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New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau

2020 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

(504) 566-5011
(800) 748-8695
www.neworleansinfo.com

Introduction

Sometime during your visit to New Orleans, find a wrought-iron balcony, an oak-shaded courtyard, or a columned front porch and sit quietly, favorite beverage in hand, at 6 AM. At this hour, when the moist air sits most heavily on the streets, New Orleans is a city of mesmerizing tranquillity. By noon, early-morning calm confronts big-city chaos: with all there is to see and hear and eat and drink and do, the old, mystical, weighty spirit in the city's air can at times be frustrating, seeming to prevent you and everyone around you from accomplishing anything too quickly or efficiently. But when it also keeps you from really caring, then you have found the true secret of New Orleans.... More

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One of the top-five aquariums in the country featuring the largest collection of sharks and jellyfish. Don't miss our rare white gator, penguins, otters and a ... View Details

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