SPECIALIZED TRAVEL RESOURCES......Page 69
RESPONSIBLE TOURISM......Page 70
SPECIAL INTEREST & ESCORTED TRIPS......Page 72
STAYING CONNECTED......Page 73
THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN BRIEF......Page 75
CHAPTER 6: WHERE TO STAY......Page 91
NEW ORLEANS’S BEST HOTEL BETS......Page 95
THE FRENCH QUARTER......Page 96
THE FAUBOURG MARIGNY......Page 108
MID-CITY/ESPLANADE......Page 109
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT......Page 112
UPTOWN/THE GARDEN DISTRICT......Page 122
CHAPTER 7: WHERE TO DINE......Page 127
BEST DINING BETS......Page 128
A TASTE OF NEW ORLEANS......Page 131
RESTAURANTS BY CUISINE......Page 136
THE FRENCH QUARTER......Page 140
THE FAUBOURG MARIGNY & BYWATER......Page 155
MID-CITY/ESPLANADE......Page 157
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT & WAREHOUSE......Page 162
UPTOWN/THE GARDEN DISTRICT......Page 169
METAIRIE......Page 176
COFFEE, TEA & SWEETS......Page 177
THE FRENCH QUARTER......Page 182
OUTSIDE THE FRENCH QUARTER......Page 196
PARKS & GARDENS......Page 207
NEW ORLEANS CEMETERIES......Page 210
VOODOO......Page 213
ANNE RICE’S NEW ORLEANS......Page 216
ORGANIZED TOURS......Page 218
ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS......Page 225
SPORTING EVENTS......Page 227
CHAPTER 9: CITY STROLLS......Page 229
CHAPTER 10: SHOPPING......Page 250
MAJOR HUNTING GROUNDS......Page 251
SHOPPING A TO Z......Page 252
CHAPTER 11: NEW ORLEANS AFTER DARK......Page 267
THE RHYTHMS OF NEW ORLEANS......Page 268
JAZZ & BLUES CLUBS......Page 277
RHYTHM, ROCK, BLUES & MORE......Page 284
THE BAR SCENE......Page 288
GAY NIGHTLIFE......Page 295
THE PERFORMING ARTS......Page 297
AN EVENING CRUISE......Page 298
PLANTATIONS ALONG THE GREAT RIVER ROAD......Page 299
CAJUN COUNTRY......Page 315
CHAPTER 13: FAST FACTS: NEW ORLEANS......Page 338
INDEX......Page 343
ACCOMMODATIONS INDEX......Page 351
RESTAURANTS INDEX......Page 352