Information for: New Orleans
Even during its most mundane moments (and there are very few of those!), the Big Easy is an extraordinary and unique city. Expect a French Quarter that’s ready to party 7 days a week: good bars just a stone’s throw away from great places to eat and be entertained.
Hotels located in: New Orleans
Windsor Court Hotel
The twenty-storey Windsor Court Hotel is the Grande Dame of the New Orleans hotel scene. Formal and luxurious it quite rightly made the Condé Nast Traveller 2008 Gold List. The majority of rooms are suites where you can expect the very best in Southern hospitality and the in-house dining and drinking options are marvellous.
300 Gravier St.New Orleans
Tel No: +1 504-523-6000
International House
The International House New Orleans Hotel is a genuine boutique hotel with a soul. A perfect mix of the old and the new it’s upmarket and five-star thoughout yet still manages to be lively trendy and exciting. Spa services are provided in your room and the recently-renovated gym is very impressive. And make sure that [...]
221 Camp StNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504-553-9550
Ritz-Carlton
The Big Easy’s Ritz-Carlton is probably the best hotel in the city. Located on the perimeter of the French Quarter this large elegant hotel is super-classy throughout and exactly as expensive as you’d expect. The in-house dining in superior but the highlight is possibly the The Ritz-Carlton Spa featuring twenty-two treatment rooms almost one hundred [...]
921 Canal StNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504-524-1331
Bienville House Hotel
Bienville House Hotel is a quaint Southern boutique hotel offering that’s in a great location for fun in the French Quarter. Yet the hotel itself is charming and quieter than many other nearby – absolutely ideal if that’s what you’re looking for. An all-round gentleralternative to the larger chains that includes the popular and cozy [...]
320 Decatur StNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504-529-2345
Loft 523
Loft 523 is a lively and trendy boutique hotel in a good location for French Quarter activities. It’s a bit different from the norm though with only seventeen rooms. But beingso small and unique is part of the appeal of the place and you may even see some celebs in here. And if you do [...]
523 Gravier StreetNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504 200 6523
Hilton New Orleans Riverside
Hilton New Orleans Riverside is a high-rise convention and resort hotel in the Warehouse District that’s also one of the biggest in town (sixteen-hundred rooms andseventy suites). An understandable business favourite you’ll get all that you’d expect from this chain including multiple restaurants& lounges and some sports/fitness facilities.
2 Poydras StreetNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504-561-0500
Culture & Entertainment Located in: New Orleans
La Cantina di Triunfo
La Cantina di Triunfo is rightly seen by many as one of the finest wine bars in Italy. An ancient wine cellar back in the day this has stayed in the same family for ages and the quality of both wine and food are fantastic. This is a great place to discover some less well [...]
64 Via Riviera di ChiaiaNaples
Tel No: +39 081 668 101
Bombay Club
You’ll find The Bombay Club resto-lounge located within the Prince Conti Hotel. One of the hottest piano bars in town it has an old-style gentleman’s club atmosphere that gives a reassurance ofagreeable surroundings. What it’s not is lively – you can relax and take your time in here – but Bombay Club is definitely upscale [...]
830 Conti StNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504-586-0972
Victorian Lounge
The Victorian Lounge at the Columns Hotel is an ornate and impressive old-style lounge. Mind you it should be – the 120-year-old Columns Hotel is jam-packed with New Orleans history and folklore. Sip drinks while reclining on a chaise longue or head out to the veranda. Either way this place is ace!
Columns Hotel3811 St. Charles Ave
New OrleansTel No: +1 504-899-9308
Loa
Loa is part of the ultra-cool International House Hotel and demonstrates most of the hotel’s traits. It’s a smart dressy and glamorous hangout for a wide age-range ofclientele as well as the inevitable beautiful people. The hotel says that Loa is "an eclectic sanctuary an elegant even opulent space" and we absolutely agree!
221 Camp StreetNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504-553-9550
Muriel’s
Muriel’s Jackson Square is a legendary French Quarter restaurant and bar that very rarely fails to impress. The food is good but the bar is just as impressive. Look out for dramatic drapery and red velvet that enhance the Victorian ambience as you take a seat to enjoy the great range of drinks excellent service [...]
801 Chartres StNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504-568-1885
One Eyed Jacks
As far as we’re concerned One Eyed Jacks sums up New Orleans perfectly. It’s upmarket but it’s earthy the layout is odd yest somehow it’s elegant it’s relaxing yet it can get very lively! All the contrats are here in this never-dull bar/club. And don’t be surprised to find Hollywood types propping up the backroom [...]
615 Toulouse StNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504-569-8361
Pat O’Brien’s Bar
Pat O’Brien’s Bar is THE bar that tourists visit when making a first trip to New Orleans. Popular and large it’s actually made up of five different bars in all. Famous for its Hurricane drink but with good bar food too make a point of coming to see this French Quarter institution.
718 Saint Peter StNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504-525-4823
Restaurants Located in: New Orleans
Nirvana Indian Cuisine
One of the most-popular Indian restaurants in the cityThe third and newest Indian restaurant offering from this family-owned businessHuge menu – just like the other twoNot too expensive either
4308 Magazine StTel No: +1 504-894-9797
La Provence
La Provence was ecently rated as one of America’s Top Ten restaurants so it’s well-worth the40-minute drive from New Orleans. Specialising in fine French and Creole cuisines it won’t take you long to see why this place is so highly-regarded. If you have the time make a booking and make the trip.
25020 Highway 190Lacombe
LouisianaTel No: +1 985-626-7662
Commander’s Palace
Commander’s Palace is without question one of the city’s best both at lunchtime and in the evenings. The Garden District location is an attractive backdrop and the restaurant itself is 100% New Orleans. The French Creole menuisupmarket and expensive but you’ll see – and taste! – why. Definitely best to book in advance – this [...]
1403 Washington AveNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504-899-8221
K Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen
K &ndash Paul’s Louisiana Kitchenis an elegant and attractive Cajun-based option in a good French Quarter location. Classy and pretty expensive it even has the chef who introduced the world to Cajun cooking (Paul Prudhomme)! So it’s the real Cajun cuisine deal in here – of the highet quality and just crying out to be [...]
416 Chartres StNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504-524-7394
Bayona
Bayona is a very pleasing-on-the-eye French Quarter restaurant. Inventive New American/International cuisine is their thing here and they do it well – this place is highly-regarded by both locals and visitors alike. Spread across three dining rooms and the courtyard this really is a fantastic place to eat. Just make sure to book at least [...]
430 Dauphine StNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504-525-4455
Cafe Giovanni
Cafe Giovanni is a popular and not too expensive Italian restaurant in the French Quarter. Its upmarket dining is Italian with a Louisiana influence and the mood is just right too – Cafe Giovanni was recently voted as having the "Best Ambiance in New Orleans". It’s also been in the Top Ten of all New [...]
117 Decatur StNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504-529-2154
Kim Son
Kim Son is a West Bank-located Vietnamese eatery. It’s just a little off the beaten path and to be honest doesn’t have the most attractive interior either. But it’s keenly-priced and the excellent Asian food is the hook. You can choose from two different menus plus a range of Chinese dishes to help you enjoy [...]
349 Whitney AveGretna
Tel No: +1 504-366-2489
Sporting/Leisure/Beauty Located in: New Orleans
House of Lounge
If you want to be a couch potato you might as well be a well-dressed one. Or do you want to treat your humble bedroom more like a boudoir? House of Lounge is a unique and fun store that you shouldn&rsquot really think too much about visiting &ndash just go! It works a variety of [...]
2044 Magazine StreetNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504 671 8300
The Ritz-Carlton Spa
The Ritz-Carlton Spa New Orleans featurestwenty-two treatment rooms almost one hundred treatments aSpa Café a Fitness Center retail store complimentary valet parking and much more. As you&rsquod expect it&rsquos multiple award-winning &ndash far too many to mention here. And services areexpertly performed in a beautiful setting with draped chandeliers bubbling fountains and a hint of [...]
The Ritz-Carlton New Orleans921 Canal Street
New OrleansTel No: +1 504 524 1331
Southern Seaplane
What a fantastic way to take in The Big Easy with a thrilling flight over the city. Experience the thrill of New Orleans as you pass the French Quarter and the Superdome. View in amazement the winding Mississippi as you proceed to the beautiful bayous where you will land for a closer look at the [...]
1 Coquille RdBelle Chasse
Tel No: +1 504 394 5633
Lakewood Golf Club
Lakewood Golf Club is an 18-hole course (of just over 7000 yards) that’s been home totwenty New Orleans Opens. Itfeatures a driving range and all the main golf facilities you’d expect. Major renovation work finished here inSeptember 2008 so things are looking even smarter. Make sure to call first to check availability though – this [...]
4801 General De Gaulle DrNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504-393-2128
French Market
Located in the historic French Quarter just at the river’s edge the French Market offers upscale shopping entertainment and regional cuisine within the oldest city market in the US (founded 1791). This complete New Orleans experience is all within a five block radius of the famous French Quarter. And as you stroll around you&rsquoll see [...]
1008 N Peters StTel No: +1 504 522 2621
Shops At Canal Place
Located on Canal Street at the Mississippi River where the French Quarter meets the Central Business DistrictThe Shops at Canal Place is New Orleans’ answer to a shopaholics&rsquo paradise. Expect huge names like Saks Fifth Avenue Brooks Brothers Gucci Pottery Barn Williams Sonoma and BCBG. And it&rsquos not just top-shelf shops here &ndash the centre [...]
333 Canal St # 327New Orleans
Tel No: +1 504 522 9200
Entertainment located in: New Orleans
Mardi Gras
The carnival is the CrescentCity’s biggest party of the year and one of the best-known celebrations in the world. Taking place annually on Fat Tuesday (24th February in 2009) but it seems to go on and on and on (in fact some would say that every day and night it is party time and that [...]
1 Poydras StNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504 568 9000
Le Petit Theatre De Vieux Carre
This quaint 93-year-old community theatre Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre had its inception back in 1916 when a group of amateur theatre-lovers began putting on plays in the drawing room of one of the members. Since then Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre has been recognized as one of the leading little or community [...]
616 Saint Peter StNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504 522 2081
New Orleans Strippers
I think I believe it when they say that these are New Orleans&rsquo Hottest Male Strippers! If naughty fun is on the agenda when you&rsquore here pick up the phone to these guys. Or look at the website first &ndash then you&rsquoll definitely be picking up the phone!! Whether you&rsquore looking for one guy or [...]
n/aTel No: +1 866 404 4401
Phoenix Art Museum
PhoenixArt Museum is the Southwest&rsquos premier destination for world-class visual arts. Popular exhibitions featuring artists such as Rembrandt Norman Rockwell Annie Leibowitz and Monet are shown along side the Museum&rsquos outstanding collection of more than 18000 works of American Asian European Latin American Western American modern and contemporary art. The Museum is simply a treasure [...]
1625 N Central AvePhoenix
Tel No: +1 602 257 1222
St Louis Cathedral
Few cities in the world are so identified by a building as New Orleans. The amazing Saint Louis Cathedralis the oldest Cathedralin North America founded as a Catholic Parish in 1720 along the Banks of the Mississippi River. The graceful beauty of the Cathedral and its surrounding courtyards make it a sight to behold – [...]
615 Pere Antoine AlyNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504 525 9585
Bourbon Street
The best-known street in New Orleans is Bourbon Street with famous jazz spots the Preservation Hall and the Old Absinthe House. It&rsquos the absolute heart of the action and 25 million visitors a year come to the French Quarter and stroll along Bourbon Street. Shops bars clubs restaurants hotels history culture &ndash it&rsquos all here [...]
Bourbon StreetNew Orleans
Tel No: n/a
Historic New Orleans Collection
This is an excellent if somewhat eccentric history museum (eccentric because it began its life simply as one couple’s collection). In a complex of historic French Quarter Buildings at 533 Royal Street the Collection’s holdings comprise some 35000 library items more than two miles of documents and manuscripts and approximately 350,000 photographs, prints, drawings, paintings [...]
533 Royal StNew Orleans
Tel No: +1 504 523 4662