Chateau Dupre Hotel, New Orleans

The Chateau Dupre Hotel is one of the older hotels in New Orleans, dating back more than 80 years. The building was built in 1845, just before the Civil War. It was a home for statesmen and matriarchs of New Orleans. The hotel is located in the center of the French Quarter on Rue Decatur. The front of the hotel yields a brick building in white. It has a few awnings over the simple entrance. The lobby is based on wooden furniture, tile floors, and lower lighting. It is in the dining room, bar, and guest rooms that the hotel decor is really seen as spectacular.

The bar is a mixture of wood, with bar seating, and awnings hanging over the top of the bar. The dining area has a mural painted on the wall of New Orleans. The hotel rooms have white or light tan colored walls with wood bed frames, furniture and multicolored beds.

The Chateau Dupre Hotel has 62 guest rooms and suites. Each room presents a different decor so that no room is exactly alike. The amenities in the room include fax, data ports, TV, safe deposit boxes, hair dryer, full length mirror, iron and ironing board. They also have coffee, non smoking and smoking floors, and private baths. The hotel has multi lingual staff, valet parking, and laundry services. There is not a pool or Jacuzzi. Part of the building exterior has wrought iron railings and balconies, which differs from the simple street front.

The location of the hotel ensures there is plenty for guests to do while staying at the hotel. From the hotel the Audubon Zoo, Aquarium of the Americas, D Day Museum, Harrah's Casino, Living Science Museum, and the Ogden Museum are close by. It is possible to use the public transportation to reach these attractions. The hotel can set up tours for their guests to a number of different locations. Homes in the French Quarter have such a long history that they are considered haunted. City tours will take tourists to these highlights. There are plantation tours, swamp tours, garden district tours, riverboat cruises, Mardi Gras tours, and horse drawn carriage rides.

The Chateau Dupre Hotel has a bar and dining area. The bar serves mostly cocktails in the afternoon till late night. They can have appetizers for those waiting for a seat in the dining room. The restaurant has typical New Orleans cuisine, with American cuisine thrown in.

For those looking for excitement both at the hotel and around it there are numerous places to eat and visit. Restaurants such as Arnaud's or Emeril's offer a different style of cuisine than the hotel restaurant. There are restaurants solely for seafood, gumbo, or Cajun style dishes.

The hotel is also close to a number of the nightclubs or jazz clubs a visitor might be interested in. Jazz is extremely important to New Orleans, which means there are several bars, restaurants, and clubs to visit for a night out on the town.