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Population: Approximately 220,000
Time zone: GMT -6 hours
Currency: US Dollar
Language: English
Int. dialling code: +1
Religion: Predominantly Christian

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Julia Buckley
Travel Editor, The London Paper
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"New Orleans - it's not like anything you'd expect from a US city. The French Quarter's got an air of crumbling, Venetian hush, the Garden District's all palatial white clapboard mansions and Magazine Street's as trendy as it gets. And of course it's music central, and reinvents itself every generation. Stay off Bourbon Street, and you'll have much of it to yourself."

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New Orleans - festivals

New Orleans festivals

Festivals are great times to go but, of course, the city will be pretty packed and prices will go up according to demand. New Orleans is a lively city at all times even when there isn’t a festival on.

Here’s a list of the main ones courtesy of Holiday Extras including the 2010 dates and links to the relevant websites.

2010 diary of events

Mardi Gras – February 16

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival – April 23-May 2.

French Quarter Festivals – April 9-11 and August 5-8

Essence Music Festival – July 2-4

Southern Decadence – September 1-6

For all tourist information visit New Orleans Tourism.

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