WWII Museum (£16). The imposing, pale-grey building houses rare artefacts and photos, an interactive submarine experience and a 4D film with Tom Hanks. Its American Sector bar plays 1940s tunes and has half-priced drinks from 4pm-7pm. nationalww2museum.com


20.30: After resting up at your hotel, sample Chicken Creole and Oysters Rockefeller where they were invented at the French Quarter institution of Antoine’s, credited with shaping the city’s cuisine. Ask your waiter for a tour through 175 years of history, secret rooms belonging to the Mardi Gras ‘crewes’ and a concealed doorway in the ladies’ toilet, which led to a tiny drinking den during Prohibition. antoines.com


23.00: Head around the corner to Bourbon Street, the city’s famous nightlife strip. It can be hectic, but there are a few gems. Built in the 1700s, Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop claims to be the oldest bar in the US – and haunted. Maison Bourbon has non-stop live jazz or, for craft cocktails in a classier joint, duck down cross street Bienville to Arnaud’s French 75. lafittesblacksmithshop.com maisonbourbon.com arnaudsrestaurant.com


00.00: Back on Bourbon Street, settle in for a show at Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, tucked inside the Royal Sonesta Hotel. The dusky, intimate venue packs out every night for its jazz revues and saucy burlesque performances. With no cover charge, all it will cost you is the


10.00: The French Quarter


16.00: The National WWII Museum


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