A Weekend in New Orleans with Kids

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Advisor - Alicia Wang
Curated By

Alicia Wang

  • New Orleans

  • Family Travel

  • Active Travel

  • Kid-friendly

  • Amusement Park

  • Sightseeing

  • Local culture

This red train can be found in Collins Diboll Circle.
Curator’s statement

New Orleans is a special place with a vibrant culture. You can spend the day checking out the many museums or get out in nature and experience the bayous. There are over a dozen kid-friendly breweries to try.

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Where to stay

Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans

Grand hotel with refined rooms overlooking the Mississippi River in New Orleans.

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Maison de la Luz

Refined and romantic, this boutique charmer is Southern hospitality defined.

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    $100 food / beverage credit.

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    Breakfast daily.

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Virgin Hotels New Orleans

Chic property nearby Bourbon Street with upmarket rooms.

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    $100 hotel / resort credit.

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    Welcome amenities.

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Hotel Saint Vincent

A place of refuge in the 1860s, this boutique hotel was resurrected with psychedelic-patterned wallpapers and an Italian modernist interior.

The Chloe New Orleans

The Chloe is a lively 14-room hotel housed in a 19th century Uptown mansion, with 21st Century Southern hospitality.

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Day 1: Arrive in New Orleans

beignet cafe

Grab a beignet and iced coffee and watch the boats go by.

Visit the Audubon Aquarium.

Lunch at Willa Jean or the Daily Beet for Vegetarian options.

Check out the Museum of Southern Jewish Experience.

Catch a movie at Prytania Theatres at Canal Place.

Day 2: Spend a day in City Park

park with a pond a bench under a willow tree

Visit the Louisiana Children's Museum and make sure to stop in the Acorn Cafe. The best museum food you will ever have.

For older kids, visit the Carousel Gardens Amusement Park or City Putt Mini Golf.

New Orleans Museum of Art and Sculpture Gardens is a small but mighty museum. Very manageable with kids.

Take the streetcar from City Park to Blue Oak BBQ.

Day 3: Explore uptown

sign in blue sky reads, audubon place

Head to the zoo! Audubon Zoo.

Grab coffee at Hivolt Coffee and do some shopping at:

Bring the kids to Wonderland and Sea or check out Urban South Brewery. Some days they have the bounce house out!

Advisor - Alicia Wang

Travel Advisor

Alicia Wang

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For more travel tips, check out Fora Advisor Natalie Lum-Tai’s guide, Itinerary for a Weekend Getaway in New Orleans.

This guide is part of our ongoing series on travel to New Orleans.