New Orleans for The Three Generations: a Friday-to-Monday weekend

A flat riverside park with benches and shade, the Mississippi sliding past and the ferry crossing; the gentlest start to the weekend.

A cafeteria-style Creole counter since 1938, with a famous baked ham and a po'boy with the debris; long tables and a quick queue.

A two-hour paddle-steamer cruise with a live jazz band; boarding is level and the main deck has seating for everyone.

Lifts, wide halls, benches and wheelchairs; go to the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion and the Beyond All Boundaries film, and call it a day.

A wood-fired Cajun kitchen with long tables and plates to share, from a fried boudin to a pork rib.

Ride the 1923 cars under the oaks and back; the cars are slow and the seats are wooden, but the view is the point.

A flat crossing of the Mississippi with seats inside and a deck outside, five minutes each way; the ride is the highlight.

A Sunday jazz brunch buffet in a long courtyard under a wisteria canopy, with a trio playing at your table.

A flat square with benches under the oaks, the painters at their easels and the cathedral behind; a quiet, easy last hour.

A flat square with benches, the painters at their easels and the cathedral behind; a short, easy walk from the river.

Benches on the river wall, with the Mississippi sliding past and the ferry crossing; shade under the trees.

Built for an exile who never arrived, with peeling walls and classical music; share a warm muffuletta and a Pimm's Cup.