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Wild ThingsOne of the country's top-ranked zoos, Audubon Zoo lets animals roam freely around innovative, natural-habitat settings featuring subtropical plants, waterfalls, and lagoons. This zoo is home to about 1,800 animals including lions, tigers, bears, sea lions, a family of extremely rare white alligators and the majestic Bengal tigers. Other highlights include live animal presentations, hands-on encounters with animals, the Endangered Species Carousel, Simulator and Swamp Train and the new "Butterflies in Flight" exhibit. Admission starts at $7 for children. Open Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Wednesday - Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. As of May 30, 2006 zoo will also open Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. On 6500 Magazine St. Phone: 1-866-ITS-AZOO. Steamin'Experience the sights and sounds of river life that enchanted characters of history and literature - like Mark Twain's Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer aboard the historic Steamboat Natchez. Cruise down the Mississippi River to the delightful tunes of the Steam Calliope as you view breathtaking sights like the Chalmette Battlefield, the French Quarter, Aquarium of the Americas and the Audubon Zoo. Choose from a daytime or dinner/jazz cruise featuring the Dukes of Dixieland. Tickets start at $9.33 for children 2-12. Departs at the Gray Line 'Lighthouse' on Toulouse St. and the Mississippi River. Phone: (504) 569-1414 Get Your Scare On
Recommended by The Travel Channel as "The #1 Tour in New Orleans," Haunted History Tours, offers mildly theatrical, hugely historical, and thoroughly entertaining ghost, vampire, voodoo and cemetery tours. Making many television appearances on "America's Most Haunted Places," this company takes you through eerie, chilling, yet fun-filled and educational adventures exploring mysterious sites like French Quarter residences, a vampire tavern, the tomb of Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau and the garden district, where author Anne Rice's home is located. Tours start at $17 for students. For reservations call (504) 861-2727 or 1-888-6-GHOSTS. Beat StreetsNew Orleans' oldest neighborhood and main tourist draw, the French Quarter houses nearly all of the city's signature tourist icons. Curiously noted for its Spanish, not French architecture, the Quarter is full of lively sounds and spaces. Expect live music, open-air bars and street performers on the strip between Bourbon and Decatur Streets and shop at the French Market, four colorful canopy-covered blocks selling anything and everything from fruits to desiccated alligator heads. Look also for the Historic Voodoo Museum and Voodoo Spiritual Temple to get your mojo going. Float OnGet the Mardi Gras spirit year-round at Mardi Gras World. Take a look behind the magic of Mardi Gras in this carnival showcase with thousands of sensational sculptured props and breathtaking giant figures on display. See artists building floats, take your picture with King Kong, Marilyn Monroe and the giant Bacchsaurus and view the biggest floats ever built for the carnival like the 240-foot quintuple-tandem "Captain Eddie's S.S. Endymion," with thousands of fiber optic lights. Tours tickets start at $7.25 for children 11 and under. Open daily from 9:30 a.m., last tour at 4:30 p.m. 233 Newton Street - New Orleans, LA, 70114 Phone: (800) 362-8213 Wax The Story
A must see in New Orleans, The Musée Conti Historical Wax Museum tells the fascinating story of New Orleans from her founding to the present day. Founded in 1964, "The WAX" brings to -almost- life more than 300 years of history, legend and scandal with its 154 life-size figures displayed in historically accurate settings. The Musée Conti also features a haunted dungeon. Admission starts at $6 for children 4-17. Open Monday - Saturday from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. On 917 Conti St. Phone: (800) 233-5405 Food-La-LaA casually-chic place to dine, The Marigny Brasserie is New Orleans' best kept secret. This cozy restaurant offers one of New Orleans most creative and eclectic menus featuring fried green tomatoes served with Louisiana lump crabmeat salad, three citrus aioli and house sugarcane vinaigrette and the crispy leg of duck confit served on Gouda grits with onion marmalade, haricot verts and a duck au jus. Brunch is also served Saturdays and Sundays. Open Sunday - Thursday from 5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays until midnight. On 640 Frenchmen St. at Royal across from Washington Square. Phone: (504) 945-4472 Make-A-FishOne of the top 50 seafood restaurants in the U.S., Deanie's Seafood has been serving some of the best fried and boiled seafood in New Orleans since 1961. This great eatery is the "Home of the Giant Seafood Platter," a succulent feast loaded with fried oysters, shrimp, catfish, soft-shell crabs and crawfish balls. Other finger-licking specialties include the crabmeat ravioli, stuffed flounder, crabmeat au gratin and fried artichoke hearts. Open Sundays - Thursdays from 11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays until 11:00 p.m. On 841 Iberville St. Phone: (504) 581-1316 Spice It Up
Recognized throughout the world as the King of Cajun Dine and Dance halls, Mulate's features live Cajun music and dancing along with great authentic Cajun food. Try their mild specialties or sinus clearing creations including grilled and fried alligator, stuffed mushrooms, crawfish etouffee, seafood platter with gumbo and the famous Catfish Mulate - etouffee, jambalaya and corn macque choux all on one plate. Put out the fire with Mulate's Amber, their house-made draft, or Dixie's Blackened Voodoo. Wear your dancing shoes, the regular dancers love to teach customers Cajun Dancing 101. Open daily from 11:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. On 201 Julia St. Phone: (504) 522-1492 * Prices are per person, based on double occupancy, and include hotel rates, hotel taxes, roundtrip airfare, and government taxes/fees applicable to airfare based on specified departure city. Price will vary for other departure cities. Packages/prices subject to availability; may change without notice; valid for new bookings only; capacity controlled; may not be available on all dates or with all flights; and may be restricted to certain hotel room categories. Prices do not include fees for oversized/overweight/extra baggage or charges for any other products or services sold separately or not expressly included in package (such as airport transfers, etc.). Hotel star ratings not guaranteed. Packages must be purchased at time of reservation and are nonrefundable and nontransferable. Where permitted, changes/cancellations must be made prior to scheduled departure and in accordance with hotel change/cancel policies, otherwise all money for package may be forfeited; $100 change/cancel fee per person will apply, plus any hotel penalties, and for changes, there may be an increase in package price. Cancellations are for Getaways credit only, valid for 1 year. Proper documentation required for boarding. Other restrictions apply. See full Getaways Terms & Conditions for details. |
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