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Suggested Restaurants for Lunch (Moderate at lunch, "pricey" at dinner)
Suggested for Dinner (moderate)
Suggested Music Clubs
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The ST. CHARLES STREET CAR The streetcar runs frequently (every few minutes) on Monday - Friday 7:30 - 9:30 am and 3:30 - 6:00 p.m. Between these times it runs about every 20 minutes, and about and about every thirty minutes in the evening until late night. Weekends and/or holidays the schedule is less frequent and can tend to be very full. The fare is $1.00 exact bill or coins required. It is always better to take a cab after dark! Our desk will have copies of current time schedules.
THE RIVERFRONT STREETCAR Our desk will have copies of current time schedules. AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION
(504) 258-2057 - Cesar Brown, Crescent City Taxi Please use this service responsibly as these are small, independent business men to whom time is money!! There is an Airport Shuttle that picks you up at baggage claim and drops you off at our lobby. The cost is $10.00 per person and its takes about 45 minutes to an hour or more, depending on stops There is also a city bus which you can take from the airport to downtown, at which time you can walk four blocks to the St. Charles Streetcar going Uptown. This is inexpensive, but not for the weak or faint of heart! The cost is about $2.00 per person.
Cab service around town is readily available from
our lobby as are Swamp, Plantation and City Tour
pick-ups.
Suggested Tours
Sunday (or Day 1) Finish off the evening at Preservation Hall, a living museum of live, authentic, New Orleans Dixie Land played by the best. Preservation Hall is the Smithsonian of Dixieland Jazz.
Monday (or Day 2) After lunch have a free guided tour of Anne Rice's Garden District homes. They are sometimes open on Mondays and are both very near Commander's. If time permits take the streetcar to our world class Audubon Zoo (the Magazine Street Bus, 2 blocks from Commander's or Anne Rice's First Street home, will also take you directly to the Zoo. You mat even take a boat ride back downtown from the Zoo to the Aquarium in time to catch an IMAX theatre screening. The evening would be well spent at one of our delightful music clubs - Storyville, House of Blues or Snug Harbor in the French Quarter - all provide food & music, while Tipitina's uptown is nearby to a fabulous Copeland's Cajun American Cafe for dinner.
Tuesday (or Day 3) The New Orleans Museum of Art* can be easily accessed by bus from Esplanade Avenue, a few blocks from Jackson Square. Since it is in City Park, you can stop a few blocks early and get a picnic lunch from the Whole Foods Store and Deli, on dine "al fresco" at Caf� Degas. Check the Museum website for current shows.
Wednesday (or day4) If time permits, a late afternoon Jazz & Riverboat Cruise is a delightful way to end the day. The cruise departs from the dock at the French Quarter in the afternoon. The Contemporary Arts Center* at 900 Camp St. is fun to visit - and while you're there, viisit their Cyber Caf� for free internet time to check your e-mail!
Thursday (or Day 5) If you want to experience good food at reasonable prices in a real New Orleans neighborhood restaurant, try Iler Pope's Caf� Atchafalaya on Louisiana Avenue. Her specialty is Creole Southern food, and everything is fresh and delicious. She even makes home made ice cream!. Thursday evening is a good time to check out the music at House of Blues or Tipitina's French Quarter! House of Blues even serves good food; nearby the Crescent City Brew House serves up casual food and music. Cap off your night with a visit to Pat O'Brien's. It reigns as one of our favorite attractions. Sing along in the piano bar, have a "Hurricane" and get a souvenir photo.
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(Stop #11) is one block away.
You may take it to go to the French Quarter, Aquarium,
Superdome, Riverwalk, Convention Center ("north-ish" bound)
& it also takes you to the Zoo, Tipitina's, Copeland's,
Universities (Tulane, Loyola), Audubon Park, Camelia Grill
(or south-ish bound).
This pretty "Lady in Red" line runs along the downtown riverfront,
connecting the Convention Center, arts district with the outer
reaches of the French Quarter where it meets the Faubourg Marigny.
This streetcar route is a good way to access the Flea Market and
"lower quarter" in daytime - you can catch it "up river" where
the convention center meets Riverwalk, then ride it for the
full distance to the Flea Market, Jazz Museum, etc., etc.,
at the end of the line , and work your way back up, on foot -
or vice versa! The fare is 1.25
If you want to have a cab meet you at the airport,
you can call a head from home to make the reservation.
If you are sure of your arrival time, and want to have
this special pick up service, you can call one of these
three:
Try late morning or early afternoon arrival.
After you get settled in, take the Streetcar
down to the French Quarter (exit Canal Street)
depending on time. The Flea Market, at the back
of the French Quarter is busiest and most interesting
on Sunday, but it does close at 5pm. Watch the artists
and listen to the street musicians at Jackson Square. Have
dinner at one of our moderately priced restaurants in the
Quarter - Ralph & Kacoo's, Mike Anderson's, Seaport,
Landry's, or have a delicious Po-Boy sandwich at Maspero's
or world famous Mother's. The food court at Riverwalk is
excellent for fast, tasty, New Orleans specialties.
Take a self-guided walking tour of the Garden District,
a nearby residential district replete with Southern
Mansions and beautiful gardens. Visit historic Lafayette
Cemetery and have lunch at world famous Commander's Palace.
A wonderful three course meal at lunch is about $15 per person,
roughly 1/3 the cost of dinner.
Tuesday is the day to do the French Quarter in style.
Start with Caf� au Lait and Beignets (Coffee and Donuts)
at Caf� du Monde*, Jackson Square, then visit the 1850's
Creole Town House, our Fabulous Cabildo and Presbytere Museum,
all around the square. The Pharmacy Museum on Chartres Street
is fascinating as is the Herman-Grimma House. The National Park
Service provides free walking tours of the French Quarter, call
for details. (504) 589-3882.
Reserve Wednesday for your field trips to points right
outside the city and visit the plantations, and swamps.
Cypress Swamp Tours offer good value, along with transportation
and several tour companies visit Laura Plantation*, the most
well-researched chronicle of plantation life, for both master
and slave on the River Road. Laura may not be the most splendid,
but it is the most interesting! For sheer splendor, visit San
Francisco*, on the east bank of the Mississippi. Houmas House
and Evergreen are also beautifully appointed.
If you're around on Sunday morning, attend an authentic Gospel
Mass at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church. The mass starts
at 9:30 am and is a short cab ride from the Garden District or
Central Business District. They welcome guests and if you haven't
gotten enough Gospel, attend the Gospel Brunch at the Praline
Connection, soul food "extraordinaire" near the Convention Center.
The National Park Service also gives a fabulous free Jazz Concert at
Armstrong Park on most Sunday afternoons.
