travel42 Hotel Review: Bourbon Orleans Hotel

Bourbon Orleans Hotel travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

At Bourbon Street, across from the St. Louis Cathedral, adjacent to the Voodoo Museum, in a fine location between Royal and Bourbon streets, one block from Preservation Hall, this remarkable 1815 structure is a four-story evocation of Vieux Carre architecture with celery-green filigree, a glowing patina and a pinch of honest-to-goodness luxury that is rare in the larger independent hotels in the French Quarter.

In its past life, it hosted nuns who cared f...