Lonely Planet's New Orleans is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Take the St Charles streetcar past grand homes and enormous oaks, catch some jazz on Frenchmen St and search out po'boy perfection- all with your trusted travel companion.

The things that make life worth living - eating, drinking and the making of merriment - are the air that New Orleans breathes. Info on Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest St Charles Streetcar;
coverage of the best neighbourhoods to visit; people of New Orleans essay