When you look around the Garden District, you’ll find streets of well-preserved mansions and landscaped lawns, iron fencing, and window flower boxes stuffed with multi-colored blooms. There are a lot of historic mansions here, including Buckner Mansion, Women’s Opera Guild Home, and the Musson-Bell House.
This predominantly residential neighborhood is just five miles from the bustling French Quarter – and it’s in walking distance of the Mississippi River. Along Magazine Street is where you’ll find a lot of hip restaurants like Coquette and Tracey’s, plus an elegant dessert bar called Sucre.
Residents and visitors alike enjoy the elegant ambiance, upbeat jazz music, and delicious Creole fare at Commander’s Palace which has been in business for more than 100 years. Travel is made easy thanks to the Saint Charles Avenue Streetcar stops, which has stops near Loyola University and Tulane University.
