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Boston, Massachusetts

There is a lot to love about Boston. It is a very walkable city with a colourful past. The Mayflower landed here in 1620 and it is where the Boston Tea Party occurred in 1773 lighting the flame for America’s independence. Walk the Freedom Trail on a guided tour that takes you to 16 significant locations including Faneuil Hall. A break at Quincy Market is recommended. Another stop is Boston Common, the oldest city park in the US dating back to 1634. Do tours of Harvard, cruise out to some of Boston’s harbour islands, and definitely do a tour of Fenway Park – the oldest Major League park in the US and home of the famous Red Sox. You can see some of more than 170,000 stadium artifacts and 150,000 photographs on the tour.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Many cultures harmonise sweetly in this ebullient music city. Thomas Jefferson bought Louisiana off Napoleon for a staggering US$15million in 1803. Walk around the elegant historic façades of the French Quarter, watching the musicians play on footpaths on Royal Street, and in clubs and bars. Bourbon Street has the famous Preservation Hall, while Frenchman Street is where locals go for their music at smaller places like the Spotted Cat, Blue Nile and Snug Harbor. Book ahead to dine at Antoine’s – established in 1840, Brennan’s, where Tennessee Williams went every day, or Bayona. Cruise on a paddle steamer on the Mississippi, catch a cable car to the Garden District and visit the National World War II Museum. Biting into a beignet at Café Beignet or Café Du Monde is a must.