Mobil Travel Guide South 2006

Maison Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana The genteel Maison Orleans offers its visitors a singular experience near the fun-loving French Quarter. Suggestive of a noble French estate, the interiors are luminous and exquisite down to the smallest details. Spice tones, plush furnishings, and marvelous floral displays define the fourth-floor lobby and library. The 75 guest rooms are a splendid vision swathed in sumptuous fabrics and rich brocades. Plush furnishings, original artwork, and gleaming hardwood floors complement the timeless dÉcor. If the enormous bathtubs are not enough to encourage lingering, the signature bath menu, using citrus scents created for Napoleon, certainly will. Indulge in a lady- or lord-of-the-manor fantasy here, meandering through the refined rooms as personal butlers attend to your every whim. Intimate and quiet, the hotel is adjacent to and managed by The Ritz-Carlton, where visitors are invited to dine and luxuriate at the glorious spa. 75 rooms, 5 story. Complimentary continental breakfast. Check-out noon, check-in 3 pm. TV; cable (premium). In-room modem link. Spa. Indoor pool. Business center. Concierge.Mobil Travel Guide Staff is the author of 'Mobil Travel Guide South 2006 ', published 2005 under ISBN 9780762739325 and ISBN 0762739320.