The French Quarter
National Historic Landmark District · New Orleans, Louisiana
Seventy-eight blocks between the Mississippi and Rampart Street that are the original city — Bienville laid the grid out in 1718 and it has not moved since. Almost none of what stands is French: fires in 1788 and 1794 took the colonial town and the Spanish rebuilt it in brick and stucco around courtyards, which is why the Quarter looks the way it does and not like Quebec. The cast-iron galleries came later still, with American money. It is a National Historic Landmark district, it is one of the most recognised urban places on earth, and about four thousand people live in it.
Jackson Square, 700 Decatur Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70116, United States
A living neighbourhood, open at all hours — there is no gate and no ticket. Shops generally run late morning to early evening, restaurants through the evening, and the Bourbon Street bars until dawn; Café du Monde is open nearly around the clock. Individual attractions keep their own hours. Open containers are legal on the street but glass is prohibited. St Louis Cemetery No. 1 requires a licensed guide. Hurricane season runs June to November and peaks in September.
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