Knopf Mapguide: New Orleans (Knopf Mapguides)

Knopf Mapguide: New Orleans (Knopf Mapguides)

Here is Knopf’s unique pocket-size MapGuide to the historic city of New Orleans: with six full-color, fold-out street maps of the most popular neighborhoods, plus bus, rail, and streetcar maps, as well as carefully selected information about the essential places to go and things to do.<br><br>Here are the city’s most interesting destinations, from the Garden District to the French Quarter to the Warehouse District and the Lower Ninth Ward; from classic Creole food at Galatoire’s to Cochon, the hippest restaurant in town; shopping at Lucullus for culinary antiques, Fifi Mahony’s for Mardi Gras wigs, or Retroactive for the best of vintage in town; or visiting the Audubon Zoo, Greek/Gothic/Renaissance Revival houses, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and suggestions for excursions outside the city, including day trips to Cajun country or the old plantations along River Road.<br><br>Everything you need to find your way around and get the most out of this fascinating city is right here.<br><br>OTHER FEATURES<br>• Up-to-date information on churches, temples, monuments, museums, and gardens, and more than 150 restaurants, cafés, bars, theaters, concert halls, and shops—all keyed to the maps<br>• Best places to stay, from inexpensive lodgings to luxury hotels<br>• How to go sightseeing on foot, by car, or by bus<br>• Festivals, holiday information, cultural Web sites