New Orleans (Mardi Gras 2025)

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February 25, 2025
New Orleans (Mardi Gras 2025)
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- Day 1
- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- United States First Street United Methodist Church 29.936125, -90.0843229°56’10” N 90°5’4” W
Night walk on Bourbon Street
February 25 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
After a quick family visit in Houston where we ate delicious crawfish, we flew to New Orleans to meet our friends Linda & Melanie. The 4 of us are staying at the nice hostel close to the French Quarter (Vieux Carré). We are looking forward to celebrating Mardi Gras together: our first parade viewing (Krewe of Carrollton) was a great success.Read more
TravelerEt vos déguisements ? Profitez bien bisous
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TravelerLes déguisements vont bientôt être dévoilés. 😊
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TravelerC'est génial car j'essaie de traduire les commentaires par moi même avant de traduire avec l'option de l'application et je ne m'en sors pas trop mal!
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- Day 2
- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- United States Children Resource Center New Orleans City Library 29.920942, -90.10124229°55’15” N 90°6’4” W
Swamp kayak tour, bikes & music
February 26 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
The Manchac swamp kayak tour was amazing: perfect weather, A LOT of wildlife (birds, alligators, turtles, a snake, frogs, fish). When we got back, Dave & I took a bus to the 9th ward to pick up to 2 cruisers at the community bike shop, RUBARB. What an interesting and busy place!
Then, we rode to the Royal Frenchmen Hotel to listen to Kermit Ruffins. What a funny and talented musician!Read more
TravelerJ'aime beaucoup le vélo rose! J'aurais pris le même. Le kayak ne s'est pas retourné? C'est une chose qui aurait pu arriver avec Cédric dedans! Ahaha mais attention aux alligators!
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TravelerRouler à vélo à la Nouvelle Orléans pendant Mardi Gras est sympa et bien pratique: c’est plat et avec tous les défilés, Beaucoup de routes sont fermées aux voitures. De plus, on a de la chance, il fait beau 😎
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TravelerWould love the kayak tour. 9th ward very different from when I visited. Thankfully !!!
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- Day 3
- Thursday, February 27, 2025
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- United States Grace Episcopal Church 29.972492, -90.09778629°58’21” N 90°5’52” W
Food & the Krewe of Muses
February 27 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Galatoire’s is a famous restaurant in New Orleans serving Creole food and fresh seafood. We had a delicious lunch with locals all dressed up for Mardi Gras. Laissez les bons temps rouler!!
In the evening, we watched the Krewe of Muses, an all female Krewe known for its iconic shoe throws, covered in glitter and trinkets.Read more
TravelerEffectivement c'est très animé dans la ville et les gens se prêtent bien aux festivités en se déguisant.
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TravelerLove the shoe float & all the costumes. Yours, especially, Christine, is a work of art! 🤣🤣🤣
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- Day 4
- Friday, February 28, 2025
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- United States Redeemer Presbyterian Church of New Orleans 29.936608, -90.12694229°56’12” N 90°7’37” W
Bike ride to Magazine Street
February 28 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
We brought the sun from California 😊. Everybody says how beautiful it is, not too hot or humid.
Our cruiser bikes are a great way to get around: it’s flat, traffic is very slow because of all the Mardi Gras parades and road closures. And the infrastructure for biking is quite good.
Today, we decided to work out at Dryades YMCA, then we rode along Magazine Street and finished the day with more parade viewing: Hermes & Krewe d’Etat which is described as “a rolling comic strip of three-dimensional cartoons that skewer local and national politics with particular gusto”.Read more
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- Day 5
- Saturday, March 1, 2025
- ☁️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 31 m
- United States Storyville 29.955143, -90.072829°57’19” N 90°4’22” W
Ride to City Park
March 1 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
The ride to City Park on the Lafitte Greenway was easy, convenient and nice. We stopped by Bayou St John, listened to the singing oak in City Park and tried to visit some sights (Sculpture Garden next to the NO Museum of Art and the Botanical Gardens). Unfortunately, everything was closed due to Endymion parade.
Watching Endymion huge floats on Canal Street around sunset, was amazing.Read more
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- Day 6
- Sunday, March 2, 2025
- 🌩️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 31 m
- United States Storyville 29.955143, -90.072829°57’19” N 90°4’22” W
Baptist Church, food & Bacchus
March 2 in the United States ⋅ 🌩️ 18 °C
It’s Sunday: Catch the Spirit with Dr White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band at the St Charles Ave. Baptist Church.
Brunch at Red Fish Grill was excellent!
Then, we rode to Audubon Park and watched the Krewe of Bacchus.Read more
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- Day 7
- Monday, March 3, 2025
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- United States Storyville 29.955116, -90.0728329°57’18” N 90°4’22” W
Red Beans, Dead Beans & Krewe of Feijao
March 3 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Founded in 2009, the multi-part marching group is known for its homemade red bean mosaic costumes that honor one of the Crescent City's signature cuinary icons, red beans and rice, which is traditionally eaten on Monday. The Red Beans parade which goes from the Marigny, Mid-City and Bywater to the Treme was one of several do-it-yourself Carnival processions that popped up in downtown New Orleans during the period of recovery after Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flood.

The spin-off Dead Beans parade has a Mexican Day of the Dead vibe, while the Krewe of Feijao incorporates elements of both Cajun and Brazilian culture. In 2024, a new LGBTQ+ group Queer Beans, was added to the Krewe of Feijao.Read more
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- Day 8
- Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- United States First Street United Methodist Church 29.936174, -90.08415229°56’10” N 90°5’3” W
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Happy Mardi Gras!
March 4 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
With the prediction of strong winds and heavy rain, the 2 super parades (Zulu and Rex) were modified: they started earlier and the routes were shorter.
We watched Zulu at Harmony circle: what a great show!
Zulu is famous for their coconut throw – quite possibly the most coveted throw in all of Mardi Gras. I was happy to get one.
In the evening, after the rain, we had dinner at Pierre Maspero’s restaurant which in the early days was a slave exchange. For dessert, we had to eat beignets at Café du Monde.
What a great Mardi Gras!Read more
Traveler My mouth is watering. Best thing in NOLA! 😋😋
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- Day 9
- Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- United States Storyville 29.955091, -90.07276229°57’18” N 90°4’22” W
Ash Wednesday
March 5 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
The energy of Mardi Gras is gone. Streets are clean and many locals are going to mass (a lot of ash crosses on foreheads).
It’s our last day in NOLA: we ride our bikes to the Dryades YMCA followed by a delicious lunch at Mandina’s (Italian/Creole food) and beignets at Morning Call.
The Sculpture Garden by the Art Museum in City Park is free and world-class impressive.Read more
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- Day 10
- Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- United States Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport 29.994017, -90.25368429°59’38” N 90°15’13” W
Last day in NOLA
March 6 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Quick ride and lunch before going to the airport.
Superbe voyage à multiples dimensions, nature, cuisine, traditions, musique...un magnifique métissage rendu par de splendides photos, ça décoiffe et ça donne envie, of course. On prend plaisir à cette belle tranche d'énergie où tout le monde donne le meilleur de lui même pour un résultat haut en couleur et fertile en émotions. Merci pour ce beau partage, et gros bisous, continuez à faire d'aussi beaux projets. [Maryline and Laurent]
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TravelerMerci Maryline & Laurent. Dave était ravi de redécouvrir sa ville natale en plein effervescence. Notre dernière visite remontait à 2007, deux ans après l’ouragan Katrina…
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Trip end
March 6, 2025