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ColumnsvsHotel St. Marie
Columns Hotel and Hotel St. Marie are both highly recommended by professional reviewers. On balance, Columns Hotel ranks marginally better than Hotel St. Marie. Columns Hotel ranks #34 in New Orleans with praise from 10 publications like Rough Guide, Not For Tourists and The Telegraph.
Columns
Frommer's
Fodor's
Travel + Leisure
DK Eyewitness
Rough Guide
Gayot
BlackBook
Lonely Planet
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3811 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70115
From $175/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Frommer's "The Columns is worth a stay if you can get a low rate; otherwise, come by for a drink." Full review
Fodor's "This white-columned 1883 Victorian hotel drips with local charm and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places." Full review
Travel + Leisure "That a landmark so rife with atmosphere could also function as a workaday tavern is one of the Columns’s singular charms." Full review
DK Eyewitness "This small hotel is famous as the set for the Louis Malle film Pretty Baby and has plenty of fans for its laid-back ambience."
Rough Guide "Deliciously atmospheric uptown hotel in a stately 1883 mansion on the streetcar line."
Gayot "This hotel was built in an opulent Italianate style in 1883. Locals meet for drinks on its huge front porch that, flanked by the hotel's namesake columns, faces St. Charles Avenue."
BlackBook "The Columns is where to stay if you're doing the whole antebellum New Orleans routine, though the mansion itself--fronted by immense, Doric columns--was constructed after the Civil War."
Lonely Planet "This stately 1883 Italianate mansion in the Garden District is both elegant and relaxed, boasting all sorts of extraordinary original features." Full review
Not For Tourists "A step back in time, and home to one of uptown's preeminent bars."
The Telegraph8.0
"This uptown mansion on the city’s most atmospheric avenue is a perfect backdrop for fulfilling your mint julep-fuelled Southern fantasies." Full review
Hotel St. Marie
Star Service Gayot
Zagat
Oyster Frommer's Lonely Planet
Independent
827 Toulouse Street, New Orleans, LA 70112
From $125/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
- Pool
Star Service "Popular with budgeting business folk and cash-conscious tourists, this restored four- and five-story town-house-hotel with fine filigree sits on a corner and rings a serene courtyard." Full review
Gayot "The front-desk staff is friendly and well-informed. The bottom line: While not trendy, Hotel Ste. Marie is reliable and the price is right."
Zagat4.0
"With "more quaint character than the chains", this "charming" "little hotel" provides the "true New Orleans experience" at a "reasonable" price to sightseers."
OysterMid-Range
"Although it's not extravagant and it shows some wear and tear in places, the hotel is generally comfortable." Full review
Frommer's "It’s a good mid-level option with a very good French Quarter location, and room rates can be downright bargains during low season...the staff has a friendly, helpful vibe" Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"The St Marie was built to look historic from the outside, but is up-to-date on the inside." Full review
Independent "At Hotel St. Marie, the best rooms even offer access to your own private, wrought-iron balcony overlooking the street. These are highly sought after during Mardi Gras."
