Handy-Dandy Checklist! 

When in New Orleans, you MUST

• Eat a po-boy and/or a muffaletta
• Stroll around the French Quarter
• Order café au lait and beignets at Café Du Monde
• Go to a fine restaurant
• Ride the streetcar
• See the mansions of St. Charles Avenue and the Garden District
• Shop your way down Magazine Street
• See the historic above-ground cemeteries
• Hear a brass band

Click on the link below for a short flick on what New Orleans has to offer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbgHjkcyF4Q

If the link doesn't work, copy and paste it in your web browser. You don't want to miss it!

But what are the kids gonna do?

There is a long list of exciting things to do as a family in the city of New Orleans. You have the opportunity to introduce your children to one of the oldest cities in America and give them a taste of history that will last with them a lifetime. Take them to a River Road plantation and show them how they would have lived 200 years ago.  Take them to an art museum or a history museum.  Dress them up and make reservations at one of the world’s finest restaurants.  Let them play amateur photographer and see who can get the best photos of the most celebrated architecture in the country.  Take a carriage ride and let your tour guide describe the fascinating history of the French Quarter. After all of that, if you still have time, you could take them to the Audubon Zoo or the Aquarium.

YOUR KIDS WILL THANK YOU FOR IT.

And if they don’t, tell them to hush up, return to their iPods, and act happy, and remind them that you pay for their gymnastics...  Then return to your café au lait, beinets, and people watching at the original french market coffee stand Cafe Dumonde.

New Orleans is a confusing place to navigate, even for locals! Don't ask for north, south, east, or west...where ever you go, you'll be heading uptown, downtown, toward the lake, or toward the river. Lots of one-way streets, U-turns, and wide neutral grounds (medians) can be tricky. Lucky for us all, the city is relatively small (geographically speaking), taxis are plentiful, and streetcars are a fun means of public transportation.

Some of our guests choose to rely on taxis and streetcars, while some rent cars during their stay. Some attractions, such as plantations and swamp boat tours, that are outside the city, have their own shuttles that you can board at your hotel, so knowing ahead of time which attractions you'd like to see may help you make your decision whether or not to rent a car.