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A major golf tournament is Cabildo also runs a good tour; The adventurous might enjoy a
held at the TPC Golf Course the Jean Lafitte National trip aboard an all-terrain airboat
on the West Bank, usually in Historical Park gives an excellent or a swamp tour. The Airboat
the last week of April. The free daily tour of the Quarter, but Swamp Tours are fast and
name of the event changes there are limited spaces. Contact exciting; for a slower and more
every few years depending the Visitors’ Bureau (NOCVB) for ecological look at swamps, try
on the corporate sponsorship. information on sign-up times. the Pearl River Eco-Tours or Dr.
Specialty tours can be good Wagner’s Honey Island Swamp
fun. For cemetery-only tours, Tours. Cajun Pride Tours also
Tours
contact the non-profit Save Our visits swamps and plantations.
Tours, especially walking tours, Cemeteries group. The New Some outfits offer combination
are a great way to experience Orleans Jazz National Historical tours with a hotel pick-up and
New Orleans. They are also Park hosts free walking tours that drop-off. Be aware that bus
the best option if you intend trace the growth of jazz. These tours around the city have
to visit the local cemeteries, don’t have regular schedules, limited access to the French
some of which are not safe so check with the NOMCVB. The Quarter, which bans large
for lone visitors. New Orleans Original Cocktail buses from its fragile interior
The Historic New Orleans Tour explains that the cocktail streets. Tours by Isabelle
Walking Tours offers the best was invented in New Orleans and does both city and plantation
regularly scheduled tours of the delves into the history of French tours in small buses and vans.
French Quarter (with a cemetery Quarter bars. The Culinary New Orleans Tours Inc.
component) and of the Garden History Tour visits restaurants offers a wide range of tours
District. In the French Quarter, and provides information about around the city, as well as to
the volunteer Friends of the New Orleans food and culture. plantations and swamps.
DIRECTORY
Entertainment Chickie Wah Wah Howlin’ Wolf Tipitina’s
Guides 2828 Canal St. 907 S Peters St. 501 Napoleon Ave.
Map 2 B4. Tel 304-4714. Map 4 C5. Tel 522-9653. Map 7 D4.
Ambush ∑ howlin-wolf.com Tel 895-8477.
∑ ambushmag.com Chris Owens Club ∑ tipitinas.com
500 Bourbon St. Le Bon Temps Roule
Gambit Map 4 C2. Tel 523-6400. 4801 Magazine St. Bars
∑ bestofneworleans. Map 7 D4.
com Circle Bar Tel 897-3448. Bacchanal
1032 St. Charles Ave.
Offbeat Map 8 B2. Tel 588-2616. Louisiana Fine Wines
∑ offbeat.com ∑ circlebarnola.com Music Factory 600 Poland Ave.
421 Frenchmen St. Tel 948-9111.
Times-Picayune The Davenport Map 5 E1. Tel 586-1094. ∑ bacchanalwine.com
∑ nola.com Lounge ∑ louisianamusic
Ritz Carlton, 921 Canal St. The Bulldog
WWNO Map 4 B3. Tel 524-1331. factory.com 3236 Magazine St.
∑ wwno.org Map 7 F4.
∑ ritzcarlton.com One-Eyed Jack’s
WWOZ d.b.a. 615 Toulouse St. Tel 891-1516.
∑ draftfreak.com
∑ wwoz.org 618 Frenchmen St. Map 4 C2. Carousel Bar
Tel 569-8361.
Rock, Blues, Map 5 E1. Tel 942-3731. ∑ oneeyedjacks.net Hotel Monteleone,
∑ drinkgoodstuff.com
and Other Republic 214 Royal St. Map 4 C3.
Music Venues Dragon’s Den 828 S Peters St. Tel 523-3341. ∑ hotel
435 Esplanade Ave. monteleone.com
Balcony Music Club Map 5 E1. Tel 949-1750. Map 4 C5.
Tel 528-8282.
1331 Decatur St. The Famous Door ∑ republicnola.com Cooter Brown’s
Tavern
Map 5 E1. 339 Bourbon St. 509 S Carrollton Ave.
Tel 522-2940. Snug Harbor
Map 4 C2. Jazz Bistro Map 6 A2.
Blue Nile Tel 522-7626. 626 Frenchmen St. Tel 866-9104.
532 Frenchmen St. Fritzel’s Map 5 E1. ∑ cooterbrowns.com
Map 5 E1. 733 Bourbon St. Tel 949-0696. F & M Patio Bar
Tel 948-2583. Map 4 C2. ∑ snugjazz.com 4841 Tchoupitoulas St.
∑ bluenilelive.com Tel 561-0432. Map 7 D5. Tel 895-6784.
The Spotted Cat
Bombay Club House of Blues 623 Frenchmen St. Kerry Irish Pub
830 Conti St. Map 4 C2. 225 Decatur St. Map 3 E1. 331 Decatur St.
Tel 586-0972. Map 4 C3. Tel 529-2583. ∑ spottedcat Map 4 C3.
∑ thebombayclub.com ∑ hob.com musicclub.com Tel 527-5954.
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