The ultimate guide to the ultimate Southern destination, Randolph Delehanty"s Ultimate Guide to New Orleans unfolds this elegant town with a wealth of informed recommendations, in-depth walking tours, fascinating histories, and vivid descriptions. Taking a new approach to this city steeped in centuries, the author of the oft-consulted and much-praised San Francisco: The Ultimate Guide explores New Orleans"s meandering alleys and glamorous promenades on foot, offering, as always, a ready opinion and a keen insider"s eye for interesting details. Helpful maps and notes on where to stay and what to see, combined with local anecdotes, culinary hot spots, and special interest tours, make this book the key to savoring the Crescent City"s many pleasures.