What to do in New Orleans? The answer is simple yet resounding. Do as the New Orleanians do: indulge, savor and celebrate. Indulge your senses, savor New Orleans’ rich cultural experience and celebrate everything that – even after 203 years of the greatest achievements and the steepest challenges – still makes New Orleans America’s most unique, authentic and enthralling destination.
Our unique and hauntingly beautiful landscape also offers an incredible array of outdoor activities, including the absolutely finest fresh and salt water fishing anywhere. Beyond world-class fishing and conservationist hunting, New Orleans also offers exceptional eco-tours, swamp tours, bicycling, running and more in the area. The list is long and varied, and every option takes advantage of the lush, water- and wildlife-filled environs unique to the area.
Whether you are a fan of football, basketball, baseball, golf, running, yachting, fishing, horse racing or virtually any another competitive sport you can imagine, New Orleans is one of the nation’s top places to compete and enjoy watching competitions. If you were not already a fan, you will quickly become one of New Orleans’ exciting professional sports teams when you see them in action, including the NFL’s New Orleans Saints and the NBA’s New Orleans Hornets. With all these choices and college sports, this city has a selection of teams to love.
New Orleans is fast becoming a golf mecca in the southern United States. An explosion of course development and renovation has made New Orleans a true urban resort. One of the oldest PGA Tour stops is located here, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. A fabulous range of new and revitalized tracks await you in this golfer’s dream destination that delivers the thrill of the game amid the natural beauty of the New Orleans area landscape.
You can’t help but mention New Orleans and its legendary nightlife in the same breath. When the sun goes down, New Orleans comes alive with a magical energy all its own. New Orleans nightlife is the neon, noise and revelry of Bourbon Street; but it is also the shadows of moonlit couples walking hand-in-hand along the Mississippi. It’s the abandon of red-hot live music and the gratification of all-night coffee and beignets. It’s beer, bands and bowling. It’s the clinking of chips, the ringing of slots and cheers of the lucky at world-class casinos. It’s unforgettable performances– from street music to opera, comedy to cabaret, and cinema to theater. It’s just about anything you can imagine and many more things you can’t. Wild and unbridled or relaxed and subdued, nights in New Orleans will always be unforgettable.
Let your exploration of the many sensory extravagances that endure in the unique city of New Orleans begin– enjoy the journey!