Le Richelieu Hotel (New Orleans, Louisiana)

USA / Louisiana / Arabi / New Orleans, Louisiana / Chartres Street, 1234
The Le Richelieu Hotel is located at 1234 Chartres Street; this family-owned hotel is one of the few that has free parking (for patrons) at its premises. It also has a restaurant and swimming pool, and wide balconies for every room. It's not terribly fancy, slightly out-dated, but it has charm and stays quiet at night, since it is a little off the beaten path of Bourbon Street.

It started out as couple of row mansions (some are still in use to the southwest of the hotel, along Chartres Street). It was then became a macaroni factory, before it became a hotel. Six traitors to the French were killed in a firing squad near the parking lot in the late-1700s. Paul McCartney also stayed here for one month; there is a suite in the hotel named after him.

There was some roof damage and at least one suite was re-furbished for repairs from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Coordinates:   29°57'42"N   90°3'34"W

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  • Photos courtesy of me; taken in August of 2005.
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