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- The French Quarter: Walk around it, but don't venture past Rampart or Esplanade or you're taking your life into your own hands
- The French Market: Part old market, part tourist trap, worth a walk to the end and back
- The "Moonwalk": The wooden steps on the River between Cafe Du Monde and the old Jax Brewery, this is a great place to see the river
- Take a streetcar ride through the Garden District: Hop on the St. Charles streetcar and take a scenic tour down St. Charles Ave--beautiful homes, Tulane and Loyola University, and Audubon Park. Get off when it turns down Carrollton, grab a bite at the Camellia Grill (no need to buy a griddle or grill), and head back to downtown. Cheap and awesome tour
- Aquarium: It's a nice aquarium, with an IMAX
- Audubon Zoo: One of the greatest zoos in the world. If you've got an extra day and like animals, you'll dig the zoo. Also, Audubon park is a nice park to stroll around in
- Natchez: Take a ride on the Mississippi on a real paddlewheeler and hear the calliope (a steam organ--you'll probably hear it in the quarter anyway)
- Plantation homes/Oak Alley: If you've got an extra day, drive (or take a tour) to the plantation homes up the river. It's pretty much like nothing you've ever seen
- (in addition to the beautiful Oak Alley (where may films have been made, including Anne Rice's Interview With The Vampire), a must-see is the newly-opened Laura Plantation, just 1/4 mile down the road from Oak Alley ... guided tours of this 200-year old, women-run Creole sugar plantation includes the original Big House, slave cabins, barns, and cottages. Amazing history!)
- note that ApacheCon starts just after Halloween: if you'll be in town on 31 October and are interested in a walking tour of "haunted/eerie/mysterious" structures in the French Quarter, email Sally (mailto:"sally@apache.org") (lived there during grad school {architecture}) for details
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