Posted on 02/16/2015 2:13:39 PM PST by AbolishCSEU
Planning a 4 day trip to New Orleans. Tourism Suggestions please?
Any places to visit/avoid?
Oh and planning on visiting the WWII museum. . .
day trips for tourism. stay in well-lit areas at night, watch your six.
Go to one of John Besh’s restaurants.
Luke
August
Johnny sanchez
Domenica
Best muffaletta is at Central Grocery.
You won’t be disappointed.
Don’t do it.
Bulletproof vest might come in handy.
We’re going in mid-March. This will be the third year in a row we’ve done this.
http://www.auduboninstitute.org/aquarium
http://confederatemuseum.com/
http://nationalww2museum.org/
http://www.commanderspalace.com/
http://www.galatoires.com/home
Been to all these places. Highly recommend.
My suggestion:
Don’t go.
BUT
IF YOU DO GO
Go out only during the day.
Stay OUTSIDE where all the tourists are in the French Quarter.
Do not go down ANY side streets.
Do not carry ANY CASH, JEWELRY, WATCHES, OR wear EXPENSIVE CLOTHING. LOOK LIKE A BUM.
KEEP YOUR CELLPHONE IN YOUR POCKET.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AT ALL TIMES.
IGNORE STREET VENDORS, AND STREET PERFORMERS. THEY CAN BE DISTRACTIONS FOR YOU TO GET PICK-POCKETED.
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You might take a day and visit some of the antebellum homes on the River Road. Mucho history.
http://www.oakalleyplantation.com/
http://www.destrehanplantation.org/
http://www.sanfranciscoplantation.org/
http://www.houmashouse.com/
Thanks, we’re going on March 20th.
Went once, would never go back.
St Charles Ave Streetcar, Audubon Park, the Quarter, of course. Garden District.
Hundreds of outstanding restaurants. When we go, we hit at least a few of: Mother’s, Arnaud’s, Mr B’s, Palace Cafe, anything Besh or Emeril, Central Grocery, Gumbo Shoppe, Galatoire’s, and so many more.
Best deal in town is The Chart Room at corner of Chartres and Bienville. Excellent, but cheap, drinks. Local ambiance.
At least three hours in the Piano bar at Pat O’Brien’s.
Get a streetcar/bus pass - you’ll use it.
Take good walking shoes.
Watch episodes of “The First 48” filmed in NOLA
Looking like a bum? No problemo! We always look as poor as church mice (mostly due to hubby’s MASSIVE “child” support payments—but I digress)
We have scheduled a few frugal walking touristesque walking tours
There are a whole bunch of geocache in the french quarter and they make the whole experience loads of fun when you walk the streets.
Becoming a geocacher is simple and free all you need is a GPS or GPS app on your smart phone and then register here: Geocaching.com
Geocaching is like a treasure hunt using a GPS and it takes you to some interesting places you would probably never find if you didn't geocache. View Carre is ONLY open to geocachers and they give you a great tour usually and show you where all the water from Katrina got to in the NOLA area. AND the Cache itself is huge and packed full of cool stuff.
And the best part is some of this things are hidden right out in the open and you would walk by without ever knowing they were there. NOLA is just full of these hidden treasures!
Frenchman Street at night for live music, but be careful: Thus far, there has been an average of at least one fatal shooting every two days in 2015.
See that guy who said don’t go down any side streets?
That is the best advice.
Do not leave the beaten path at all for any reason.
New Orleans is a dangerous place. You do not want to go into native areas at all.
Get beignets at the Cafe Du Monde right across the street from St. Louis Cathedral. Even other locations down the block aren’t as good.
I completely understand. I used to live in the “hood” in Rochester NY and in Buffalo NY.
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