Hotel Le Marais

"Hotel Le Marais is one of those rare boutique hotels that manages to at once evoke the charming, old-world essence of the Big Easy—see the wrought iron, ballast stone, and plaster edifices that characterize its cream-colored exterior—all the while reminding guests that it's set firmly in the modern age (gratis WiFi and a heated saltwater pool, mid-courtyard? Yes, please). The 66-room boutique hotel sits in the city's 'Upper Quarter' district, near restaurants like Antoine’s and Arnaut's, and well-known musical haunts including 21st Amendment Jazz Club and Wynton Marsalis—but its address on Conti Street means it's well enough concealed that it offers a quiet respite from the clamor of the nearby Bourbon Street (and the happy, beaded revelers that fill it each night)."