The city of New Orleans attracts visitors from around the world with its rich history, beautiful architecture, deep musical roots and centuries-old love affair with food. The French Quarter, the city's historic hub, is the center of it all. Luxury accommodations in the French Quarter are plentiful, located throughout historic area, from Canal Street to Esplanade, and are all convenient to fine restaurants, exciting nightlife, antique shopping and live music venues. Options include historic landmarks where literary legends once stayed, to modern hotels offering cool contemporary design and modern amenities.
An historic New Orleans landmark that first opened in 1886, the Hotel Monteleone sits perched on the French Quarter's beautiful Royal Street and has played host to such literary greats as Truman Capote, William Faulkner, Sherwood Anderson and Eudora Weltly. Passed down through four generations of the Monteleone family, this luxury hotel is home to the city's legendary revolving Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge, a favorite of Ernest Hemingway and a host of modern travelers as well. The Hotel Monteleone offers 600 newly renovated rooms, a state of the art spa, a heated rooftop pool and two in house restaurants. Located on Royal Street, the hotel is also just steps from world famous Brennan's Restaurant and the historic Napoleon House Bar and Cafe.
Hotel Monteleone
214 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
(866) 338-4684
hotelmonteleone.com
With its popular Bourbon Street location, Royal Sonesta Hotel places guests in the heart of the French Quarter festivities while offering elegant grottoes of reprieve as well. The hotel's Bourbon Street balcony suites are some of the city's most coveted spots from which to take in the city's famous Mardi Gras celebrations. For those seeking more peaceful accommodations, quieter courtyard and Iberville Street rooms are available as well. This AAA 4 Diamond hotel offers traditional French Quarter architecture, a beautiful courtyard pool, a full business center and the city's signature wrought iron balconies. Culturally, the hotel boasts a vast, 7,000 piece contemporary art collection, featuring works by Andy Warhol, Frank Stella and Carl Palazzolo, and is home to Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse, owned by New Orleans' own Grammy-nominated Jazz trumpeter Irvin Mayfield. The Royal Sonesta is also home to Begue's Restaurant, 4 Diamond restaurant featuring Creole/French cuisine in an elegant bistro atmosphere. For casual, street-side dining, the Desire Oyster Bar is also on-site, offering freshly shucked oysters on the half shell and other local seafood favorites.
Royal Sonesta Hotel
300 Bourbon Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
(800) Sonesta
(504) 586-0300
sonesta.com/RoyalNewOrleans/
An elegant French Quarter hotel, the Omni Royal Orleans is located on the corner of St. Louis and Royal Streets, and offers breathtaking views of the historic St. Louis Cathedral, the Mississippi River as well as other French Quarter landmarks. The hotel is home to the Zagat-rated Rib Room restaurant, featuring rotisserie and mesquite grilled prime rib, seafood and fowl along with seafood gumbo, turtle soup and other classic New Orleans dishes. Accommodation option range from several deluxe rooms with balcony views to an 850 square-foot penthouse suite complete with a Jacuzzi tub, private French Quarter-view balcony, dining area and wet bar.
Omni Royal Orleans
621 St. Louis Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70140
(504) 529-5333
omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/NewOrleansRoyalOrleans.aspx
A contemporary oasis in the heart of an historic city, the W New Orleans French Quarter hotel offers an array of accommodation options ranging from the standard "Wonderful Room," 350 square foot rooms with either courtyard or French Quarter views, to the 700 square foot "Wow Suite" complete with a living area, sitting room and balcony views. All rooms offer a funky, modern decor as well as soft, down bedding, a gumball machine, high-speed wireless internet, CD players, DVD players and access to the hotel's CD and DVD library along with a host of other amenities. Located adjacent to Jackson Square the hotel offers close access to such attractions as St. Louis Cathedral, Cafe Du Monde and the beautiful Mississippi riverfront. Bacco, the onsite restaurant, is a favorite among locals, offering contemporary Italian cuisine. For those wishing to explore further afield, the hotel also offers their signature "Acura Experience" a complementary personal driving service to locations throughout the city in a luxury SUV.
W New Orleans French Quarter
316 Chartres Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 581-1200
wfrenchquarter.com
The French Quarter's Soniat House is a luxury boutique hotel comprised of three 17th Century Creole town-houses. Named one of the "best hotels in the world" by Travel and Leisure magazine, Soniat House offers 18 luxury rooms and 12 suites complete with goose down pillows, wireless internet access, antique books and furnishings and beautiful creole atmosphere. Though Soniat House is located in a quiet, residential section of the French Quarter, next to the beautiful Ursuline Convent, it is just a short stroll from many of the areas most popular attractions such as the shops and bars of Decatur Street, the bustling French Market and the live music venues of the French Quarter and Frenchmen Street.
Soniat House
1133 Chartres Street
New Orleans, LA 70116
(800) 544-8808
soniathouse.com
