Hotel Video Tour :: Hotel Monteleone

Where: 214 Royal St. [map], New Orleans, LA, United States, 70130

7/25/2007 at 9:31 AM
Tags: Hotel Video Tours, New Orleans Hotels

[Ed. Note: Contributing editor PBB has taken a field trip to New Orleans where he put his handy camera skills to work for us.]

I was a little nervous about staying in the French Quarter. Bourbon Street, boozing, that whole thing. But then again, I went to New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail, so shouldn't I be praising the proximity to drinks? The Hotel Monteleone was ground zero for the event, and it was buzzing with cocktailians during my stay last week.

But on the sauce or off, how are the rooms? Mine was quite nice, if a little worn around the edges. Room 1277 has one half bath and one (enormous) full bath, a nice king bed, two TVs, three phones and plenty of space. As it's a corner room, there are also partial views of the Mississippi and the Quarter.

The hotel is also home to the Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge, one of the city's most famous bars. A (slowly) rotating platform whisks drinkers around the room giving you a chance to scope the crowd.

The downside to the Monteleone is the WiFi availability. It goes for $10 a day--even in the public areas of the hotel. But a few blocks away, La Boucherie has free WiFi and plenty of space to work.

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