To eat, M Bistro offers organic farm-to-table classics and seafood from Louisiana purveyors. The hotel also boasts a state-of-the-art gym and a large subterranean lap pool that conjures a visit to a European bathhouse. Outside, an interior courtyard filled with sago palm trees provides a shady place to relax.Īlternatively,you can opt for relaxation inside the hotel’s 22-room gold-accented spa where you’ll find unique treatments like a Voodoo Ritual and Southern Ceremony (including a zesty body scrub and anti-aging facial). These days, the property’s antique-inspired rooms are decked out in blue and gold, many offering stellar French Quarter views, alongside plush velvet armchairs and embroidered headboards.

Occupying a stately Beaux-Arts building, the Ritz Carlton sits on a full city block on Canal Street – and underwent an extensive $40 million renovation a few years back.