New Orleans
New Orleans is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S.
New Orleans is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 census, New Orleans is the most populous city in Louisiana, the second-most populous in the Deep South, and the twelfth-most populous in the Southeastern United States; the New Orleans metropolitan area, with about 1 million residents, is the 59th-most populous metropolitan area in the United States. New Orleans serves as a major port and commercial hub for the broader Gulf Coast region. The city is coextensive with Orleans Parish.
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Worth seeing in and around New Orleans
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Tulane University
The Tulane University of Louisiana is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by a cohort of medical doctors, it became a comprehensive public university as the University of Louisiana in 1847.
5.7 km · private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · Wikipedia - 02Caesars Superdome
Caesars Superdome commonly known as the Superdome, is an indoor stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. It has served as the home venue of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League since its opening in 1975. Plans to build the Superdome were drawn up in 1967 by the New Orleans modernist architectural firm of Curtis and Davis and the building opened as the Louisiana Superdome in 1975.
2.8 km · domed stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA · Wikipedia - 03Smoothie King Center
Smoothie King Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is located in the Central Business District, adjacent to the Caesars Superdome.
3 km · multi-purpose indoor arena in New Orleans, Louisiana · Wikipedia - 04St. Louis Cathedral
The Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, also called St. Louis Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral and basilica in New Orleans, Louisiana.
2.5 km · cathedral in New Orleans, USA · Wikipedia - 05LSU New Orleans
LSU New Orleans, known from 1974 to 2026 as the University of New Orleans, is a public research university in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. First opened in 1958 as Louisiana State University in New Orleans, it was renamed the University of New Orleans in 1974 until reverting to its LSU name in 2026.
5.8 km · public university in New Orleans, Louisiana; part of the Louisiana State University System · Wikipedia - 06New Orleans Museum of Art
The New Orleans Museum of Art is the oldest fine arts museum in the city of New Orleans. It is situated within City Park, a short distance from the intersection of Carrollton Avenue and Esplanade Avenue, and near the terminus of the "Canal Street - City Park" streetcar line.
1.9 km · art museum in New Orleans, Louisiana · Wikipedia - 07Loyola University New Orleans
Loyola University New Orleans is a private Jesuit university in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Originally established as Loyola College in 1904, the institution was chartered as a university in 1912.
6.1 km · private Jesuit university in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · Wikipedia - 08Congo Square
Congo Square is an open space, now within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street north of the French Quarter. The square is famous for its influence on the history of African American music, especially jazz.
2 km · square in New Orleans, Louisiana USA · Wikipedia - 09Jackson Square
Jackson Square, formerly the Place d'Armes or Plaza de Armas, is a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, for its central role in the city's history, and as the site where in 1803 Louisiana was made United States territory pursuant to the Louisiana Purchase.
2.5 km · historic park in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · Wikipedia - 10Saint Louis Cemetery
Saint Louis Cemetery is the name of three Catholic cemeteries in New Orleans, Louisiana. Most of the graves are above-ground vaults constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries.
1.7 km · cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, consisting of three discontiguous parcels · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Detailed listings of attractions are mentioned in the Districts sections listed above. Highlights include: Historic architecture in neighborhoods Ornate colonial French and Spanish in the French Quarter, Faubourg Marigny, Bywater and Tremé Victorian mansions Uptown and other historic architecture citywide Historic cemeteries are in the Uptown, Tremé, and Mid-City areas the Superdome & Smoothie King Center, in the…
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Things to do
- 01Carousel Gardens Amusement Park
- 02Steamboat Natchez Riverboat Harbor Jazz Sightseeing Cruise
600 Decatur St., Suite 308 (departs from the Toulouse Street Wharf behind Jax Brewery), toll-free: +1-800-365-2628.
- 03Cajun Encounters
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Where to eat
OK, so you're hungry. You've come to the right place. New Orleans is a culinary delight, but don't look too hard for healthy food; some would say don't look at all (although those demanding vegetarian, vegan, or kosher food can, with effort, find some). You're on vacation, so take advantage of what they prepare best here. New Orleans has good food for people on any type of budget.
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Getting to New Orleans
- Airports
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans (MSY), 18 km · Pensacola (PNS), 283 km
- Stations
- Lakefront Airport, 8.8 km
- Pensacola → New Orleans280 km · quickest by road, 4h 39m · $26–36
- Houston → New Orleans510 km · quickest by air, 5h · $200–290
- Birmingham → New Orleans7296 km · quickest by air, 16h 28m · £940–1,450
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for New Orleans
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for New Orleans. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextThe ferry at the foot of Canal Street (free for pedestrians, $1 for cars) will take you across the Mississippi to the Algiers neighborhood, and give you a scenic budget mini-cruise of the River in the process.
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If you know how people move in New Orleans – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to New Orleans
- Metairieunincorporated suburban community and census-designated places in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States9.9 km
- Gretnasecond-largest city in, and parish seat of, Jefferson Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana7 km
- Harveyunincorporated suburban community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana9.5 km
- French Quarterneighborhood of and historic district in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States2.3 km
- Orleans Parishparish of Louisiana that forms a consolidated city–parish with New Orleans2.9 km
- Jeffersonunincorporated suburban community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States7.7 km