New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz and a widespread jazz culture unlike any other city in North America. Here, to this day, an atmosphere of wealth and idleness has been preserved, which is diluted and complemented by French elegance, Caribbean, German, Irish, Creole, African-American, Haitian, German and Vietnamese cultures.

This is one of the most popular, oldest and largest cities in the United States, located in Louisiana, near the confluence of the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico. Nicknamed “Big Easy” in America, it has a reputation as a place for adults, in the sense of being able to maturely appreciate its outstanding virtues. Lake Pontchartrain limits the city to the north, the Gulf of Mexico to the east.

The most popular tourist spots are: French Quarter, Marigny, Warehouse and Art, CBD, Store Street, Garden, Zoo, Adubon Park and St. Charles Avenue.

New Orleans was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, but continues to restore its former beauty and remains the largest city in Louisiana.

Entertainment and attractions in New Orleans

During the Mardi Gras celebrations, St. Louis, the oldest surviving New Orleans cemetery, is especially popular and not the best reputation. It is also not recommended to walk along it alone at any time of the day – not only because of the ghosts. According to legend, among other respectable citizens, the famous voodoo queen Marie Laveau is buried here.

Bourbon Street is the center of the French Quarter and the entire city.

The Pontchartrain Dam Bridge is the world’s longest bridge connecting the towns of Metairie and Mandeville, located on opposite shores of Lake Pontchartrain. The bridge consists of two parallel roads, its length is almost 38.5 km.