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Travel to Louisiana

Flight times:

From New Orleans to Atlanta is one hour 25 minutes, to Los Angeles is four hours 10 minutes, and to New York is two hours 50 minutes.

Departure tax:

None.

Travel by rail

Amtrak trains serve New Orleans (tel: 1 800 872 7245, in the USA only; website: www.amtrak.com). Services include the 'Crescent', which links New Orleans with New York via Atlanta (Georgia); and the 'City of New Orleans', which heads north from New Orleans to Chicago via Memphis (Tennessee). Trains depart from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, located at 1001 Loyola Avenue.

Cruise ships:

The Delta Queen Steamboat Company (tel: 1 800 543 1949, in the USA only; website: www.majesticamericaline.com) runs scheduled paddlewheel cruises up and down the Mississippi River, stopping at several cities. The New Orleans Steamboat Company (tel: (504) 586 8777 or 1 800 233 2628, in the USA only; website: www.steamboatnatchez.com) offers a number of harbour cruise options. Information and tickets are available at booths behind Jackson Brewery and the aquarium in New Orleans.

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