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  • Beignets & Cafe au Lait at Cafe du Monde: Sit on the crowded patio gazing at the action on Decatur Street and Jackson Square. Gorge on hot French-style doughnuts liberally coated in powdered sugar (everyone will know what you've been doing from the sprinkles on your shirt) and washed down with potent chicory coffee. And do it at any hour of the day—3pm or 3am. It's open 24 hours!
  • Jazz at Preservation Hall: Drop your eight bucks in the hat and squeeze into one of the country's time-honored jazz institutions. Your feet will be moving and your ears will be happy, even if they never knew they liked jazz before.
  • A Crowded Night at the Maple Leaf: The Maple Leaf is a very "New Orleans" club and a terrific place to hang out. On nights when popular bands fill the place to hot, sweaty capacity and the crowd spills over into the street and dances right on the sidewalk, it's sublime.
  • Dinner at Commander's Palace: It took over a year after Katrina for this legendary restaurant to reopen, thanks to massive reconstruction requirements. It's romantic, gracious, attentive, and delicious.
  • A Cemetery Tour: New Orleans's above-the-ground tombs are hard to forget once you've seen them, and touring these ghostly cities of the dead provides you with a unique look into the history and culture of the city.
  • A Stroll through the Garden District: These elegant (not flashy) old homes, nestled among lush trees, are wonderful to gaze at and covet. At the right time of day, you might have the streets largely to yourself and feel you've slipped back in time—or into an Anne Rice novel.

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Hotels

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Le Pavillon Hotel

833 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70112 Map

Distance: 0.3 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 5 class stars

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Hampton Inn New Orleans-Downtown French Qtr Area

226 Carondelet Street
New Orleans, LA 70130 Map

Distance: 0.3 mi.
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Hotel Class: 3 class stars

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Crowne Plaza Hotel ASTOR-NEW ORLEANS

739 CANAL STREET
New Orleans, LA 70130 Map

Distance: 0.3 mi.
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Hotel Class: 4 class stars

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Attractions

Elms Mansion

3029 St. Charles Ave
New Orleans, Louisiana 70115

Distance: 1.9 mi. (from destination center)
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Old Absinthe House

Between Iberville and Bienville sts
240 Bourbon St
New Orleans, Louisiana

Distance: 0.4 mi. (from destination center)

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Museum of the American Cocktail

514 Chartres St
New Orleans, Louisiana

Distance: 0.6 mi. (from destination center)

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Airports

Major Airports near New Orleans

Distance (mi.)
New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport 11.3 map

Other Smaller Airports near New Orleans

Distance (mi.)
Gulfport Biloxi Regional Airport 67.7 map
Baton Rouge Ryan Airport 75.7 map
Lafayette/New Iberia Lafayette Regional Airport 116.5 map

Flight Deals to New Orleans

Originating From
Pittsburgh (PIT) to New Orleans (MSY) $149
Atlanta (ATL) to New Orleans (MSY) $156
Baltimore (BWI) to New Orleans (MSY) $162
Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to New Orleans (MSY) $168
Kansas City (MKC) to New Orleans (MSY) $171

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