Live oaks, a lake in the middle of the city, and one very old dining room
New Orleans, Louisiana · 3 nights · Oct · Nov · Mar · Apr · up to 10
Most people never leave the Quarter, and the Quarter is the least interesting eight blocks in the city. City Park is larger than Central Park and holds the biggest stand of mature live oaks anywhere, some of them six hundred years old. Uptown is where the food is. March and November are the months the weather cooperates; August is a decision you only make once.
The ending
A grove of six-hundred-year-old live oaks beside a lake in the middle of a city, branches coming back down to the ground and rooting again, and light arriving in pieces through the moss.
That is New Orleans City Park — Big Lake & the live oak groves. See how private it is and when it’s open.
Do
- Audubon Park Luxe Picnic
- New Orleans School of Cooking
- Steamboat Natchez Jazz Cruise
- Tijon Parfumerie — Class 101
Eat
- Commander's Palace
- Coquette
Stay
- Hotel Peter & Paul
- Hotel Monteleone
Why City Park and not the Quarter?
Because the Quarter has an audience and the oak grove does not. The park is a couple of miles out and most visitors never go.
How far ahead for Commander's?
Weeks for a good table, and there is a dress code. It is the single booking most likely to decide your dates.
The planner doesn’t build New Orleans, Louisiana yet — we can name the places here but not yet enough of them around it to fill 3 nights without repeating. Read this one, then build your own somewhere we can.