Explore New Orleans
New Orleans is like nowhere else in America — Creole cooking, jazz drifting from courtyards and the wrought-iron balconies of the French Quarter. Its narrow old streets and festival crowds suit a driver; Chauffyr links a beignet breakfast, a Garden-District tour and a jazz-club night in a fixed-price black car.
The birthplace of jazz, Creole and Cajun cuisine, the historic French Quarter, Mardi Gras, and a singular joie de vivre.
The facts, upfront
The best restaurants in New Orleans
Commander's Palace
Haute Creole · $$$$ · Garden District
The grand dame of New Orleans dining since 1893, in a landmark Garden-District mansion.
Galatoire's
French Creole · $$$ · French Quarter
A French-Quarter institution since 1905, famous for its raucous, dressed-up Friday lunches.
Café du Monde
Café · $ · French Quarter
The 1862 French-Market coffee stand famous for its powdered-sugar beignets.
Cochon
Cajun · $$$ · Warehouse District
Donald Link's James-Beard-winning ode to rustic Cajun cooking in the Warehouse District.
Dooky Chase's
Creole soul food · $$ · Tremé
Leah Chase's legendary Creole restaurant, a civil-rights meeting place and art-filled institution.
Central Grocery
Sandwiches · $ · French Quarter
The Italian deli that invented the muffuletta sandwich in 1906.
What to see in New Orleans
The French Quarter
French Quarter
The historic, atmospheric heart of the city — Creole townhouses, courtyards and Jackson Square.
St. Louis Cathedral & Jackson Square
French Quarter
The iconic cathedral overlooking Jackson Square, the postcard image of New Orleans.
Garden District
Garden District
A leafy district of grand antebellum mansions and above-ground cemeteries, best seen from the streetcar.
Frenchmen Street
Marigny
The city's beloved live-music strip in the Marigny — where locals go for real jazz.
National WWII Museum
Warehouse District
One of the top-rated museums in the US, telling the story of the American experience in WWII.
City Park & New Orleans Museum of Art
Mid-City
A vast park of centuries-old oaks, home to the art museum and a superb sculpture garden.
One perfect day in New Orleans
9:00 · Morning
The French QuarterFrench Quarter — Jackson Square
11:00 · Late morning
St. Louis Cathedral & Jackson SquareFrench Quarter — The triple-spired cathedral
13:00 · Lunch
Café du MondeCafé · French Quarter — Beignets
15:00 · Afternoon
Garden DistrictGarden District — Antebellum mansions
18:00 · Golden hour
Frenchmen StreetMarigny — Live jazz clubs
20:00 · Dinner
Commander's PalaceHaute Creole · Garden District — Turtle soup
Book this day, one chauffeur
One fixed-price car and driver for every stop — no parking, no waiting, no surge.