Day 1 - Tuesday, 12/3/2024 - Dinner Fly to New Orleans
Today arrive in New Orleans for a four night stay in the exciting French Quarter. Be sure to experience “The Quarter” filled with fabulous restaurants and jazz clubs. This evening enjoy a Reveillon Welcome Dinner, a traditional Creole holiday feast. |
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Day 2 - Wednesday, 12/4/2024 - Breakfast - Dinner French Quarter / Steamboat Cruise
This morning enjoy a French Quarter Walking Tour featuring the St. Louis Cathedral with adjoining Cabildo and rectory, Bourbon Street, Pirates Alley and the French Marketplace. Next visit the famous Café du Monde to enjoy café au lait and beignets. Later board the Steamboat Natchez for a relaxing cruise on the Mississippi River. This evening enjoy dinner with your fellow travelers at the famous New Orleans School of Cooking. |
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Day 3 - Thursday, 12/5/2024 - Breakfast - Brunch Oak Alley Plantation
Today enjoy a New Orleans City Tour. Visit the Garden District which features one of the best preserved collections of historic southern mansions in the United States. Visit the Longue Vue Gardens & House, a National Historic Landmark. The ever-changing gardens provide an inspiring destination year-round to learn about native plants and flowers. Also stop to view an Above Ground Cemetery which are both historic & hauntingly beautiful. Later travel outside of New Orleans to visit and tour Oak Alley Plantation, one of the state’s most visited antebellum homes featuring a quarter-mile long canopy of giant live oak trees believed to be 300-years old. Later return to your hotel and enjoy the evening at leisure. |
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Day 4 - Friday, 12/6/2024 - Breakfast - Dinner National World War II Museum / Holiday Lights
This morning visit one of top attractions in New Orleans, the National World War II Museum, which tells the story of the American experience in the war that changed the world. Seminal moments are recreated through vintage posters, radio and film clips. Experience more than 7,500 oral histories of the military personnel involved in the conflict. There are several short documentary films, collections of weapons, personal items, and other artifacts from the war on display. Enjoy the 4-D theater experience, “Beyond All Boundaries,” produced and narrated by Tom Hanks. The afternoon is at leisure to enjoy the Crescent City at your own pace. Tonight enjoy a Farewell Dinner at the Court of Two Sisters, one of the French Quarter’s most famous restaurants. After dinner board a motorcoach for a short ride to the New Orleans City Park to visit the Celebration in the Oaks, one of the most beautiful holiday light exhibits in the country.
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Day 5 - Saturday, 12/7/2024 - Breakfast Return Home
Today fly home filled with wonderful memories of your New Orleans Holiday Tour. |
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