New Orleans is the perfect city for hiking. Traditional sights and other attractions are always at your fingertips - they're mostly concentrated in the central part of the city. Even after a busy excursions weekend, New Orleans has a lot to show. It's a place where history and inspiration live.
New Orleans' Garden District hiking trail
The bohemian Garden District is an amazing outdoor architectural landmark. There are mid-19th-century Victorian-Gothic mansions now owned by Hollywood stars, the Montgomery Hero House and 1239 First Street, home of Anne Rice, author of the iconic "Interview with the Vampire.
The New Orleans tour itinerary also covers Carroll-Crawford House, which hosted Mark Twain's parties, and Joseph Merrick Jones House, owned by the lead singer of Nine Inch Nails. And so on - ad infinitum...
New Orleans' city route through the French Quarter
"The Old Place," the French Quarter where New Orleans began, has sacred significance to the city's residents. It's home to Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral and colorful Bourbon Street, with its many authentic restaurants. Where else to find the "soul" of a quaint American city than on quaint French streets?
Walking routes in New Orleans can be diversified with a trip to the plantations, which preserved the atmosphere of the American South before the Civil War, and a visit to the house of the famous impressionist Edgar Degas.
