Fodor's New Orleans 2008

by Fodor's Travel Publications Inc., Michael Nalepa, Christina Knight

Stroll through the French Quarter, sample the city's distinctive Creole cuisine, listen to the best live music, or take a post-Katrina drive to remember the victims – Fodor's New Orleans 2008 offers all these experiences and more! Our local writers have traveled throughout the country to find the best hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities to prepare you for a journey of stunning variety. Before you leave for your trip be sure to pack your Fodor's guide to ensure you don't miss a thing.

The San Francisco Chronicle sums it up best –"Fodor's guides are saturated with information."

- We frequently update our New Orleans guide, and we make every effort to bring you the most accurate and thorough book. Plus we provide timely updates about the area at Fodors.com.
- Unlike other travel books, Fodor's guides rely heavily on local experts who know the territory best–so you know you're seeing the real New Orleans.
- We give you the planning tools you need to tailor your trip. We give options for all budgets. You make the choices.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference

288 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 1983

About the author

Fodor's Travel Publications is a United States-based producer of English-language travel guides and online tourism information. It was founded by Hungarian Eugene Fodor in 1936.
Fodor’s was acquired by Random House in 1986 and sold to Internet Brands in 2016.

Reviews

[Mti Librarian · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was awesome! I was only in New Orleans for about 2 days, so I didn't get much beyond the basic touristy stuff. I used several of the maps in this book, especially when I did a driving tour of the Garden District. I also really like the chapter on Hurricane Katrina and the recommended driving tour to see the damage. I even have a little shout-out in this guide:

"June 24, 2006 - Approximately 20,000 attend American Library Association meeting, the largest conference in the city post Katrina."

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not exactly an exciting read. Very much a typical travel guide book. BUT it was definitely informative & I got ideas for a trip to New Orleans.

[Catherine Woodman]

This guide is very good--the best one I took out of the library--and definitely good enough for touring the surrounding areas of plantation country and cajun country--the strengths are the food options--it really gives a good representation of what is out there--the weakness is the accuracy of some of the plantation country info--the maps do not show the plantations in correct places vis-a-vis the roads they show, one is no longer open for touring, and this is pretty early in 2010 for those inaccuracies. The other is the price of restaurants is a bit off--and more details would have been appreciated. But overall, it is the guide book I would take back.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellant self walking tour is made available here. You will learn the history and see it up close!

[Caroline]

because I can

[Brenna Call · Rating 4 out of 5]

As far as travel guides go, I really like Fodor's! I read this cover to cover in anticipation of my upcoming trip to NOLA for the American Library Association Conference this June. Can't wait!!!

[Erin O · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent guidebook. A little bulky if you want to carry it around with you.

[KJ Grow · Rating 4 out of 5]

Got us where we needed to go and gave us fair warning about the danger of hurricanes (the cocktail, that is).

[Maggie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love travel guides, but I want more pictures than this.

[Kristy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent guide to everything in New Orleans. From safety to tours to take and skip.