Where to stay · Walkability

Most walkable neighbourhoods in New Orleans

The best neighbourhoods in New Orleans for exploring on foot — flat streets, good pavements, and everything worth seeing within walking distance.

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Top pick for walkability

French Quarter

Bourbon Street, Jackson Square, and Cafe Du Monde — the most famous neighbourhood in America, for better and worse.

French Quarter

Top pick

Bourbon Street, Jackson Square, and Cafe Du Monde — the most famous neighbourhood in America, for better and worse.

9/10

Walk

3/10

Price

2/10

Local

10/10

Central

New Orleans Marigny — live music spilling out of a Frenchmen Street jazz club at night

Marigny & Bywater

Good

Frenchmen Street live music, local bars, and the neighbourhood New Orleans musicians actually live in.

8/10

Walk

7/10

Price

9/10

Local

7/10

Central

New Orleans Warehouse District — contemporary art galleries and converted warehouse facades along Magazine Street

Warehouse Arts District

Trade-off

The National WWII Museum, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and a restaurant scene that rivals the French Quarter — with far less noise.

8/10

Walk

5/10

Price

5/10

Local

7/10

Central

Garden District

Trade-off

Antebellum mansions, Magazine Street boutiques, and cemetery tours — the upscale residential counterweight to the French Quarter.

8/10

Walk

4/10

Price

6/10

Local

7/10

Central

New Orleans Uptown — the St Charles Avenue streetcar under a canopy of live oak trees

Uptown & Magazine Street

Trade-off

The St Charles streetcar, Tulane and Loyola campuses, and the most authentic residential New Orleans outside the tourist zones.

7/10

Walk

5/10

Price

8/10

Local

5/10

Central

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