Notes

New Orleans is one of the cities most particular and fascinating of the United States, famous above all for the music, the architecture Haitian, for his/her picturesque carnival. and for the aura of mystery that winds her/it thanks to his/her traditions still very you feel tied up an enslaved years of the first arrived from Africa.57
The city of New Orleans is situated in the state of Louisiana, a state to east south of States united. New Orleans leans out on the delta of the river Mississippi,on the east banks and to west.95
The site on which the actual city rises was visited in 1699 by the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Her Moyne, gentleman of Bienville, which founded you a colony in the 1718. The city, called Nouvelle Orléans in honor of the duke of Orléans, regent of France.
The nucleus of the native installation is identifiable today in the Vieux Carré, the characteristic French district. The picturesque houses that lean out on the holds streets of they are characterized by Spanish influences and French.
In the heart of the Vieux Carré Jackson Square opens, around which the Cathedral of St. Luigi they are situated. Basin Street and Bourbon Street are famous for the places of jazz, the musical kind that taken life in New Orleans. The Garden District is a district that entertains fascinating houses of the XIX century. In the northern part of the city the great city park extends him, bathed by the lake Pontchartrain.250
Il periodo migliore per visitarla è da febbraio ad aprile, quando le temperature sono miti ed è possibile assistere ai festeggiamenti del Mardi Gras e al Jazz Festival. 280
don't forget to do some shopping around the french district and admire the beauty and variety of the local craft. 300
Da provare è una cena da Antoine’s. Questo ristorante storico di New Orleans ha resistito alla Guerra Civile, a due Guerre Mondiali, alla Grande Depressione e al Proibizionismo.New Orleans è famosa per la gastronomia, con una delle cucine più gustose di tutti gli Stati Uniti: è d’obbligo assaggiare la gumbo soup, a base di pesce,60
Come down and experience New Orleans, one of America's most culturally and historically-rich destinations. 378