subject: Get A Bargain Rooms Along With Tickets To Have One Of The Alluring New Orleans Vacation [print this page] New Orleans Vacations - Trip to Essence Music Festival
If you have been thinking of having a vacation in New Orleans, you should definitely plan a trip to watch the Essence Music Festival as it is going to make you vacation ever more wonderful. You will get to see some of the biggest names in the African-American community come together for an amazing three days of full entertainment, insightful seminars and a host of other activities. Many superstars and big names of the music industry have been a part of the Essence Music Festival for quite a long time in New Orleans. It is astounding that you will have a wonderful time at the event as it will attended by more than one million people as happens every year and the attendance generally tops up in July. You should also make arrangements to get your New Orleans Essence Music Festival way in advance as they tend to run out of them in the beginning of every spring.
Visiting Faubourg Marigny during Your New Orleans Vacations
Lying down river from the Mississippi is a suburb in New Orleans called Faubourg Marigny, or Marigny. This neighborhood was awarded as one of the 10 Great Neighborhoods in 2009 by the American Planning Association because of its trendiness, and welcoming openness to tourists. This musical enclave, holding scrumptious meals, and a historic neighborhood, is an experience you will not find anywhere else in the city. The beautiful surroundings include the Creole and Classic Revival cottages from the 1095, which have been transformed into newer models with bright paint shades of gold green and red. Other renovations include historic banks, corner stores, and bakeries, which have been refurbished into houses and Bed & Breakfasts, along with the riverfront warehouses which house artists' studios. The weekends attract shoppers to the different galleries and rummage stores, and the exquisite restaurants and jazz clubs draw people from everywhere. When you have seen enough of Bourbon Street, experience life in New Orleans the way the locals do by visiting Faubourg Marigny. The wonderful meals and the famous jazz music will give a thrill no other place in New Orleans can give you!
New Orleans Vacations - Taking a Swamp Tour
You should plan out a vacation to New Orleans, Louisiana, as soon as possible if you havent done it already because your family will have a wonderful time there. There are so many attractions for you to experience that will enrich your learning and educate you to no end. The one thing that you should certainly do in New Orleans is take a swamp tour which will totally entertain you. You will get to see so many diverse species like American alligators, hawks, herons, turtles, snakes, Cyprus trees, Nutria and great Egbert. There is the Barataria tour which will guide you through the wildlife in New Orleans and you will get to see the various swamps and marshes prevalent there. You should definitely make sure that you trip to New Orleans have at least one swamp tour planned as it will be a totally good time spender for you in the end.
Touring the New Orleans Museum of Art on a New Orleans Vacation
After the devastating Hurricane Katrina hit the beautiful city of New Orleans, many places have been renovated, making a vacation there worthwhile at present. While spending your vacation there, you must make a trip to the famous New Orleans Museum of Art. The Museum's $200 million art collection contains nearly 40,000 works of art from the French, Japanese, African, Asian, and American artists in its 46 galleries, and can be located on the wonderful City Park. The collection of French art includes the works of Picasso, Degas, Dufy, Miro, and Braque, while other artists works also featured are Monet, Renoir, Rodin, Pissarro, and Gaugin. One can enjoy the artworks of Mayan and Cuzco artworks from Mexico and Central America, treasures of Tutankhamuns tomb, relics of Alexander the Great, and images and art related to the effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans in the museum. Admission for a minimal fee is well-worth the experience, while Thursday admissions are free. Different films, concerts, and a variety of art events are held in the museum. The museum also includes the outdoor Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden which comprises of 50 sculptures set beneath oaks, pines and magnolias amidst footpaths and lagoons.
