An independent travel agency in Atlanta, Georgia, for New Orleans stays
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Deciding where to stay in New Orleans comes down to how close you want to be to the old streets and how much noise you want under the window. The office measured eleven corners, the nine its stays use and two it reserves only on request, by the street route to Jackson Square.
The descriptions are the planner's own notes from the office in Atlanta: what kind of building you sleep in, what the street is like, and how long the walk is. Nothing here grades a neighborhood. If a corner you have in mind is missing, put it in the request.
5 minutes on foot from Royal and Dumaine to Jackson Square, 0.2 miles
The lower Quarter is the residential half: townhouses with galleries, courtyard hotels, a few corner groceries and very little traffic after dark. It is the shortest walk in the catalog and the most photographed set of streets in the city.
French Quarter courtyard weekend, three nights, from $340 per person, two sharing.
10 minutes on foot from Decatur and Iberville to Jackson Square, 0.4 miles
The upper Quarter near Canal Street and the river is busier and louder, with larger hotels and late hours on several streets. Rooms here suit people who want everything close and do not mind noise. The office reserves hotels on these blocks inside custom requests.
No package of its own. Ask for it inside a custom request.
13 minutes on foot from Chartres and Frenchmen to Jackson Square, 0.6 miles
The Marigny starts where the Quarter ends at Esplanade Avenue. Cottages in every color, small guesthouses, and on Frenchmen Street the music rooms that run most nights. Quieter than the Quarter by day, livelier by night on a few blocks.
Marigny music nights, three nights, from $315 per person, two sharing.
18 minutes on foot from Baronne and Common to Jackson Square, 0.8 miles
The Central Business District is offices and hotels in older bank buildings. Big rooms, elevators, quiet nights, and Canal Street between you and the Quarter.
December Réveillon dinners, three nights, from $445 per person, two sharing.
18 minutes on foot from North Rampart and Esplanade to Jackson Square, 0.8 miles
Esplanade Avenue under its oaks, with Tremé on one side and the Quarter on the other. Inns in raised old houses; the neighborhood is where many brass band traditions and Sunday parades come from.
Tremé heritage stay, three nights, from $265 per person, two sharing.
23 minutes on foot from Camp and Julia to Jackson Square, 1.1 miles
The Warehouse District turned old warehouses into galleries, museums and hotels with brick walls and high ceilings. It is the base for the cooking weekend, and the walk to the square crosses Canal.
Warehouse District cooking weekend, three nights, from $420 per person, two sharing.
34 minutes on foot from Dauphine and Piety to Jackson Square, 1.5 miles
Bywater sits downriver past the Marigny: shotgun houses painted in strong colors, artists' studios, small restaurants and a riverside park on the levee. Guesthouses are few and small. Guesthouses are few and small.
No package of its own. Ask for it inside a custom request.
39 minutes on foot from Camp and Euterpe to Jackson Square, 1.8 miles
The Lower Garden District gathers around Coliseum Square, a park of live oaks lined with columned houses. Guesthouses with high ceilings, Magazine Street a few blocks away, and the streetcar three blocks off.
Lower Garden District summer week, five nights, from $455 per person, two sharing.
56 minutes on foot from Prytania and Washington to Jackson Square, 2.6 miles
The Garden District is houses and gardens behind iron fences, the grandest of them from the middle of the nineteenth century. Bed and breakfasts rather than hotels, and a long walk to the square, usually made by streetcar.
Garden District house stay, four nights, from $405 per person, two sharing.
64 minutes on foot from Canal and North Carrollton to Jackson Square, 3.0 miles
Mid-City runs along Canal Street to Bayou St. John and City Park. Inns in raised houses, the art museum in the park, and the fairgrounds of the spring festival a short way up Esplanade.
Mid-City spring festival weekend, three nights, from $530 per person, two sharing.
77 minutes on foot from St. Charles and Napoleon to Jackson Square, 3.6 miles
Uptown along St. Charles Avenue is large houses under live oaks, with the streetcar down the middle of the avenue. In February the parades follow this route, and rooms here are the hardest to get in the city.
Uptown parade season weekend, four nights, from $785 per person, two sharing.
The form takes New Orleans requests 24/7. A planner in the Atlanta office answers in writing by the end of the next planning day, Tuesday to Saturday, with a written quote that names the hotel and every operator, their prices and their own cancellation terms.
Rather talk it through? +1 (404) 876-6517. Planning calls Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern.