New Orleans: Bayous & the big easy LOUISIANA Maximum Elevation: 42 ft.
Tauck Value Includes:
Breaux Bridge Lafayette
Avery Island New Iberia New Orleans
• Tauck Exclusive – A private culinary experience at the New Orleans School of Cooking in the French Quarter, featuring a special cooking demonstration and a memorable meal
• Tauck Exclusive – A private, home-cooked porch lunch at a “Bal de Maison” house party in the heart of “Cajun Country,” featuring traditional Cajun food, music and storytelling
GULF OF MEXICO
• Tauck Exclusive – An exclusive tour aboard a private streetcar along New Orleans’ famous St. Charles Avenue, lined with live oaks and grand, historic mansions from another era
2. COOKING SCHOOL / MARDI GRAS INSIDER Jambalaya, étouffée, historic streetcars, ornate wrought-iron balconies and the cool sounds of jazz... get to know “Nawlins” up close on a day filled with Tauck’s signature sightseeing and insider discoveries in the “Big Easy.” Begin with a city tour that encompasses Canal Street, one of New Orleans’ central and most iconic thoroughfares; the historic waterfront area on the Mississippi River; and the mix of modern office skyscrapers, restored commercial buildings, historic residences, shops and restaurants that make up the Warehouse District. Then join your local guide for a walking tour of the legendary French Quarter from Jackson Square to world-famous Bourbon Street; check out the square, see St. Louis Cathedral and the adjacent Cabildo, and the antiques district. Pick up a few culinary secrets – and sample some tasty local specialties – during a private cooking demonstration and lunch at the New Orleans School of Cooking. Take a look at traditional Carnival celebrations when you explore Mardi Gras World with a Mardi Gras insider before spending the rest of the day as you please, enjoying dinner on your own. Join us for a French Quarter jazz experience tonight. Meals BL
3. NATURAL NEW ORLEANS / JAZZ HERITAGE Learn about the unique geological environment of New Orleans – America’s only city situated below sea level – and its vulnerability to natural and man-made calamities at an informative presentation by an environmental expert. Meet with volunteers and community organizers on a Tauck Exclusive field trip to the Lower Ninth Ward, devastated by Hurricane Katrina and now making a remarkable recovery. Through innovative collaborations, on-site learning programs and the ongoing efforts of Tauck World of Giving, Tauck partners with a local non-profit organization to support the rebuilding of New Orleans; your participation in this New Orleans journey helps make this support possible. Later, the prominence of jazz in the hometown of luminaries such as Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Wynton Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr. comes to life with a visit to the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park in the French Quarter. An evening of memorable “Nawlins” cuisine awaits as you choose from among three legendary French Quarter restaurants – The Court of Two Sisters, Tujague’s, or the Hotel Monteleone’s Hunt Room Grill – for dinner tonight. Meals BD
Call your travel agent or Tauck at 800-468-2825
• Tauck Exclusive – Insights from an environmental expert and a field trip with volunteers & community organizers in the Lower Ninth Ward that reveals how you help Tauck support New Orleans’ recovery
• Traditional Cajun dinner and entertainment in Breaux Bridge, know as the “Crawfish Capital of the World”
• Learning all about the secrets of famous McIlhenny TABASCO® Sauce during a visit to the plant – for a taste of TABASCO®-flavored ice cream
• A special visit to New Orleans’ National World War II Museum including the 4-D experience, Beyond All Boundaries
• A horse-drawn carriage ride through the French Quarter to a farewell jazz reception and dinner at historic Arnaud’s
• Visits to Vermilionville, Avery Island, Atchafalaya Swamp, Shadows-on-the-Teche & New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
• Multiple-night stays in the heart of the French Quarter at the historic Hotel Monteleone & The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans
• Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted
• 16 meals (7 breakfasts, 4 lunches & 5 dinners); service charges, gratuities to local guides, admission fees, taxes and porterage
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