Visit New Orleans’ 300th Mardi Gras

 

New Orleans, aka ‘The Big Easy’ is renowned for its party-loving ambiance, but this year’s Mardi Gras will be even bigger and better than ever. That’s because New Orleans is marking its 300th anniversary in 2018, so its signature event is going to be off the scale.

Celebrate it in style with a masquerade ball taking place on Monday 12 February, before catching the main event next day: the flamboyant costumes, marching bands and colourful, over-the-top parade that mark the spectacular culmination of this Francophile city’s weeks-long carnival season.

This Mardi Gras holiday with Bon Voyage costs from £1,725 per person (two sharing) and includes flights from London, Manchester or Glasgow with five nights in the 4.5 star Renaissance New Orleans Arts Hotel and 2 tickets to the masquerade ball.


Call 0800 316 0194 or visit www.bon-voyage.co.uk.

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Mark Bibby Jackson

Mark Bibby Jackson

Before setting up Travel Begins at 40, Mark was the publisher of AsiaLIFE Cambodia and a freelance travel writer. When he is not packing and unpacking his travelling bag, Mark writes novels, including To Cook A Spider and Peppered Justice. He loves walking, eating, tasting beer, isolation and arthouse movies, as well as talking to strangers on planes, buses and trains whenever possible. Most at home when not at home. Mark is a member and director of communications of the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW).

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