luvmyfam444
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- Apr 4, 2005
Tell me where an affordable nice place to stay is & things we must see/do. (kids in tow - and nondrinkers)
I'm not the OP, but thanks for this! My husband has a conference next week, so we're all tagging along and will be there Sunday to Wednesday. Staying at The Hampton and you've mentioned a lot of the things I was looking into.DW and I went to New Orleans in 2015. We had my MIL in tow so we weren't getting wild & crazy by any means. We arrived on a Friday afternoon and left Tuesday morning, so basically 3 1/2 days.
We stayed at a Hampton Inn on the corner of Carondolet and Gravier, which we thought was a pretty good location because it was right on the St. Charles street car line, a block from the Canal Street street car line and a couple of blocks from the French Quarter. With a military discount it was very reasonable, and it was a nice hotel.
Some things we did:
--Beignets and coffee at Café Du Monde on Jackson Square;
--Walk the park area along the river;
--Shop at Jackson Market;
--Visit St. Louis Cathedral and the Cabildo;
--Shopping on Royal Street;
--Pat O'Briens (a good time was had sipping hurricanes and singing along with the dueling pianos, but maybe not for your trip);
--Took a street car to the Garden District and did a self-guided walking tour we got from a guide book we bought;
Many things I wish we'd done but didn't have time or the timing didn't work out;
--Preservation Hall Jazz show (we just missed getting into the next show and didn't want to wait around, so we went to Pat O'Brien's instead);
--World War 2 Museum;
--One of the cemetery tours offered around the city;
--Touring Audubon Park and the zoo.
It's hard to go wrong with picking someplace to eat--some's just better than others, but it's all pretty great. Some places we ate:
--Felix's Oyster House
--Acme Oyster House
--Deanie's Seafood (seeing a trend here? )
--Royal House
--Sunday jazz brunch at Court of Two Sisters. We wanted to eat at Commander's Palace in the Garden District but we couldn't get a reservation and someone suggested Court of Two Sisters, and it was wonderful in both atmosphere and food quality.
There were many other places we wanted to eat, but time limited us. Next trip!
...please don't take this wrong....why are you going to New Orleans?Tell me where an affordable nice place to stay is & things we must see/do. (kids in tow - and nondrinkers)
...please don't take this wrong....why are you going to New Orleans?
Please don't take this wrong...DON'T JUDGE ME.Please don't take this wrong, but you're clueless....