New Orleans Visit

21/08/2024

Best restaurants in New Orleans!

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/eat-drink/25-best-restaurants-in-new-orleans-2023-according-to-new-york-times/article_c9d5475e-6d12-11ee-84a1-8387a522180c.html?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1bCiLilVHAetPCXGxzXDWZfeA75NqHPu6x_VGYdaeET3DX9N0tvGF8t90_aem_FRH120YFAOt2lnG-k341kQ&ai=

The New York Times has put together its list of 25 of the best restaurants in New Orleans right now. Did yours make the list?

20/08/2024

A Taste of America in New Orleans!

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How Bennachin secured its own chapter in the culinary history of New Orleans.

17/08/2024

Will you be visiting New Orleans soon?

Our favorite places to stay in the Big Easy, from the French Quarter to the Lower Garden District.

15/08/2024

Train travel along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana is on track to be restored after a nearly 20-year hiatus.

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The route has been on hiatus since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.

30/06/2024

"With its vibrant jazz scene, lively streets, and welcoming people, it should be no surprise that New Orleans’ food is just as colorful."

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If you love traveling to eat, here are some of the best cities for food in the world, from the US and Mexico to Italy and Japan.

20/06/2024

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To uncover the richness of New Orleans through the city’s most exquisite treasure—her people.

17/06/2024

The ultimate music trip! 🎶

A 10-day tour from New Orleans to Nashville, via Memphis

14/06/2024

New Orleans offers a culinary experience like no other!

Here are some French Quarter restaurant listings and unearth seasonal restaurant specials you're sure to love!

Easily find French Quarter restaurant listings for Cajun food, Seafood, Creole dining, and more. Look out for seasonal restaurant deals here too.

08/06/2024

Love letter to New Orleans!

Join us on an adventure down the bayou as we share rare images from Walt Disney’s early visits to New Orleans.

06/06/2024

Spiffing up New Orleans!

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans hosts its 11th Super Bowl next year and the preparations involve showcasing the city's heralded architecture, music, food and

21/05/2024

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20/05/2024

The Louisiana Office of Tourism announced Monday that more people are visiting Louisiana!

Research from MMGY Global shows that Louisiana had 43 million visitors in 2023—420,000 more than in 2022. These visitors spent an estimated $18.1 billion in 2023, a 5.4% increase from 2022.

International Visitors to the U.S.

The largest number of international visitor arrivals was from Canada (1,411,746), Mexico (1,070,924), the United Kingdom (262,478), Japan (147,437) and Brazil (144,089). Combined, these top 5 source markets accounted for 64.1% of total international arrivals.

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17/05/2024

Currently, preparations are underway for the 2025 Super Bowl, to be held February 9 at the New Orleans Caesars Superdome.

The Super Bowl is a massive event and a coveted opportunity for host cities, which generally expect to see about $500 million in economic impact. Along with hundreds of thousands of visitors, about 6,000 news and sports journalists are expected to cover the game.

Delta's new round-trip college football routes

Sept. 1: LSU versus USC in Las Vegas — Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Las Vegas
Sept. 14: Alabama at Wisconsin — Birmingham to Madison, Wisconsin
Sept. 21: Tennessee at Oklahoma — Knoxville, Tennessee, to Oklahoma City
Oct. 5: Tennessee at Arkansas — Knoxville to Northwest Arkansas
Oct. 12: Ohio State at Oregon — Columbus, Ohio, to Portland, Oregon, and Minneapolis to Eugene, Oregon
Oct. 19: South Carolina at Oklahoma — Columbia, South Carolina, to Oklahoma City
Oct. 26: Missouri at Alabama — Kansas City to Birmingham
Nov. 2: UNC at FSU — Raleigh-Durham to Tallahassee
Nov. 9: Florida at Texas — Gainesville, Florida, to Austin; Tampa to Austin; and Orlando to Austin
Nov. 9: Washington at Penn State — Seattle to Pittsburgh
Nov. 9: Iowa at UCLA — Des Moines to Los Angeles
Nov. 9: FSU at Notre Dame — Tallahassee to South Bend
Nov. 16: Texas at Arkansas — Austin to Northwest Arkansas
Nov. 23: Kentucky at Texas — Lexington, Kentucky, to Austin
Nov. 23: Alabama at Oklahoma — Birmingham to Oklahoma City and Huntsville, Alabama, to Oklahoma City
Nov. 30: Oklahoma at LSU — Oklahoma City to Baton Rouge

Plan your trip;

New Orleans is a one-of-a-kind destination in the United States. Famous for our Creole and Cajun cuisine, jazz music and brass bands, historic architecture, world-class museums and attractions, and renowned hospitality. From the French Quarter to the streetcar and Jazz Fest to Mardi Gras, there are....

08/05/2024

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EXPLORE YOUR LOUISIANA! Big and small. Fast and slow. City and country. Spicy and sweet. You can choose your own adventure in the Bayou State. FRENCH QUARTER, NEW ORLEANS SAVOR THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND FLAVORS THAT SURROUND YOU. LIUZZA’S BY THE TRACK, NEW ORLEANS 10

02/05/2024

Congratulations to the Emeril’s! 🎉

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Last fall, the flagship restaurant for Emeril Lagasse reopened after a thorough revamp with a new menu and style of service, a dining room and kitchen redesigned around the new

01/05/2024

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It’s official, we know who will be the Honorary President at the Americas Selection for the Bocuse d'Or 2024! 🤩

Chef Emeril Lagasse passion for food was ignited as a young boy growing up in the small town of Fall River, Massachusetts, where he spent time in the kitchen with his mother, Hilda. As a teenager, he worked at a Portuguese bakery where he mastered the art of bread and pastry baking. Upon high school graduation, Lagasse turned down a full scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music to pursue his dream of becoming a chef. 👨‍🍳

He earned a degree from the respected culinary fortress, Johnson and Wales University, and later received an honorary doctorate degree from the university. Wanting to broaden his culinary horizons, Lagasse then traveled to Paris and Lyon, France, where he honed his skills and learned the art of classic French cuisine. 🇫🇷

Returning to the United States, Lagasse practiced his art in fine restaurants in New York, Boston and Philadelphia until a job offer from Dick and Ella Brennan lured the young chef to New Orleans, where Lagasse helmed the kitchen for nearly eight years at their legendary restaurant, Commander’s Palace.

Save the dates: June 12th and 13th, 2024!

23/04/2024

Looking for weekend plans? Check out these events!

Zurich Classic of New Orleans - New Orleans
Festival International de Louisiane - Lafayette
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans
Louisiana Forest Festival - Winnfield
The Italian Festival - Tickfaw
Pirates and Boots Festival - Houma
Spring Festival - Denham Springs
Kite Fest Louisiane - Port Allen
Plaquemines Parish Seafood Festival - Belle Chasse

11/04/2024

Listen up! ☀️

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10/04/2024

French Quarter Fest is this weekend!!!

Check out all the amazing music, food, and special events happening during this year's festival at www.frenchquarterfest.org

If you can't make it in person, WWOZ will be broadcasting live everyday. Tune in at wwoz.org, daily live broadcast schedule can be found at wwoz.org/calendar/live-broadcast.

09/04/2024

Take it from a travel expert!

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06/04/2024

Cool History!

Louisiana history lesson . . .

If Hurricane Katrina causing the levees to break in New Orleans is the only thing you know about Louisiana , here are a few more interesting facts about the Bayou State:

* Louisiana has the tallest state capitol building in the nation at 450 feet.

* The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans was the largest enclosed stadium in the world when it was built and for two decades thereafter.

* The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the longest over-water bridge in the world at 23.87 miles.

* Louisiana 's 6.5 million acres of wetlands are the greatest wetland area in America.

* The oldest city in the Louisiana Purchase Territory is Natchitoches, Louisiana founded in 1714.

* The first bottler of Coca-Cola, Joseph Biedenharn, lived in Monroe, Louisiana (he first bottled Coke across the river in Vicksburg, MS), and was eventually one of the founders of Delta Air Lines, initially called Delta Air Service.

* Delta Airlines got its start in Monroe, Louisiana when County Agent, C.E. Woolman, decided to try dusting the Boll weevil that was destroying the cotton crops in the Mississippi River Delta from an airplane. The airline began as the crop dusting operation called Huff Daland Dusters, Incorporated. That company was founded on May 30, 1924, in Macon, Georgia, and moved to Monroe, Louisiana, in 1925. They flew a Huff-Daland Duster, the first true crop duster, designed to combat the boll weevil infestation of those cotton crops in the delta.

* Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana was the largest historically black university in America between 1970 and 1990.

* Baton Rouge was the site of an American Revolutionary related battle outside of the original 13 colonies, in which Spanish forces defeated British forces.

* The formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase was made at the Cabildo building in New Orleans on December 20, 1803.

* The staircase at Chrétien Point, in Sunset, Louisiana was copied for Tara in "Gone with the Wind."

* Louisiana is the No. 1 producer of crawfish, alligators and shallots in America.

* Louisiana produces 24 percent of the nation's salt, the most in America.

* Much of the world's food, coffee, and oil pass through the Port of New Orleans.

* Tabasco, a Louisiana product, holds the second oldest food trademark in the U.S. Patent Office.

* Steen's Syrup Mill in Abbeville, Louisiana is the world's largest syrup plant producing sugar cane syrup.

* America's oldest rice mill is in New Iberia, Louisiana at KONRIKO Co.

* The International Joke Telling Contest is held annually in Opelousas, Louisiana.

* LSU (The Ole War Skule) in Baton Rouge has the distinction of contributing the most officers to WW II after the U.S. military academies.

* The Louisiana Hayride radio show helped Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash achieve stardom. It was broadcast from KWKH Radio in Shreveport Louisiana from 1948 to 1960.

* The term Uncle Sam was coined on the wharfs of New Orleans before Louisiana was a U.S. territory as goods labeled U.S. were from "Uncle Sam."

* The American version of the game of craps was brought first to New Orleans in 1813 as betting was a common activity on the wharves. It was a derivative of the European version and was begun there by Bernard Xavier Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville, a wealthy gambler and politician descended from colonial Louisiana landowners.

* When states had their own currency, the Louisiana Dix (French for ten) was a favored currency for trade. English speakers called them Dixies and coined the term Dixieland.

* New Orleans is the home of the very first pharmacy in America at 514 Chartres Street in the French Quarter. These early medical mixtures became known as cocktails (guess they were good for what ails ya?), coining yet another term. This bit of history is due to Louis Joseph Dufilho, Jr. of New Orleans, who became America’s first licensed pharmacist and opened the shop in 1823 that is now home to the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum.

* New Orleans is the birthplace of Jazz, the only true American art form.

Jazz gave birth to the Blues and Rock and Roll music.

Viva La Louisiana !!!

There are lines of longitude. There are lines of latitude. There is the orderly network of colorful threads following the contours of the Mississippi River

07/03/2024

Love a good hike!

Looking to take a hike? Experience the vast beauty of Southeastern Louisiana’s natural resources with these nearby trails.

06/03/2024

Spring is here and so are the festivals!

From good eats and drinks to even better events and festivals, there's always something to do in New Orleans. See what's coming up next in the city with New Orleans & Company.

04/03/2024

Terence Blanchard, the Grammy-winning jazz musician and composer who has provided scores for many Spike Lee films, has been welcomed into a rarefied institution: the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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NEW YORK — Terence Blanchard, the Grammy-winning jazz musician and composer who has provided scores for many Spike Lee films, has been welcomed into a rarefied institution: the American Academy

02/03/2024

Wedneday at the Square! 🎶

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23/02/2024

Flying into New Orleans!

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Make New Orleans your next trip in 2024 or 2025, with an exciting lineup of concerts, hotel openings and special events for family travelers.

22/02/2024

New Orleans ranks in the Top 50 globally in the overall Lovability index, which includes Nightlife ( #18), Shopping ( #23), and Tripadvisor Reviews ( #25).

Learn more:

THE WORLD’S BEST CITIES Welcome to the foremost ranking of quality of place, reputation and competitive identity.

13/02/2024

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07/02/2024

Great news from Norwegian Cruise Line!

The Norwegian Getaway will sail from New Orleans beginning in October 2024 with 7-day cruises with port calls at Harvest Caye, Belize; Roatan, Honduras; and Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico. The announcement adds an additional eight calls to Norwegian's season in New Orleans.

Two vacations in one, when you leave out of Port of New Orleans.
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Norwegian Cruise Line reveals new Caribbean sailings for Norwegian Getaway out of New Orleans and Norwegian Epic from Port Canaveral.

06/02/2024

New Orleans only had one cold snap this year!

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Winter wonderlands, beachside retreats, and more.