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New Orleans is a unique and beautiful city in Louisiana. This city is a famous tourist destination for its delicious cuisine, music, art, cultural festivals and number of tourist attractions.

This charming city of New Orleans is famous for its cultural festivals such as the Jazz and Heritage Festival, Voodoo Fest, Essence Music Festival but the most popular and the grandest among them is the annual carnival known as Mardi gras. The other main tourist attractions in New Orleans are the historic Pontchartrain Hotel, Saint Louis Cathedral, Bourbon Street, Jackson Square, Saint Louis Cemetery, Preservation hall and French Market famous for its Café du Monde. For all the history and art lovers, there are numerous museums which you can go to such as, the National World War II Museum, the Historic New Orleans Collection, Confederate Memorial Hall, Musee Conti Wax Museum, Contemporary Arts Center and New Orleans Museum of Art. There are many blossoming gardens and beautiful parks as well in New Orleans attractions such as Botanical Garden, Audubon Park, City Park and Lonque Vue House and Gardens. You can even cruise down the Mississippi river on authentic steamboat called Natchez. With all these attractions in New Orleans, one can never get tired or bored of this exciting city.

New Orleans Shopping is a lot of fun as there are wide varieties of shops - from vintage shops to designer boutiques to local malls. Some of the places where you must go to, if shopping is in your mind, are Magazine Street, Royal Street, the French Quarter and Oak Street with its numerous boutiques stores, art studios, restaurants and antique shops. There are also amazing open air weekend art markets in Freret Street, Markey Park and Palmer Park. To taste the flavor of the delicious cuisine of New Orleans at home, you can buy the cookbooks of most popular recipes written by local chefs. New Orleans is truly a shopper's delight with soo many amazing and unique shops. Go on and shop till you drop!!

With countless tourist attractions and truly awesome shopping experience, New Orleans would make you come back again and again!!





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