French Quarter Sightseeing Featured Stories

Royal Street Between St. Louis and Conti, New Orleans, Louisiana by Ken LundFor a full 13 blocks, Royal Street runs parallel to Bourbon Street, yet this thoroughfare - one of the finest stretches of art galleries, antique stores, wrought iron balconies, restaurants and architecture in the...
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While the French Quarter is a fascinating place to simply sit and stare, it becomes ever more so when you make the effort to learn a bit about its history, quirks and secrets. A veritable panoply of guided tours are available to address all manner of subjects specific to the French Quarter and...
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By: Ian McNultyVisitors who think a clutch of plastic beads, a hurricane glass and an obscene T-shirt are the best they can bring back home from a trip to New Orleans clearly haven’t experienced one of the city’s distinctive cooking schools.Anne Gormly has, and after a lunchtime class...
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By: Sally ReevesDetail, Ignace Broutin, Plan de la Nouvelle Orléans telle qu'elle estoit le premier janvier mil sept cent trente-deux. French Centre des archives d'outre-mer 04DFC 90A. Broutin's plan of the garden and the Capuchin complex in 1732. Several drainage features seem to be...
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By: Sally Reeves Every quarter-hour, the thin peal of bells at St. Louis Cathedral calls saints and sinners, mostly the latter. They clang out a slightly off-key sound, as if they well know the offbeat rhythms of the neighborhood below them. The pulse of a circus atmosphere around the church...
Read MoreBy: Sally ReevesIt took two years to build and two decades to renovate. To some it was an elegant City Beautiful triumph of slum clearance, to others an out-of-scale offense to an historic neighborhood. Home to landmark legal decisions and antique documents, it gave way to stuffed birds,...
Read MoreBy: FrenchQuarter.com StaffThe New Orleans French Quarter after Hurricane Katrina looks pretty much the way it did before. Thank goodness. And residents and shopowners have been busy cleaning, polishing and sprucing up the old city for company coming. FrenchQuarter.com's been on the streets...
Read MoreBy: Tara McLellanTop to bottom: Hové Parfumeurs Owner Amy van Calsem Wendel, Perfumed strips each featuring hand-blended Hové scents, Hové room scents and scented candles.When visiting Hové Parfumeurs in the heart of the French Quarter there are two things you can be sure of - the...
Read MoreBy: Sally ReevesTop to bottom: The French Style Par Terre Garden of the Beauregard-Keyes House; An Ornamental Garden Wall of the Place d'Armes HotelAsk Maria Stankus what she does for a living and she’ll tell you she does nothing. In a sense that’s true, but she does nothing so...
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By: Ian McNultyFrench Quarter Street Performers & ArtistsAsk Maria Stankus what she does for a living and she’ll tell you she does nothing. In a sense that’s true, but she does nothing so well that people want to pose with her for photos and fill her tip jar with cash all...
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