New Orleans Attractions
New Orleans is a city of history, art, legends, ghosts, parties, voodoo, food, and music. The Crescent City offers locals and visitors thousands of things to do, places to go and people to see, so we thought we'd do the hard part for you and narrow down your options. Whether your interest is partying at Mardi Gras, taking in the Mississippi River aboard the Steamboat Natchez, enjoying New Orleans-style jazz at Preservation Hall or exploring the city's haunted history - our list has got you covered.
Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler! Get in on the fun at the Crescent City's most famous celebration, Mardi Gras. Beads, beer, music, parades, King Cake, costumes, purple, green and yellow are all in abundance during Mardi Gras festivities. Be ready to witness a party like you've never seen before.
Web: www.mardigrasneworleans.com
Explore the businesses and fun that reside in the famous New Orleans French Quarter. The Quarter is home to famous establishments and landmarks like Pat O'Brien's, Antoine's, Jackson Square, the St. Louis Cathedral and much more. You'll have to stroll the streets of the Quarter yourself to understand just how important it's role in Crescent City culture really is.
Web: www.frenchquarter.com
Visit a museum that is truly unique to the city of New Orleans. The Musee Conti Wax Museum resides in the French Quarter and showcases over 154 wax figures that tell the story of the Crescent City; from its founding, to Voodoo practice - the museum covers all the city's little quirks.
Address: 917 Conti St., New Orleans, LA 70112 - MAP
Phone: (504) 525-2605
Web: www.neworleanswaxmuseum.com
Pay a visit to the New Orleans Museum of Art and explore the collection that has been amassed since 1911. The collection contains over 40,000 artworks that span history from the Italian Renaissance to modern times. Picasso, Renoir, Rodin, Jackson Pollock, and Georgia O'Keeffe are just a few world-renown artists who are featured in the museum's galleries.
Address: 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA 70119 - MAP
Phone: (504) 658-4100
Web: www.noma.org
Honor our armed forces, past, present and future, by visiting the National World War II Museum and learning about the hardships troops went through while battling overseas. The museum chronicles the American contribution to the second Great War with exhibits that describe battles and weapons through the presentation of artifacts, photos, quotes and more.
Address: 945 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130 - MAP
Phone: (504) 528-1944
Web: www.nationalww2museum.org
All aboard!! Hitch a ride on the Steamboat Natchez Riverboat and cruise around the Toulouse Street Wharf harbor and the Mississippi River. The cruises are accompanied by a jazz band, "Dukes of Dixieland" and food is available for hungry passengers.
Phone: (504) 569-1401
Web: www.steamboatnatchez.com
There's no better place to test your luck than Harrah's Casino Hotel. Try your hand at poker, craps, slots and just about any other casino game you can think of. If gambling isn't treating you well, cut a rug at Masquerade night club or eat at one of the many on-site restaurants.
Address: 8 Canal St., New Orleans, LA 70130 - MAP
Phone: (504) 533-6000
Web: www.harrahsneworleans.com
Visit the birthplace of the Hurricane cocktail and the number one alcohol-distributing establishment in the United States at Pat O'Brien's New Orleans. The bar has been a Crescent City institution since 1933 and continues to be one of the most visited places in the French Quarter. Be sure to check out the "dueling" pianos while you're sipping on that Hurricane.
Address: 718 St. Peter Street, New Orleans, LA 70116 - MAP
Phone: (504) 525-4823
Web: www.patobriens.com
Take the stage at the New Orleans Cats Meow karaoke bar, where you can choose from hundreds of songs to serenade the crowd with. The karaoke hot spot opened in 1989 in the French Quarter and has been named "the best karaoke bar in the world." The famed bar has been visited by celebrities like Brooks and Dunn, Depeche Mode, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Bill Gates, and many others.
Address: 701 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA 70116 - MAP
Phone: (504) 523-2788
Web: www.catskaraoke.com
No trip to New Orleans is complete without visiting the famous Cafe Du Monde. The 24-hour cafe was first established in the Crescent City in 1862 and continues to be a traditional coffee shop that serves up dark roasted coffee, white and chocolate milk, fresh squeezed orange juice, soft drinks, world famous beignets and more. Whatever you do, don't leave without trying a beignet!
Address: 800 Decatur Street, New Orleans, LA, 70116 - MAP
Phone: (504) 525-4544
Web: www.cafedumonde.com
In what could be the most haunted city in America, taking a ghost tour is almost an obligation. Let the experts at Haunted History Tours take you around New Orleans and tell you the history behind tour stops and the souls who still linger. Keep your ears and eyes open, you may see a new ghost story unfold right in front of you.
Address: 97 Fontainebleau Dr., New Orleans, LA 70125 - MAP
Phone: (504) 861-2727
Web: www.hauntedhistorytours.com
In a city that knows its jazz music, visit the venue that perfects it at Preservation Hall. The music venue has been blasting out the sweet strains of jazz since 1961 and continues to host New Orleans jazz performances by veterans of the genre and true masters of their craft. Catch performances nightly.
Address: 726 St. Peter St., New Orleans, LA 70116 - MAP
Phone: (504) 522-2841
Web: www.preservationhall.com
Celebrate your love for music at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The festival is one of the city's largest parties, providing two weekends of live music from world-renown performers and some of the best food in the Crescent City. Legends like Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, Al Green, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson, and Gladys Knight have taken the stage for the festival.
Address: 336 Camp St. Ste. 250, New Orleans, LA 70130 - MAP
Phone: (504) 410-4100
Web: www.nojazzfest.com
Catch your favorite band or performer at the House of Blues New Orleans. The French Quarter location of the famous venue has hosted concerts by music heavyweights like Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Willie Nelson, ZZ Top, and many more. While you're visiting, peruse the folk art collection - it's the largest of its kind in the country.
Address: 225 Decatur St., New Orleans, LA 70130 - MAP
Phone: (504) 310-4999
Web: www.houseofblues.com
If upscale shopping is your thing, The Shops at Canal Place will most likely be where you'll find your favorite stores like Banana Republic, BCBGMAXAZRIA, Coach, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Don't leave the mall with time to kill. Before, after, or during your shopping excursion, catch a movie at the luxe Theatres at Canal Place or see a show at the Southern Repertory Theatre.
Address: 333 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 - MAP
Phone: (504) 522-9200
Web: www.theshopsatcanalplace.com
See a performance at a true New Orleans institution in the heart of the French Quarter. Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré has been entertaining audiences since 1916 and throughout its 95 seasons, the company has performed favorites like The Wedding Singer, White Christmas, Steel Magnolias, and Damn Yankees.
Address: 616 Saint Peter St., New Orleans, LA 70116 - MAP
Phone: (504) 522-2081
Web: www.lepetittheatre.com
Visit what is said to be the oldest continuously operating cathedral in the U.S., the Saint Louis Cathedral. The cathedral has been an established church since 1718 and is located in the historic French Quarter.
Address: 615 Pere Antoine Aly, New Orleans, LA 70116 - MAP
Phone: (504) 525-9585
Web: www.stlouiscathedral.org
