Books : Avant Guide New Orleans: Insiders' Guide To Progressive Culture (Avant Guides)
from: Empire Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9781891603228
ISBN: 1891603221
Label: Empire Press
Manufacturer: Empire Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: August 18, 2005
Publisher: Empire Press
Sales Rank: 1180155
Studio: Empire Press
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Featuring an in-depth look at the celebrated and diverse New Orleans food scene as well as great hotels in five budget categories, this updated second edition thoroughly details dining and nightlife options, covering the best places, both classic venues and new clubs, to hear jazz and other live music. This streetwise guide provides insider tips on how to get the most out of Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest, as well essential background information on the history of the Crescent City and its different neighborhoods. Avant-Guide books live at the intersection of travel and style, and this hip travel series presents the best aspects of the guidebook genre — namely, being thorough and trustworthy — and adds dynamic prose and innovative design. The highly praised result is as intelligent and informative as it is stylish and entertaining.
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I love Avant Guide for their supercool coverage of restaurants, hotels, bars and sights. This edition doesn't dissappoint because, even after the floods Avant Guide proves that New Orleans remains one of the best cities in the world. If you're looking for a resource that tells it like it is, about where to go and what to do to have a truly unique experience, then this is your guide. I also often travel with Lonely Planet, but it didn't help me at all here.
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I love Avant Guide. There is so much to say about it. First of all, I live in San Francisco, and originally bought the San Francisco book to get to know my own city better. I see it in book stores all over the city and the look and format stands out head and shoulders above the competition. This New Orleans book is amazing. It's the perfect guidebook. I love everything about it: The pocket informer at the end of the book, the tidbits at the end of each chapter like the right wine to pick with food and the clothing size converters. And the slang section is one of my favorites. I also found many surprises listed in timelines that were new to me. Next time I travel, there is no doubt which book I will be taking along!
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When I was walking through the French quarter I was stopped by Anne Rice and she asked me for directions. I was happy to have my Avantguide with me. Just kidding. But the guide is great! Well structured with thoughtful layout and exact information. It gives you all you need.
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This guide gave me a proper upperside knowledge about New Orleans, but also about the underside (about which I am not going to tell my wife). I had the greatest time in my life!
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I approached this book with a skeptical eye after reading a few samples of its prose, as I am usually very skeptical of overly trendy things.
Well, after taking it with me to New Orleans was pleasantly surprised to find that most of it is simply dead-on, and the layout/organization of the book as well as the straight-to-the-point writing made it the best travel book I've ever used!
My only complaint is that the low-end section of hotels and restaurants could be expanded a bit more, just for those of us who DON'T have oodles of dough to toss around. Otherwise I would've given it 5 stars, easy.
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