Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve (
Click here
)
visitor center leads free
walking tours of the French Quarter at 9:30am (get tickets at 9am).
Confederacy of Cruisers
CYCLING
( 504-400-5468;
www.confederacyofcruisers.com
; tours from $49)
Get yourself out of the
Quarter and on two wheels - this super-informative, laid-back bike tour takes you
through Nola's non-Disneyland neighborhoods - Faubourg Marigny, Esplanade Ridge,
the Tremé - often with a bar stop and the occasional jazz funeral pop-in along the way.
Offers cocktail ($85) and culinary ($89) tours as well.
Friends of the Cabildo
WALKING
( 504-523-3939; 1850 House Museum Store, 523 St Ann St; adult/student $15/10; tours
10am & 1:30pm Tue-Sun)
Volunteers lead the best available walking tours of the Quarter.
City Segway Tours
SEGWAY
( 504-619-4162;
neworleans.citysegwaytours.com
; 3-/2-/1-hr tours $75/65/45)
Get on a Seg-
way and glide around the French Quarter, the Tremé and the river front.
Festivals & Events
New Orleans never needs an excuse to party. Just a few listings are included below;
check
www.neworleansonline.com
for a good events calendar.
Mardi Gras
CULTURAL
Feb or early Mar)
Fat Tuesday marks the orgasmic finale
of the Carnival season.
St Patrick's Day
CULTURAL
(
www.stpatricksdayneworleans.com
; Mar)
March 17 and its closest weekend see parades
of cabbage-wielding partiers all dressed in green.
St Joseph's Day - Super Sunday
CULTURAL
( Mar)
March 19 and its nearest Sunday bring the tribes of Mardi Gras Indians out into
the streets in all their feathered, drumming glory. The Super Sunday parade usually be-
gins around noon at Bayou St John and Orleans Ave, but follows no fixed route.
