Beautiful cottage in the Treme with convenient walking distance to the French Quarter. Just beautiful inside. Large tub upstairs to soak after walking all over the French Quarter or other excursions. Lovely semi-private (share with other unit/never saw them) patio in back with a few different tables and seating. Once the window is fixed, there will be a beautiful view over this courtyard with an amazing view of the town and city. Like the combination shutter entrance bc it was so easy but they had the gate keyed entrance if you wanted to use it.
We walked to a "Keys" gas station around the block and got THE BEST chicken tenders we've ever had.
We walked probably 5-7 miles a day. From this place we walked to Frenchmen Street, Bourbon Street, Royal Street, Harrahs Casino, the Cathedral, Armstrong Park, Canal Street - all over the French Quarter and even several blocks on the other side of Canal to Mothers (30 min walk FYI) that was a doozie. Some people get cabs or bikes etc but we just walked everywhere.
Although people had warned us about NO and the area in general, it's not worse than Jacksonville #1 and we never really felt threatened or in danger the whole trip (except on Bourbon street at night, which we had heard and were prepared for).
The cottage is one block off Rampart, a main street, with the French Qtr on the other side. We walked into French Qt via several different routes. The road Ursillias (sp?) is a great road to take all the way to the water. It's the tamer end of Bourbon and where Bourbon is busy, you do not want to leave down those at night. You can also take a left at the end of Decataur and go to Frenchmen Street area.
The neighborhood is beautiful and so much to see. I got up early the first day and went on a bit of an adventure walking for creamer.. one shop was closed so ended up walk more than I planned. It was a happy mistake. Loved walking the streets in early morning - absolutely a feast for the eyes. Same when you cross over to French Quarter - the homes are so pretty.
We are ruined!! We will compare everywhere to New Orleans. The food, the homes and even the people. I swear people are kinder and take pride in their work. Can NOT wait to go back! We would definitely rent this place again and we would recommend to any first timers as we really found this to be a great base-camp to set out from and learn a bit about the area.