Bourbon Street

Bourbon Street became famous for hosting New Orleans’ yearly Mardi Gras celebration. However, Bourbon Street remains a popular tourist attraction year-round. The ½ mile pedestrian only street is filled with bars restaurants, and souvenir shops. Many people that visit New Orleans never leave Bourbon Street and are perfectly happy not doing so. However, there are many other attractions around New Orleans that are worthwhile. It’s common practice, on Bourbon Street, to buy your alcoholic beverages “to go” so that you can stroll along the street checking out all the interesting characters, as opposed to just sitting at the bar. Red Beers and Grenades are amongst the most popular pedestrian beverages. Bar hopping can also be fun. There are a wide variety of bars and clubs, ranging from trendy European jazz clubs to wild dance houses, to chose from. Much of the action along Bourbon Street can be found on and below the most prominent wrought iron balconies. These balconies serve two purposes: they are the perfect place for petitioning and bribing female pedestrians to flash their “goodies” in exchange for Mardi Gras beads as do the balconies provide a stage for reveling feminine charms to all that would like to see.

The good times never stop on Bourbon Street.