A new trip scheduled? My first planning step is to see if the place I am visiting has an Eyewitness Top 10 guide. I was in luck, as New Orleans is a part of that series. I love this set of travel books because it organizes travel details in a way that is super accessible and personally appealing. I love lists, and this is a book of lists. It begins with the top ten attractions in New Orleans, which is the central list in the book. The top ten of New Orleans includes Bourbon street, Royal street, the art museum, and the aquarium. The book then takes each attraction and describes the top ten parts of that attraction. Following that are lists of different travel elements, such as restaurants and galleries and any feature in the city that particularly stands out. For New Orleans, that included some lists I haven't seen in any of the other travel books, like top ten offbeat activities. The second chunk of the book breaks the city (because these are always focused on cities) into regions and then generates lists based on the region. The final third of the book is a series of top ten lists about travel needs, such as hotels and safety tips and the kind of information one needs when planning a trip. I have reviewed these books before, and as I have loved them in the past, I continue to love them in the present. This tour guide was a great help to my recent trip to New Orleans, and reaffirms my opinion that the Top 10 series is the best set of travel books available. ( )