Access New Orleans (5th Edition) [Paperback]

Beth D'Addono (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 6, 2001 | Series: Access Guides

A city of colour, excitement and heady delights, statistics from the New Orleans Tourist Authority prove that it continues to grow in popularity as a travel destination, helped by several high profile films and television shows that feature it prominently. New Orleans has been called everything from the Paris of the Americas to the northernmost banana republic. A flawed paradise of wild culture, ambrosial food and unpunished sin, the "City That Care Forgot" is a gorgeous mistake where the multicultural Creole spirit continues to resist Americanisation till today. A city of non-stop parades, festivals and celebrations, the hot, sultry destination continues to attract visitors who flock there in search of exotic thrills, illicit temptations and an excess of everything delightful. This fully updated and revised 5th Edition of Access New Orleans - which includes a section devoted to gay and lesbian travellers - comprehensively covers the Big Easy in a way that will appeal to any visitor to this intoxicating city.

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About the Author

Access Press is a team of writers from across the United States that travel frequently, and know what you want and need from a guidebook and what you don't like and don't need.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Access Pr; 5th edition (November 6, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062772945
• ISBN-13: 978-0062772947
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,860,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Extremely handy guide and terrific maps, August 2, 2002

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Jason Baer "convinceandconvert dot com" (Bloomington, Indiana USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Access New Orleans (5th Edition) (Paperback)

Just returned today from a week-long trip to New Orleans (my first). This book was an absolutely indispensable resource. Must have checked it 5-10 times per day. The best maps (by neighborhood) I've found in a travel guide, and the concise, informative notes on restaurants, parks and attractions were very helpful.

Best plan is to combine this book with another (like Delahanty's Ultimate New Orleans) that contains more history and culture information. Taken together, you've got everything you need.

But even by itself the Access New Orleans book is extremely useful. I found the information in the book to be spot on in every case, and it's so easy to use it makes you want to refer to it more...