Information
Before you leave home, it's worth contacting the New Orleans
CVB (tel 1-800/672-6124, ); they mail out stacks of glossy
brochures, and the website features some useful downloadable
discount coupons. Once you've arrived, the best information,
including self-guided walking tours, free maps and a variety
of discount vouchers can be found at the Welcome Center , on
Jackson Square at 529 St Ann St in the French Quarter (daily
9am-5pm; tel 504/566-5031).
The post office is at 701 Loyola Ave (Mon-Fri 7am-11pm,
Sat 7am-8pm, Sun noon-5pm; zip code 70140); an equivalent service,
along with fax, FedEx, photocopying and phone rental, is offered by
the French Quarter Postal Emporium, 1000 Bourbon St (Mon-Fri
9.30am-6pm, Sat 10am-3pm; tel 504/525-6652).
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