The Ritz-Carlton W Hotel room
The Ritz-Carlton room The Ritz-Carlton bathroom
W Hotel
The Ritz-Carlton pool
Brunch Legs and Eggs
Dinner and cocktails at the W
our favorite oyster bar in the city. It serves them raw, chargrilled, Buff alo, or Rockefeller. They also do an excellent po’boy, which can be made fried or blackened. Competitor Acme Oyster House is
worth checking out, too. Grab a seat at the counter to watch the oysters shucked in front of you while slurping down a cold beer. There is a full menu beyond oysters, including a “10 napkin” roast beef sandwich. Café du Monde is a New Orleans institution. It has been serving powdered sugar-drenched beignets and chicory and coff ee for more than 150 years. Another legendary restaurant is the
Commander’s Palace in the Garden District. It has been serving good food in convivial environs since 1893. Today it is known for its “haute Creole cuisine” and charming ambience. The restaurant has won seven James Beard Foundation Awards.
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WHAT TO DO New Orleans’ most famous neighborhood is the French Quarter, home to its famed Bourbon Street. Here you will fi nd some of the city’s top restaurants, nightlife venues, and unique shops amid its cobblestone streets and historic buildings with colorful facades. The French Market is also in this
neighborhood. The open-air market and food hall houses permanent stalls cooking up all sorts of local Creole fare. The Garden District is also worth exploring. Wander down streets lined with stately old oaks and past opulent 19th-century mansions that exude old Southern charm. It’s like stepping back in time. History buff s will want to pay a
visit to the National WWII Museum honoring courageous men and woman who fought in “the war that changed the world.”
Visit in the evenings to experience
Expressions of America. It will transport you back in time to the early 1940s in an immersive sound and light show with live performances. One of the most popular tour
options is New Orleans Ghost Adventures Tours. The city has a reputation for being haunted, and this company runs several tours, including haunted pub crawls, Garden District ghost tours, and cemetery tours. If you’d rather explore the
bayous, check out New Orleans Kayak Swamp Tours. The most popular adventure is the Manchac Swamp Kayak Tour, which takes you paddling through swamp for about 2.5 hours with an enigmatic guide, who tells great tales and points out all the wildlife that call the swamplands home — alligators, snakes, wading birds, and wild boar are all found here.
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