Hotel Peter and Paul

Hotel Peter and Paul

Hotel Peter and Paul is built across restored nineteenth-century buildings, a former schoolhouse, rectory, and convent, in the Marigny neighborhood, steps from Frenchmen Street. The 71 rooms carry that history unevenly by design: a Standard Double Cottage comes with bunk beds for friends splitting a trip, a Grand King Apartment runs to 431 square feet, and a Classic Queen Room settles at 240, so the choice of building shapes the stay as much as the choice of bed. What sets it apart from other New Orleans boutiques is the church itself, an 1861 sanctuary with stained glass and 75-foot ceilings that still hosts weddings and dinners rather than sitting as a museum piece. Days lean toward the Marigny Lido, a heated outdoor pool with its own bar, or the Elysian Bar's seasonal, locally sourced menu; evenings toward the short walk to the Shadowbox Theatre and Palace Market Frenchmen. The hotel keeps a doctor on call, offers massage, and runs a conference hall for the rare traveler mixing business with the trip. Pets are allowed, though the $25 pet deposit and $50 room deposit are worth knowing before booking, as is the $15.45 daily parking charge. This suits someone who wants to be inside New Orleans, not simply parked near it, since the location rewards walking the neighborhood as much as staying in. It will suit less anyone wanting uniform room sizes across a stay, since square footage swings from 240 to 452 depending on which building you land in. Few New Orleans hotels let you sleep in a former convent and toast a wedding under the stained glass of an 1861 church before the night is out. A 71-room boutique hotel built from a former schoolhouse, rectory, and convent in New Orleans's Marigny, steps from Frenchmen Street. Room sizes swing from 240 to 452 square feet, and the on-site 1861 church, with stained glass and 75-foot ceilings, still hosts weddings and dinners.