What to see in New Orleans on foot
5 sights worth the detour, all walkable, all offline.
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New Orleans is a city made for walking. This self-guided guide maps 5 of its sights worth the detour — landmarks and historic sites — the places locals point to and the tour buses skip, close enough to string into a single day on foot. Download the New Orleans pack in Voyage GO before you go and the whole route works offline: no roaming, no dead battery from a live map. Every monument, viewpoint and park you pass quietly fills your travel passport.
Landmarks2
- 1Caesars SuperdomeEight Super Bowls, one hurricane shelter, and the largest fixed dome on Earth — all in one building.
- 2Smoothie King CenterLocals call it The Blender — a $114 million NBA arena that became a field hospital when the Superdome next door couldn't cope after Katrina.
Historic Sites3
- 3Tulane UniversityFounded in 1834 to train doctors during yellow fever and cholera outbreaks — the South's second medical school, still standing.
- 4St. Louis CathedralThree churches have stood on this spot since 1718 — the second burned to the ground on Good Friday 1788, and the one standing today has been in use for over 230 years.
- 5Bourbon StreetA French name on a Spanish street — three empires compressed into twelve blocks.