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New Orleans holidays

November 2017

  • Jazz musicians at Maison Bourbon nightclub on Bourbon Street in New Orleans<br>AAXEY1 Jazz musicians at Maison Bourbon nightclub on Bourbon Street in New Orleans

    Why I love …
    Singer Imelda May on New Orleans: ‘It has magic and mystery and voodoo’

    Nola’s people, its doughnuts and po’ boy sandwiches, and above all its music make an intoxicating mix for the Irish singer

March 2017

  • Street musicians in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

    ‘My favourite place in New Orleans’ – a top 10 guide by locals

    Nola becomes more accessible to Brits today with the start of the first direct flight from Europe – with British Airways from London – in 30 years. Here 10 locals reveal the places that occupy a special place in their heart

November 2016

  • Vendor at Good Bird rotisserie chicken stall in New Orleans’ St Roch food market

    A tour of New Orleans' thriving restaurant scene

    New Orleans has become one of the best places to eat in the US, with a thriving restaurant scene that’s doubled in size since Hurricane Katrina and driven by a new wave of chefs giving classic regional dishes a modern twist

April 2016

  • Melting pot … like New Orleans itself, gumbo is a rich, soulful mix. This is a shrimp and sausage version.

    The foodie traveller
    The foodie traveller ... on the best gumbo in New Orleans

    This iconic stew is ‘the history of Louisiana in a bowl’ and served in every NOLA eaterie worth its salt – but head to Mid-City for top-notch versions

August 2015

  • Old No 77 Hotel and Chandlery, New Orleans

    Hurricane Katrina: 10 years on
    What’s new in New Orleans? The city’s post-Katrina highlights

  • A New Orleans brass band performing on Frenchman Street.

    Hurricane Katrina: 10 years on
    Back on song: New Orleans 10 years after Katrina

  • A sleepy bayou on the Barataria Preserve.

    Experts' and readers' tips
    The best of New Orleans: readers’ travel tips

  • Mother-in-Law Lounge, New Orleans

    Experts' and readers' tips
    What to see and do in New Orleans: readers' tips

July 2015

  • Six flags amusement park, abandoned New Orleans, ten years after Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina: 10 years on
    A tour of abandoned New Orleans, 10 years after Katrina - in pictures

    A decade after Hurricane Katrina flooded huge areas of New Orleans, some neighbourhoods remain blighted by abandoned homes, schools and factories. Photographer Seph Lawless, who specialises in documenting the ruins of forgotten America, paid a visit

April 2015

  • Tujague's

    Tujague's: home to the distilled essence of New Orleans for a century and a half

  • New Orleans

    Reading American cities
    Books about New Orleans: readers' picks

March 2015

  • New Orleans

    Reading American cities
    Reading American cities: books about New Orleans

  • Tennesse Williams

    Tennessee Williams Festival presents heady mix of madness and flesh

February 2015

  • New Orleans buskers

    Mardi Gras in New Orleans: how street music keeps Nola groovin'

    New Orleans’ Mardi Gras parades are in full swing right now but buskers keep the city’s streets alive with music all year round: from kids drumming on plastic buckets to full-on bands, as Instagrammer Brendan van Son’s images reveal

January 2015

  • New Orleans: sweet dreams are made of thee.

    New Orleans, where memories float on the summertime breeze

    In the first of our ongoing dispatches from New Orleans, Jim Gabour recounts a fleeting encounter that stirred memories long forgotten

December 2014

  • The Spotted Cat club, New Orleans.

    Why I love …
    Concierge John Fitzpatrick on New Orleans

    The concierge of the Bourbon Orleans Hotel came to New Orleans to help rebuild the city after Katrina, fell in love with the place and never left. He shares his tips on New Orleanian food and music, and explains why everyone should expect a Spanish Inquisition at the next Mardi Gras

March 2014

  • Kermit Ruffins New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

    New Orleans city guide
    Soundtrack to New Orleans

  • Mardi Gras band

    New Orleans city guide
    New Orleans Mardi Gras: behind the scenes – in pictures

  • St Claude Art District, New Orleans

    New Orleans city guide
    Top 10 galleries, museums and art spaces in New Orleans

  • Brass Band Statue in Congo Square, New Orleans

    New Orleans city guide
    Top 10 historic sights in New Orleans

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