Airbnb, Vacation Rentals in New Orleans, LA

When you have only limited times to spend in New Orleans, we highly recommend you to visit those famous places:

• Mardi Gras World
• Jackson Square
• The National WWII Museum
• Audubon Aquarium of the Americas
• Woldenberg Park
• Louis Armstrong Park
• St. Louis Cathedral
• Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium
• City Park
• New Orleans Museum of Art
• Longue Vue House and Gardens
• Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
• Visit New Orleans
• New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
• The Historic New Orleans Collection (New exhibition center)
• The Cabildo
• New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
• New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
• Ogden Museum of Southern Art
• 1850 House
• THE JACKSON BARRACKS MILITARY MUSEUM
• St. Bernard Parish Office of tourism
• Bayou Bienvenue Wetland Platform
• Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum
• Community Park
• Cavaroc House
• Brechtel Park
• Bonnabel Boat Launch
• Airboat SwampTour Adventures Of New Orleans
• Wally Pontiff Jr Playground

Here are the airports that located near New Orleans:

• Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
• New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field
• Lakefront Airport

Magazine Street

Magazine street is one of the best streets for dining, shopping, and strolling in New Orleans. After being rebuilt, it contains a variety of architectural styles. The streets extending from the city center to the garden area gather antique shops, art galleries, handicraft shops, and boutiques.

Garden District

A lot of visitors will come to the garden. There are a large number of well preserved Italian and Victorian-style houses, which is considered as the local rich area. There are also many people who will make a special trip to participate in the cemetery walking tour. Yes, it's the "graveyard" you think. Because of the swamp below the surface of New Orleans, if you dig a few feet more, the tombs will pour down. Therefore, the coffins here are all hanging on the ground, which has become a local feature. 

New Orleans is best known for its culinary styles, mainly Creole and Cajun.

Oceana Grill

Address: 739 Conti St, New Orleans, La 70130

The food in this restaurant can successfully stimulate interest in New Orleans cuisine. It tastes great. Fried eggplant strips are crisp, the oyster aroma is overflowing, and mixed pasta is delicious.

Drip affogato bar

Address: 703 Carondelet St, New Orleans, La 70113

A very small and fresh dessert shop, the main product in the shop is affogato, that is, espresso and ice cream. But different from ordinary restaurants, the owner separates the ice cream from the espresso and then sprinkles the coffee on the ice cream bit by bit until it melts.

Sylvain

Address: 625 Chartres st, New Orleans, La 70130

With an open backyard, there is quiet leisure. When the night falls, the candlelight and the melodious jazz music in the restaurant will definitely be a good place to split sentiment. The food tastes good, too.

Cafe Du Monde

Address: 800 Decatur St, New Orleans, La 70116

Yes, this is a famous cafe. It was founded in 1862 and has been going through a century and a half. How famous is it? It's like a roast duck to Beijing, Starbucks to Seattle, In & Out to California. If you don't go to the cafe to have a taste of Vietnamese coffee or beignet, you are embarrassed to say that you have been to New Orleans.

Muriel’s Jackson Square

Address: 3206, 801 Chartres St, New Orleans, La 70116

What attracted the restaurant at first was its historical interior decoration. It's a good place to celebrate and entertain.

Bourbon Street

The highlight of New Orleans is definitely not a scenic spot during the day, but its colorful nightlife. At night, walk directly to Bourbon Street in the French Quarter. On both sides of the street are bars, restaurants, and hotels of all sizes, all of them standing on the balcony on the second floor upstairs or just hanging out on the street with their glasses. There is a paradise of music everywhere, because it is the birthplace of the world's three major music genres of jazz, attracting very good musicians from all over the world to make pilgrimages here. Sit down in any bar, you can hear or feel the local culture, jazz culture, and with Cajun food, you can't be happier.

Jackson Square

Jackson Square is located on the Bank of the Mississippi River in France. It is for the deeds of the seventh president of the United States to defend New Orleans against the British Army during the war of independence. However, its fame does not come from this. With the development of New Orleans culture, it has gathered the best street artists from all over the world. In the evening, various performances will be held here.

Royal Street

Three hundred years ago, when it was colonized by France, the royal street was built. As time goes by, it has become the oldest block in the French Quarter. The buildings here are very characteristic, each building has a huge balcony, and each balcony is covered with plants, which has its own characteristics. All kinds of ancient French or Spanish buildings are arranged here. The shops on both sides of the street sell many ancient things, representing the culture of the city. The charm of New Orleans comes from street artists all over the world who gather here to express the same idea of great harmony in different art forms.

French market

The French market is a bit like the Pike Place Market in Seattle, selling all kinds of things. There are snacks and drinks, as well as various arts and crafts. There is an endless stream of people hanging around here, and you can also taste different cuisines.

Airports: Louis Armstrong International Airport. There are special shuttle buses at the airport.

Public transportation: (1) Uber/Lyft or taxi is a good choice; (2) streetcar has three lines, almost covering the whole tourist key areas and some very famous tourist attractions. The three lines are river front line, and St.Charles Line and Canal line, all sites and departure and stop time can be found on the official website.

Royal Street

It's a big warehouse for antique shops and art galleries in New Orleans. Royal Street extends from Canal Street to Esplanade in French Quarter, passes through residential areas of Marigny and Bywater, and extends to Industrial Canal. Stroll around a variety of unique shops, you can find crystal chandeliers, 19th-century absinthe glasses, and a wealth of antique paintings. 

New Orleans has a subtropical humid climate, with an average temperature of 27.7 ℃ in July and 11.6 ℃ in January, with heavy rain in summer. Travel in early February, the temperature is moderate, body feel is about 20 degrees in the daytime. It is cold and cool in the morning and evening, and body feeling is about 10 degrees. At the same time, New Orleans' most famous Carnival (Mardi Gras) is held in February every year, when there will be a large parade, the whole city will enter the carnival state, followed by the spring Jazz Fest.

Day 1: Shopping

New Orleans is a great city for shopping. The streets are narrow, and there are countless shops for antiques, crafts, and snacks. The three most famous streets are Bourbon St., Royal St., French St. Each item has its own characteristics. If you have time, it is recommended to go through all of them.

Day 2: Jackson Square - St. Louis Cathedral - The National WWII Museum

(1) Jackson Square

Named after American General Andrew Jackson, Jackson Square is designed and imitated from the famous Vosges square in Paris, France. In the center of the square is the statue of Jackson on horseback set up in 1856. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, the square was the main site of the public execution of disobedient slaves. From the 1920s to the 1980s, the square was home to painters, talented young art students, and amateurs. Since the early 1990s, in addition to painters, musicians, and buskers, fortune tellers have begun to gather around the square.

(2) St. Louis Cathedral

Behind the statue is St. Louis's Cathedral, the oldest continuous open Cathedral in the United States. The site's first church was built in 1718 and the third in 1789. In 1850, the main chapel was greatly rebuilt. There are very few structures from 1789 that we see today.

(3) The National WWII Museum

The National World War II museum was rated by TripAdvisor as the most popular attraction in New Orleans and the second largest museum in the United States and the world.

Day 3: Oak Manor - Swamp Adventure

(1) Oak alley plantation

There are many plantations in New Orleans, which were originally used to grow sugarcane and produce sucrose. One of the more famous is the oak manor. One of its most distinctive features is a tree-lined passageway of 28 huge oak trees in front of the main house (leading to the Mississippi River).

(2) Swamp & Bayou boat

If you like adventure and are not afraid of wildlife, you can consider taking part in a "swamp adventure tour".

Mardi Gras: February 8

The annual Mardi Gras is held in New Orleans in February every year. At this time, it will be a huge gathering of people. If you want to come to New Orleans, you must check the relevant introduction of Mardi Gras in advance. It is highly recommended.

The National WWII Museum

People who like history or American culture can't miss the World War II Museum in New Orleans. This paper records all kinds of events that happened during the United States' participation in World War II and tells the motivation of the United States to participate in the war and its influence on the United States in the later stage through stories and continuing forms.

New Orleans Museum of Art

Located in the center of the city park, which is known as the five most beautiful city parks in the United States. Founded in 1911, the museum is the richest art collection in the south of the United States. It has a permanent collection of more than 35000 works of art. The collection includes works by Degas, Picasso, Chagall, and other famous artists, as well as African and Asian art paintings and sculptures. The museum also has a beautiful sculpture garden dedicated to the works of great artists like Henry Moore and Louise Bourgeois.