FAMILY FUN IN NEW ORLEANS Café Du Monde ©Zack Smith EXPLORE Start out your New Orleans family adventure — where else? — in the French Quarter! The city’s oldest neighborhood is also its most magical. Walk through Jackson Square, where you’ll find many kid-friendly attractions. Woldenberg Park, overlooking the Mississippi River, is a scenic stop, and is next door to Café Du Monde . This French Quarter icon serves up beignets (puffed-up pieces of fried dough covered in powdered sugar), best enjoyed on the café’s outside patio. Family-friendly shops and restaurants are all around Jackson Square. Little Toy Shop and Creole Delicacies Gourmet Shop are great for gifts, and restaurants Café Pontalba and Landry’s Seafood House are fun dinnertime destinations. Walk down Decatur Street to the French Market ’s open-air shops, where the sheer variety of cool stuff, live jazz music and the sweet scent of Aunt Sally’s Pralines will make you want to stay awhile. Check out New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park in the French Market. Younger visitors can get their junior ranger badge there and learn about the city’s rich musical background. At the New Orleans Jazz Museum , you can see some of the instruments that made history. Visit NewOrleans.com for more information on these businesses and their current post-Covid19 status. VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT NEWORLEANS.COM 33
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