This area is serviced by the St. Charles Avenue streetcar line that passes by the Garden District, many beautiful and distinctive homes, excellent hotels and places to eat. You’ll also find Tulane and Loyola Universities, the beautiful Audubon Park and Zoo and the Riverbend area and Oak Street with world class restaurants and bars. Because it is not downtown uptown could technically include the Garden District. This is the area where most of the Americans new to the city in

  After the United States took over the Louisiana Territory New Orleans experienced an influx of settlers from the Northern. But the city was still very French and did not cotton to the invasion of these new Americans.   So this area is where these new New Orleanians built their own neighborhood of grandiose and fabulous homes. Many international celebrities have bought homes here and some have moved here permanently.   When the Americans started to move into the city after

  Acadiana, also known as the Cajun Country, is the official name given to the French Louisiana region that has historically contained much of the state’s Francophone population.   Many inhabitants of the Cajun Country have Acadian ancestry and identify as Cajuns or Louisiana Creoles. Of the 64 parishes that make up the U.S. state of Louisiana, 22 named parishes (our name for counties) and other parishes of similar cultural environment make up this intrastate region.     But there is

  Get up close and personal with authentic southern Louisiana wildlife. Numerous such beautiful nature encounters abound with two of them within 30 minutes of the city, and others deeper into the Cajun country.   These trips are fun and safe, some of them on covered flat boats, others on air boats. They guarantee an exciting afternoon right there among the gators, birds and old growth, moss-covered cypress trees.   Note that if you main reason for taking a tour is to

  Are you ready to dive deep into Louisiana history? There are a huge number of beautiful houses, luscious gardens, and historic artifacts that also represent some of the darker chapters of Louisiana’s history—such as chattel slavery.   Today, these homes are available for tours, exploration and special events. Some have restaurants and can accommodate overnight stays. This mix of history and remembrance make visits to southern Louisiana’s unique plantation homes a fascinating way to spend an afternoon.   Many of