Page 133 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - New Orleans

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THREE GUIDED WALKS

These three walks take visitors through and distinctive cemetery, circling around a
landmark districts and also into the heart lesser-known waterway, the Bayou St. John.
of elegant residential areas that showcase The third walk heads uptown to the Lower
the unique make-up of New Orleans’ Garden District, a diverse and bustling area
historic neighborhoods. The walk along full of interesting shops, historic churches,
the Mississippi riverfront has sweeping and fine architecture, with literary
views of the city, and the short ferry ride connections. In addition, each of the five
to Old Algiers Point provides a fasci nating neighborhoods covered in the Area by Area
glimpse of the workings of this powerful section of this book has a walk marked on its
natural waterway. The Faubourg St. John Street-by-Street map. Several organizations
walk explores an area with deep historic also offer guided walks through the French
ties to the city’s colonial origins, with its quarter, Garden District, and other areas in
French West Indies-style raised houses the city (see pp194–5).

CHOOSING A WALK
The Three Walks
This map shows the location of the three
guided walks in relation to the main
sightseeing areas of New Orleans. Faubourg St. John
(pp136–7)

Mid-City Mansion on Esplanade Avenue,
Faubourg St. John

Lower French
Quarter
Upper
Mississippi Riverfront French
(pp132–3) Quarter
Warehouse
District
& CBD

Steamboat Natchez
Garden District
and Uptown
M i s s i s s i p p i

Key
Walk route
Lower Garden District
(pp134–5)
0 kilometers 4
0 miles 2 St. Charles Avenue Streetcar
Pedestrians at the bustling Jackson Square

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