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GARDENS
Audubon Zoological Garden
Longue Vue House and Garden
New Orleans Botanical Garden
Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Woldenberg Riverfront Park
THEME PARKS
Carousel Gardens
Six
Flags
Longue Vue House
and Garden
www.longuevue.com
7 Bamboo Road
504-488-5488
A sumptuous early 20th century home surrounded by 8 magnificently
manicured acres of gardens. Longue Vue is located at 7 Bamboo Road,
a 25-minute cab ride from Canal Street.
It is open seven days a week, excluding major holidays.
Daily tours are provided on the hour.
New Orleans Botanical
Garden
www.neworleanscitypark.com/nobg.php
The New Orleans Botanical Garden at City Park offers a serene retreat
from the hustle and bustle of urban life. Nature lovers of all ages
wander around the lush foliage, play in the open gardens or relax
near the tranquil fountains. Surrounded by the nation's largest collection
of mature live oaks, patrons enjoy a sensual walk past 2,000 varieties
of plants. Most of the vegetation is native to Louisiana, but there
are many other more exotic species.
Kindergarten through 8th grade field trips are offered Wednesday through
Friday at 10 a.m. or 11 a.m. for $2.50 a person. For elementary or
middle school reservations call (504) 861-4692. High school field
trips are offered Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For
high school reservations, call (504) 288-6444.
Regular visiting hours are Tuesday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.
Adults and children over 12 are admitted for $5, children 5-12 are
$2 and children under 5 years visit free. The Botanical Garden is
also free for Friends of City Park
members.
Guided tours of the Botanical Garden and garden lectures are available
Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Group rates and tours
are available. To schedule a guided tour, please call (504) 288-6444.
The Garden entrance is located on Victory Avenue in City Park to the
west of the New Orleans Museum of Art. Free parking is available along
Victory Avenue and at the Tennis Center. For information, call (504)
483-9488 or visit: www.neworleanscitypark.com/nobg.php.
Sydney and Walda Besthoff
Sculpture Garden
www.noma.org/html_docs/sgarden
1 Collins Diboll Circle - City Park
504-488-2631
Amid five glorious acres are some of the most priceless sculptures
in the world. The museum is open Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Museum docents lead guided tours of the Sculpture Garden at 11 a.m.
and 2 p.m. Admission is free.
Visitors please note: dogs, bicycles, rollerblades, skateboards and
picnicking are not allowed in the Sculpture Garden. You may touch
the sculptures, but do not climb on them.
Located next to the Sculpture Garden is the magnificent New Orleans
Museum of Art, set in the splendor of City Park, with 1,500 acres
of walking paths, centuries old oak trees, a small amusement park,
lagoons and Storyland.
Woldenberg Riverfront
Park
New Orleans, LA
This stretch of green from Canal Street to Esplanade Avenue overlooks
the Mississippi River as it curves around New Orleans, giving the
city the name the Crescent City. The wooden promenade section in front
of the French Quarter is called Moon Walk, named for Mayor Moon Landrieu,
under whose administration in the 1970s the riverfront beyond the
flood wall was first opened to public view. Woldenberg Park is named
for its benefactor, local businessman Malcolm Woldenberg, whose statue
is in the park. Ocean Song, a large kinetic sculpture near the statue
of Woldenberg, was created by local artist John T. Scott
Zoo
Audubon Zoological Garden
www.auduboninstitute.org
6500 Magazine St.
504/586-8777
Formerly the plantation of Etienne de Bore, the father of the granulated
sugar industry in Louisiana, Audubon Park is a large, lush stretch
of green between St. Charles Avenue and Magazine Street, continuing
across Magazine Street to the river. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted,
it contains the world-class Audubon Zoo, a 1.7-mi track for running,
walking, or biking, picnic and play areas, a golf course, riding stables,
a tennis court, and a river view. Calm lagoons wind through the park,
harboring egrets, catfish, and other indigenous species. The park
and zoo were named for the famous ornithologist and painter John James
Audubon, who spent many years working in and around New Orleans. None
of the original buildings from its former plantation days remain.
COST: Park free; combination admission to Aquarium of the Americas
downriver and cruise available; round-trip cruise only, $16.50; cruise,
zoo, and aquarium $32.50. 7-mi river ride to French Quarter and Canal
St. daily at 11, 1, 3, and 5.
THEME
PARKS
Carousel
Gardens
Victory Ave., City Park
www.NewOrleansCityPark.com
Carousel_Gardens
504/483-9356
This amusement park has a New Orleans treasure as its centerpiece
-- a carousel from 1906 that is on the National Register of Historic
Places. The horses on one of the few remaining authentic carved wooden
carousels in the country are periodically restored by artisans in
Connecticut. Surrounding it are a roller coaster, tilt-a-whirl, Ferris
wheel, bumper cars, and other rides. A miniature train takes adults
and children throughout the area on its own track, and there is a
wading pool with bronze statuary.
COST:
General admission $2; unlimited-ride ticket $10. During Celebration
in the Oaks, open evenings 5:30-10:30 PM; closed Jan.-Feb.; Mar.-May
and Sept.-Nov., weekends only 10-4; Jun.-Aug., daily 10-4
Six Flags
www.sixflags.com
Six Flags New Orleans is midway between downtown New Orleans and Slidell
at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Interstate 510 at exit 246A
to Lake Forest Blvd. We are approximately 20 minutes from downtown
New Orleans.
Tickets:
Online Special $24.99
General Admission at park $34.99
Child Ticket $24.99
Children 2 & under FREE
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