STORIES BY Ken Burns


NEW ORLEANS: BAYOUS & THE BIG EASY


CELEBRATES THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CENTENNIAL 1916~2016


NEW ORLEANS JAZZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ~ JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND PRESERVE You could say that New Orleans’ biggest export is its inimitable culture, and you’ll sample a big helping of it in and around the “Big Easy”... from jazz everywhere and the French Quarter’s constant party... to the bold flavours of the city and “Cajun Country”... to a proud heritage of overcoming adversity, from World War II to the Lower Ninth Ward...


1. ARRIVE NEW ORLEANS Tour begins: 5:15 PM, Hotel Monteleone. A transfer is included from New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong International Airport to Hotel Monteleone in the “Vieux Carré.” Join us for dinner at legendary Antoine’s restaurant in the heart of the city’s world-famous French Quarter. Meals D


2. CITY SIGHTS & FLAVOURS Get to know fabled Canal Street and an above-ground cemetery before a French Quarter walking tour that takes in Jackson Square, the Cabildo, St. Louis Cathedral, the antiques district and Bourbon Street. New Orleans flavours star at a cooking demonstration and lunch at the New Orleans School of Cooking; Creole, Cajun and tall tales are the school’s specialities. Next, attention turns to New Orleans’ annual Mardi Gras celebration, when masks and merry-making transform the streets into scenes of revelry, as a local guide takes you inside


Mardi Gras World. This evening, join us for a private experience at Preservation Hall, a unique and intimate venue dedicated to the preservation of traditional New Orleans jazz. Meals BL


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Breaux Bridge Lafayette


Jefferson Island


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