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New Orleans
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New Orleans Overview For Group Travelers
New Orleans Group Attractions
There are plenty of things to do and places to see for groups traveling to New Orleans. Explore top attractions our experts recommend. Visit Canal St Ferry. Check out Columns Hotel. Don't miss Donna's Bar & Grill. Click here to start planning your trip now.
Things To Do for Groups in New Orleans
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About New Orleans
Locals say that the South ends fifty miles north of New Orleans. In many ways, this is true. This city is home to a diverse music culture, world-renowned cuisine, voodoo, and Mardi Gras, one of the world's largest parties. New Orleans' colorful constitution incorporates French, Spanish, Caribbean, Italian, Irish, and West African influences into one big jambalaya. The result is a red-hot town that can be everything from difficult to magical.New Orleans is a relatively small city which had little concern for what went on outside of it until Hurricane Katrina devastated the city 2005. Parts of New Orleans are still recovering from this disaster but the city's vibrant culture is back in full swing. In the summertime, heat rouses the scent of everything from magnolia blossoms to fresh-boiled crawfish, and contributes a comfortable laziness to the New Orleans' attitude. Part of the city's charm lies in its laid-back manner toward almost everything. You can blame the laissez-faire attitude of the city on the heat, but this approach has become part of the culture. In New Orleans, there is always a tomorrow for what they have to do today, and that is what makes this city so fun and relaxing.
New Orleans Districts
Once you reach New Orleans, you can take a cab to almost anywhere in the city for a flat rate of about $25. Public transportation in New Orleans consists of the streetcar line and the bus system. Though public transportation is not the most reliable form of travel, in many cases it can take you where you want to go for only a $1.25. If, of course, you need to get somewhere quickly, or if you're traveling late at night, it is best to take a cab. A good way to sightsee is to take the streetcar line, which is the oldest continuously operating streetcar in the world.The French Quarter, or Vieux Carre in French, is the oldest neighborhood in New Orleans. It lies in the crescent of the Mississippi River and consists of fairly narrow streets, reminiscent of European city planning, that reveal hidden courtyards and look up to wrought iron balconies. The architecture in the French Quarter typically dates to the late 18th- and early 19th-centuries, and draws on French and Spanish influences. In the daytime, the French Quarter, especially the area around Jackson Square, is filled with tourists, street performers, and the occasional conman. At night, the French Quarter transforms into the stereotypical party scene. Barhopping college students, adventurous suburbanites, tourists, and practitioners of the world’s oldest profession all populate the area until the wee hours.
Once the main shopping district of New Orleans lined with popular department stores and theaters, Canal Street lost much of its grandeur to a sluggish economy in the 70s and 80s. Today, Harrah's New Orleans Casino and an expanded convention center have helped this part of Canal Street to develop into a ten block strip of hotels, T-shirt shops and electronics stores. The Riverwalk Market Place, which is near the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas and the Ernest M. Morial Convention Center, also makes this a popular stop for tourists.
The scattered, mismatched skyscrapers and superbly odd-shaped Louisiana Superdome of the CBD and Warehouse District form the recognizable skyline of New Orleans. Several modern hotels, as well as older and established hotels are in heart of the CBD and Warehouse District and the New Orleans’ business community. Bustling during the day with local businesspeople, this area lulls at night. Since the district is relatively empty at night, many of the guests from the hotels in the neighborhood head for the French Quarter.
The Garden District is the premier New Orleans residential neighborhood, boasting the tremendous oak tree lined Saint Charles Avenue as its most-famed street, and home after home epitomizing the antebellum’s Greek Revival architecture. Only a walking tour will do this dazzling district the justice it deserves. If you visit the city, you must see the lush, overgrown gardens and grand mansions that line these streets. The Garden District has many well-known residents, including Trent Reznor, Archie Manning, and Anne Rice, the famous author of many vampire novels.
Oak lined streets, Victorian mansions, and college cafes are staples of New Orleans’ thriving Uptown neighborhood. St. Charles Avenue and Pyrtania Street offer examples of Colonial Revival architecture. The neighborhood is also home to Tulane and Loyola Universities. In addition to the mansions and universities, many pleasant coffee shops, antique stores, and restaurants crowd the small spaces between the fantastic homes of New Orleans' upper class. Plenty of fit and tanned residents jog the two miles through Uptown's gorgeous, Spanish moss-filled Audubon Park each morning.
Having outgrown the once-appropriate title, the Warehouse District is no longer frequented by blue-collar factory workers. Instead, it is now a vibrant arts district populated by the city's young professionals. Some of the best art galleries in the city sit beside restaurants that offer excellent cuisine. In addition, locals and tourists crowd into the streets of the district during festivals such as Art for Art's Sake, when plenty of wine, cheese, gumbo, and art clutter the sidewalks and the shops.
New Orleans Entertainment
New Orleanians love to throw a good party--keep in mind this is a city that dances in the street after a funeral. So don't fret if you miss the big money draws Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest. There are still plenty of festivals to go around, including Southern Decadence with the ultimate drag parade down Royal Street; the French Quarter Festival in April that attracts local and international bands as well as some of Jazz Fest's favorite food vendors; and the Creole Tomato Festival, a smaller affair, but just as delicious.A ton of musical history and a citywide penchant for "shakin' it" make New Orleans ground zero for catching great music all year long. Even more good news: if you go local and hit clubs outside the French Quarter you'll find yourself rarely paying more than a $5 cover charge with standard bar prices.
New Orleans is most famous for jazz. This is where the national art form was born, and the natives haven't forgotten it. You can capture the various evolutionary forms of this African/European musical merger throughout the city.