Uptown and the Garden District

Newer than the Vieux Carre but no less filled with attractions
Noteworthy for: Amazing 19th century homes line the streets of Uptown and The Garden District, where New Orleans' rich and mighty families once lived - and still do.

Talk of the town: Freret Street between Napoleon and Jefferson has become one of the city's latest hotspots for interesting shops and restaurants.
A loosely defined swathe of the city west of the CBD, much of Uptown's appeal lies along Magazine Street's six miles of fashionable stores, restaurants and bars. Toward the riverbend along St. Charles Avenue is beautiful Audubon Park and Zoo, and six blocks up South Carrollton Avenue is Oak Street, for restaurants, bars and the legendary Maple Leaf music venue.

The Garden District, nearer the CBD, takes its name from the substantial plots of land on which these mansions once stood before being subdivided to house New Orleans' booming population. The area roughly bounded by Jackson, Louisiana, Saint Charles and Magazine boasts many beautiful examples of antebellum Greek Revival and Italianate architecture, creole villas, and double gallery houses heavy with 'gingerbread' ornamentation.

The Irish Channel to the south is known predominantly for Parasol's and Tracey's, two Irish pubs that between them throw an almighty Third Street block party on St Patrick's Day (March 17).