Chalet Basque

709 Colony Place, Metairie, Louisiana, 70003, United States | Hotel

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NOLA - 3

A travel blog entry by 5055west

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... the State of Mississippi to drive along the Gulf coast and see the sites of Gulfport and Biloxi.

Everyone on the swamp tour got to hold a young alligator ... a little smaller than the ones swimming around in the swamp! Very interesting tour learning about swamps and changing habitat. As for holding the baby alligator - not as scary as you may think as it had it's mouth taped ...

Catching a Boat

A travel blog entry by snowietx

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6

... just checking out the ship and getting tickets to some evening shows we wanted to see.

The afternoon went pretty fast and before we knew it it was time for the sail away which we had been asked to join the group we ate dinner the night before up in the top of the ship at the Viking Lounge. Once we got up there, it was packed and we quickly decided we'd had enough crowds for the moment and headed down to the main promenade ...

The Big Easy

A travel blog entry by rachnits

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... normal too.

And, she said,’ the French Quarter is safe as houses… except
last night four people were shot on Bourbon Street! But it was the Halloween
Parade, so that’s an exception’. Haha.

So this morning I jumped on the street car down Canal Street
and straight into the French Quarter. My first stop was an information booth to
book some tours. I went to one recommended by the other girl in my room. It ...

The City that Care Forgot

A travel blog entry by cafe_travel

4
49

... down there that will not leave you alone, even if you ignore them and keep walking. They’re tag is trying to get you to stay still while they guess where your shoes are from. Country, city, maker etc and if they guess all that you’re meant to hand over cash. We’re well travelled and know this scam so we’re quite happy to be firm in talking to them and if they wouldn’t move aside we just made like they weren’t there. All ...

First trip staying in the French Quarter

A travel blog entry by whatmeow

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... stay up late that night. When we woke up we headed to walk down Magazine Street since I heard a few things about it and the cool shops. Well, the cool shops must have started a few miles after the place we decided to turn around. We went for block after block and most of it was just big hotels and financial type buildings. So we headed back to Cafe du Monde for a pick me up (beginets and iced cafe au lait for me of course). We headed out to Margaritaville for ...

Location

This hotel, located on 709 Colony Place, Metairie, is near Longue Vue House and Gardens, Old River Road Plantation Adventure, Maple Leaf Bar, and Lovejoy Day Spa & Shop.
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