Connoisseur's New Orleans

The essential New Orleans is identified and described here. Research has found that most visitors to this historic city usually spend three to ten days. Because there is so much to do and see, and because many are also attending a convention, tourists unfamiliar with New Orleans must make some choices. This book offers newcomers a way through the pervasive commercialism to a deep, lasting understanding of one of North America's most unusual cities. New Orleans is predominantly French in character. Although the French had many reasons for founding New Orleans, it became the only city in their colonial empire where settlers tried to reconstruct the aristocratic life of eighteenth and nineteenth century Paris. Though the city had to adjust to its proximity to and political ties with the United States and the American South, the French period left many permanent institutions. Here is a great guide to find out where to go, what to do, what to look for, and how to get there.