You'll be away from all the hooplah that the french quarter brings but a short lyft ride about 15 min. and you will be in the bliss of home. Very quiet neighborhood not much available as far as groceries are concerned and we heard you don't want to walk too far in certain directions but it was no problem for my crew, guess that's all subject to opinion and perspective, me and my party loved the place. You can take the ferry over but we only did it once, because for our party of 4 a lyft was simply the better deal. Ferry was 3 dollars a person and gets you to one landing spot in the french quarter and the lyft was close to the same price for 4 but gets you directly to your point of interest.