Louisiana has some great shopping from malls to quaint antiques, you can find it here. The best shopping in Louisiana are in the big cities like New Orleans and Baton Rouge where you can find a plethora of shopping malls to choose from. The smaller cities have some quaint shops to get little souvenirs and antiques and the casino towns have some interesting souvenir shops inside the casino hotels.
New Orleans:
New Orleans shopping is the best shopping in Louisiana.
You can find the traditional malls like the Esplanade
and Clearview mall with the typical stores like Macy’s
and Dillard’s. There is also the French
Quarter Riverwalk Mall with Banana Republic,
Chico's, Gap, Victoria's Secret, and more.
For the more upscale New Orleans shopping experience try the shops at Canal Place and pick-up elegant baubles at Saks Fifth Avenue and Gucci to name a few. You can also find L’Occitane, Williams Sonoma and several places to eat. This is the premiere location of Louisiana shopping so bring your cash and prepare to spend it.
Other good shopping in New Orleans can be found by wandering
the streets of the French Quarter and traipsing down Magazine
Street with its interesting boutique shops, art galleries,
antique shops and auction houses, as well as a few Voodoo
shops! There is also the Louisiana Music Factory
where you can pick-up the best of the best CDs by New
Orleans jazz artists.
Other Interesting shopping in New Orleans includes the
historic French Market
where you can pick-up local crafts, fresh fruits and vegetables,
spices, sausages and other unique finds. Located
right on the Mississippi, you can catch a snack at the
nearby Café du Monde before heading over to St
Charles square and looking at the booths of local artists
wares in front of the impressive St. Charles Cathedral,
one of the many great New Orleans
attractions. Catch a New Orleans carriage ride
after your shopping spree to enjoy the city from a historical
perspective.
Some of the more interesting shopping in New Orleans can be found at the attractions like the Audubon Zoo, Aquarium of the Americas and the New Orleans ghost tour gift store!
More interesting shopping in Louisiana is fond at the
many plantation homes,
which often have gift stores selling antiques, dolls or
other interesting souvenirs, like the Destrehen Plantation
gift shop , which also gives period craft demonstrations.
In the nearby Metarie (between New Orleans and the airport)
there is some of the best shopping in Louisiana at the
1,000,000 square foot mall that is a favorite destination
of the locals with Dillard's, JC Penney, Restoration Hardware,
Williams-Sonoma, Banana Republic, Talbots, Old Navy &
Pottery Barn. This is a great place to find
all the classics, cool off and catch a movie.
More Louisiana shopping malls are in the big cities including the Mall of Louisiana and the Mall of Coutana in Baton Rouge, the Acadiana Mall in Lake Charles & Lafayette areas, and the Pecanland Mall in Shreveport.
Shopping in Louisiana is a fun experience if you know where to look, so check with you hotel concierge or search the internet before you go so that you can make the most of your Louisiana shopping or New Orleans shopping experience!
