This guesthouse is perfect for travelers who want to "feel" history when they visit. When Bernard de Marigny started subdividing his plantation in 1809 to build homes for the growing city of New Orleans, this is the type of home and courtyard that was available to the Creole shopkeepers and immigrant French and Spanish dockworkers. The courtyard, brickwork, and fauna easily could have looked the very same a hundred years ago. Imagine the stories the previous occupants could have told about the growth of the new city and the stories of voodoo that the Haitian sugar workers brought with them! The house is painted in bright Creole pastels and decorated with local New Orleans artwork and bric-a-brac. It's lovely and clean. The hostess is an old school southern lady who wouldn't dream of having a guest be unhappy. You really can imagine life in New Orleans a couple centuries ago while staying here - and then go indoors to air conditioning and modern plumbing.