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New Orleans rankings

New Orleans is a city of courtyard houses, long meals and music heard at close quarters. The French Quarter’s balconies and old brick streets give way to Tremé’s cultural institutions, the Garden District’s shaded houses and the Warehouse District’s museums. Preservation Hall and Snug Harbor make jazz an evening’s main event; Creole dining rooms share the food scene with inventive Senegalese and contemporary American kitchens. City Park lies beyond the central neighbourhoods, worth a separate trip for its art museum and sculpture garden.