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The colourful history of the region together with the influence of many different cultures has over the centuries led to New Orleans evolving into a vibrant city, full of lively people famous for their festive sprit. This light-hearted spirit is summed up in the local motto 'aissez les bons temps rouler' (let the good times roll). The city also hosts what has to be North America's most famous annual street festival at Mardi Gras. Along with festivities, the town offers many other attractions from the beautiful old Spanish-style colonial buildings of the French Quarter, to the ultra modern state-of-the-art Riverwalk shopping complex built along the east bank of the Mississippi.

New Orleans Attractions

The French Quarter
New Orleans, Louisiana

The French Quarter is one big living attraction. It is famous for its old French-and Spanish-style buildings, cool jazz, and joyous atmosphere. The heart of the quarter is at Jackson Square, where artists, musicians, fortune-tellers, mime artists and magicians perform.


Bourbon Street
French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana

Bourbon Street is the most popular and famous tourist attraction in New Orleans. All through the day and night you can see people partying up and down the street.


New Orleans Museum Of Art
1 Dreyfous Ave, City Park, New Orleans
Tel: +1 504 488 2631

The New Orleans Museum of Art, founded in 1910, is considered one of the finest museums in the Southeastern United States.


Audubon Zoo
6500 Magazine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
Tel: +1 504 861 2537

Located in 58 acres of beautiful landscape and with more than 1,500 species displayed in their natural habitat, Audubon Zoo is one of the nation's best zoos. Open daily from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm in the winter and from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm in the summer.


French Market
1008 North Peters Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

This is America's oldest city market. It is said that before the Europeans settled here, the same area was used by Native Americans as a trading and meeting place. It has a flea market, a farmer's market, shops, restaurants and cafés. Open daily from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.


Saint Louis Cathedral
615 Pere Antoine Alley, New Orleans, Louisiana 70116

This is the oldest cathedral in the United States, built in 1794. It is the place of worship for thousands of New Orleanians. The cathedral standing today is actually the third building to occupy the site. The first was destroyed by a hurricane and the second was destroyed by the fire of 1788 which almost burnt every structure in the French Quarter.


New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
724 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70116

This is the most unusual museum in the world! Learn about the mysterious mixture of African and Catholic rituals brought to New Orleans in the eighteenth century. You can see artifacts of the occult, pictures of rituals, old maps that retrace the journey of slaves from Africa, photographs of modern-day practitioners.


Gallier House Museum
1132 Royal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70116

Home of New Orleans' most famous architect.