Updated for 2025! Now Get the Insider Secrets to Having a Fabulous Time in the Crescent City! No wading through list after list of suggestions like your typical Fodor's or Lonely Planet, this travel book was put together by a full-fledged local who knows the best places to go to have an authentic New Orleans experience.

This guide includes recommendations for:

* the best restaurants with the most delicious food authentic New Orleans food,

* elegant hotels in all price ranges,

* great bars for fantastic libations,

* insider sightseeing tips,

* popular music venues

* and other fine suggestions on how to have an all around memorable time in the Crescent City.

New Orleans is a city like no other. Over the centuries it's been sung about and written about as this mysterious, dream-like place almost magical in its effect on people.

Visiting New Orleans is like traveling to Europe in a language you'll understand without all the hassle and expense. The Crescent City speaks the language of hospitality second-to-none with a world-wide reputation for fabulous food, world-class music and never-ending good times.

With this travel guide handy, you'll easily be able to create your own personal New Orleans tour with insider tips that only a local would know. It's the hope of the author that you'll get a taste of some of the magic that makes the Crescent City truly unique.

Intended for visitors and locals alike, this New Orleans travel guide is short and concise written by a native of the city who shares with you where to go and what to do in planning for a perfect visit to this historic, fun-loving, northern Caribbean city.