Sleeping in a monastery, but without the strict rules. Hôtel Peter & Paul in New Orleans is a favorite and is located in a former church, rectory, convent, and school. The room types still reflect this: you choose from School House, Rectory, Convent, or the Mother Superior.

The hotel is located on Burgundy Street in Faubourg Marigny, one of the most colorful neighborhoods in New Orleans. Frenchmen Street is nearby, where live music plays in the bars every evening. Jazz, blues, brass bands: you walk from one club to the next. It takes ten to fifteen minutes to walk to the French Quarter.

The complex dates back to the nineteenth century. The church and the presbytery were designed by Henry Howard, one of New Orleans' most famous architects. studioWTA and ASH NYC restored the four buildings, preserving the character of church, school, and monastery. The furniture is custom-made by local artisans, and the antiques come from European art fairs and old mansions in New Orleans. Note the floors: many rooms feature green, yellow, or blue floors, so each room has its own color. From the school building, you have a view of the church. The Elysian Bar, featuring a menu by chef Alex Harrell, is named after the Elysian Fields from Greek mythology.

The rooms are all different. Some have a loft or a spiral staircase, and many bathrooms feature a claw-footed bathtub. The old building has been renovated with respect, giving each room its own character. Inside the hotel, you will find The Elysian Bar, the restaurant, and a café for your morning coffee. Start your day there at a leisurely pace, as evenings in New Orleans often run long.

Hôtel Peter & Paul is part of Ash Hotels. Live music around the corner and sleeping in an old monastery: that is how you really get a taste of New Orleans.

Live jazz in the bar of a Victorian mansion. The Columns in New Orleans gives you the city as you see it in the movies: a large veranda, ceiling fans, and music that blows out. And all for a friendly price.

The Columns is located on St. Charles Avenue in Uptown, close to the Garden District. That neighborhood is full of stately mansions with gardens filled with oaks and magnolias. The streetcar, the old tram of New Orleans, runs right outside the door. You can take it straight to the French Quarter. The breakfast is typical. southernThink of grits, biscuits, and eggs—the kind of breakfast that keeps you going all day. You are in quiet Uptown, and the tram takes you straight to the music.

New Orleans is art and art is Hotel Maison MétierEvery day, the manager invites the guests for a free drink, making you feel more like a lodger than a hotel guest, and that is exactly the intention: the hotel is furnished like the home of a well-traveled woman who has just returned to the city.

Maison Métier opened in 2019 as Maison de la Luz, the more luxurious sister of the Ace hotel across the street. Atelier Ace, the creative team behind Ace Hotels, together with Studio Shamshiri from Los Angeles, turned it into a guesthouse in a six-story stone building from 1908. Until 1957, it served as an annex to City Hall. The old banisters and stone walls remained, and marble washbasins, chandeliers, and hand-embroidered linens were added. The hotel is now part of The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, but it has retained its own name and character.

There are 67 rooms and suites. The bar is located in the building's former law library and serves French cuisine. There is no private pool, but you can swim at the partner hotel next door. You may bring your dog if it weighs no more than eleven kilograms, for one hundred and twenty-five dollars per stay.

The hotel is located in the Warehouse Arts District, close to Lafayette Square. The streetcar along St. Charles Avenue stops a one-minute walk away, so you are in the Garden District in no time. It is a ten-minute walk to the National WWII Museum and twenty minutes to the French Quarter. A guest on Booking.com found this to be ideal, as it is too noisy to sleep around Bourbon Street. In 2020, still under its old name, Maison Métier was on the Condé Nast Traveler Hot List, and the MICHELIN Guide awarded it a Key.