New Orleans: City, Plantations & Bayou

Jackson Square, Cabildo, Pontalba Apartments, St. Louis Cathedral, Presbytere, Pirate’s Alley, Faulkner Home Bookstore.

A trading site since pre-Columbian days, the French Market contains both the Farmer’s Market and the Flea Market, where you can buy souvenirs and presents for home

The Voodoo Museum explores the history of these ancient African religious traditions.

One of the more popular exhibits in this great zoo, one of the best in the country, is the Louisiana Swamp which displays flora and fauna of the area in a Cajun cultural setting.

During the seven-mile cruise, the captain narrates what we are seeing along the rivershore. The Port of New Orleans is one of the busiest in the world.

One of the top five in the country, the New Orleans Aquarium features more than one million gallons of fresh and saltwater exhibits of 530 species in a variety of wondrous habitats.

This is an incredible half-mile long shop-‘til-you-drop mall that is fun and popular.

A night out on the town on famous Bourbon Street, where we’ll stop in for authentic Dixieland jazz at Preservation Hall. On the street and by the wharfs, we’ll soak up some of the real flavor of the French Quarter.

Originally settled by Canary Islanders in 1779, the Barataria Preserve offers a good introduction to the wetlands environment—just watch out for alligators!

An end-of-the-road fishing village in the middle of the Mississippi Delta, Lafitte, with its frequent flooding, is a good place to get a look at a bayou settlement.