Itinerary!

Hello! I think we have a working itinerary. We%26#39;ll be going in early November. I know it%26#39;s a long way off but never too early to plan the perfect trip I guess!

We definately want to see and visit certain things but we also want to make sure we allow for enough time to wander, change plans, stop for coffee or cocktails, etc so we don%26#39;t want the itinerary to be too tight. Here%26#39;s what we have so far. Restaurants, etc still undecided.

Day 1: Arrive, settle in, Jackson Square, dinner, Bourbon Street

Day 2: Self-guided tour French Qtr, French Mkt, Cemetery Tour St. Louis #1 (tour with Historic NO Tour Company - Cemetery/Voodoo Tours, 1pm), walk down Esplanade Ave (Degas House), Jean Latiffe Blacksmith Shop

Day 3: Self-guided tour Garden District, Magazine Street, Self-guided tour Lafayette cemetary

Day 4: Brunch, Honey Island Swamp Tour (12:30pm)

Day 5: Home :(

Is that too much ground to cover?

Itinerary!

Nope, it looks like a pretty doable itinerary. If you%26#39;re running low on time, you could alternatively take the Canal St streetcar to the City Park area and explore Esplanade Ave that way.

One issue - on Day 4, is the tour starting at 12:30pm or is that the time you are leaving? It takes about 40 min-1 hr to travel to the Honey Island Swamp area, so just make sure you plan for an early breakfast in that case.

Itinerary!

It seems to me that you%26#39;re doing too much on Day 2. You might drop one of the tours if they%26#39;re guided (kind of time consuming) and maybe drop one of the cemetary tours.

Thought about meals? Check out Tommy%26#39;s Cuisine or Conchon or Luizza%26#39;s at the Track (the latter cheaper).

As far as the swamp tour, it does start at 12:30 so you%26#39;re right, probably no brunch that day. Maybe we can work it in on Day 3.

I do have two cemetery tours planned. I guess I%26#39;m not sure which one%26#39;s better to go to Lafayette or St. Louis. I definately prefer to do self-guided and I wish we could just do our own self-paced tour of St. Louis, but according to what I keep reading, that may not be the greatest idea. Should we skip St. Louis and just do Lafayette? Or vice versa?

If you wish to sneak a brunch in on another day, I would recommend doing what we did:

10:30 am Lafayette Cemetery tour - $6 per / done by Save our Cemeteries - about an hour long - just show up - but only on Mon / Wed / Fri

11:45 am Commander%26#39;s Palace right across the street - great experience / can order off of lunch specials around $20 for a 3 course meal, plus 25 cent martinis

Then do self-guided tour of Garden District %26amp; walk along Magazine St. You can do this all by dinner time or so %26amp; still have the rest of the night free.

The St. Louis cemetery has a lot more history/fun tales to it, so if you really have to choose, then I%26#39;d go with that and do the Lafayette Cemetery on your own, but really, I think you%26#39;ll have time to fit in both!

Wisteacher, great idea! Sounds like fun! I think maybe we will do that. I wish we could do St. Louis cemetery on our own. That way we could mark a map and just go at our leisure rather than planning the day around a particular time.

You could always go on a self-guided tour of St. Louis #1. Save Our Cemeteries has self-guided tour maps for sale, and during the daytime, it gets relatively crowded with visitors, so safety should not be an issue.

@worldtraveler786: where would one pick up one of those self guided cemetary tours? We have some in our group that would probably be interested in one for Layfette%26#39;s. Thanks!

You might be able to pick up some at the visitors bureau on Basin St, right next to St. Louis #1. Otherwise, you can get some info here: http://www.lafayettecemetery.org/

what time will you be settled in at your hotel? Maybe you can fit in a little more the first day.

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