Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
There's pretty good wi-fi coverage in the CBD, French Quarter, Garden and Lower
Garden Districts and Uptown. Almost every coffee shop in the city has wi-fi coverage.
Libraries have free internet access for cardholders.
MEDIA
politics and classifieds.
MEDICAL SERVICES
Tulane University Medical Center
(
504-988-5800;
http://tulanehealthcare.com
; 1415 Tu-
lane Ave;
24hr)
Has an emergency room; located in the CBD.
POST
Post Office
Lafayette Sq
(610 S Maestri Pl, Lafayette Sq; 8:30am-4:30pm Mon-Fri)
; Main
branch
(701 Loyola Ave; 7am-7pm Mon-Fri, 8am-4pm Sat)
Mail sent General Delivery, New
Orleans, LA 70112, goes to the main branch at 701 Loyola Ave. Postboxes in outlying
areas are not necessarily reliable since Katrina.
TOURIST INFORMATION
The city's official visitor website is
www.neworleansonline.com
.
Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve Visitor Center
( 504-589-2133,
504-589-3822;
www.nps.gov/jela
; 419 Decatur St, French Quarter; 9am-5pm)
Operated by the
NPS, with exhibits on local history, guided walks and daily live music.
Basin St Visitor's Center
( 504-293-2600;
www.neworleanscvb.com
;
501 Basin St, French
Quarter; 9am-5pm)
This interactive tourist info center inside the former freight admin-
istration building of the Southern Railway has loads of helpful info and maps, as well as
an historical overview film and a small rail museum component.
Getting There & Away
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
(MSY;
www.flymsy.com
;
900 Airline
Hwy)
, 11 miles west of the city, handles primarily domestic flights.
The
Union Passenger Terminal
(
504-299-1880; 1001 Loyola Ave)
is home to
Grey-
hound
(
504-525-6075;
5:15am-1pm & 2:30-6pm)
, which has regular buses to Baton
