New Orleans Official Visitors Guide 2009 - (Page 41) W Get off your feet on a kayak tour of the bayous and swamps, a bicycle tour through town or a riverboat tour through one of the world’s busiest ports and beyond. Take a day cruise with a calliope concert or a dinner jazz cruise aboard the Steamboat NATCHEZ. River Road plantation tours lead you through the grand homes of another era, many within an easy drive of the city. Swamp tours transport you to the exotic world of the bayous, home to hawks, nutria, alligators—and people. Many tours are offered in several languages, so inquire as needed. TourS & ATTrAcTIonS herever your curiosity leads you, there’s a guided tour to help show the way. The French Quarter is always a good place to start. Tour it by carriage or take a general walking tour for a broad view of the neighborhood’s history. You’ll also find more specialized tours of buildings, museums and other subjects such as jazz and the blues, heritage and culture, voodoo and vampires, ghosts and cemeteries, spirits and—well, spirits (the cocktail was invented here). Also, on foot, gawk at the gorgeous Greek Revival and Italianate architecture of the Garden District, America’s second-largest historic district. Several major cruise lines depart regularly from New Orleans for the Caribbean, the Gulf and the inland waters of the Mississippi (see page 160). Whether you arrive in town a few days early or stick around after the cruise, you get two vacations in one! For Families At Audubon Zoo—one of the top five zoos in the country—white alligators, Komodo dragons and white tigers wow everyone who sees them. And for more family fun, head over to Audubon Aquarium of the Americas and Entergy IMAX® Theatre. At the aquarium, you can see aquatic creatures like frogs, penguins—even baby sharks you can pet! At IMAX®, giant-sized adventures are played out daily on a screen five-and-a-half stories tall. continued on page 42 V i s i t O u r W e b s i t e at W W W. n e W O r l e a n s i n f O. c O m http://WWW.neWOrleansinfO.cOm
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