With wide boulevards and a lake, the French Quarter provides a little more breathing space than the Old Quarter. View on ...

The historic French Quarter is home to elegant, old-school restaurants with white-tablecloth service, but there’s still room for buzzy newcomers. You can sample the city’s rich culinary ...

“Regarding climbing street light poles, that is not only illegal (trespassing) but is unsafe as many of the street light poles in the French Quarter are quite old,” Fletcher said in an email.

Hire a scooty and set out to explore the French Quarter. The primary four streets are Rue Dumas, Rue Romain Rolland, Rue Suffren and Rue La Bourdonnais.