New Orleans - where to stay?

[Phwooooar]

Hi
Am planning a 5 day trip to New Orleans in December/over New Year’s Eve. Can anyone recommend a place to stay? Anything we absolutely must not miss? Thank you!

Don't miss a wander down Frenchman Street - lots of great bars and street musicians. Also highly recommend a night at Bachannal - www.bacchanalwine.com/ - everyone I recommend it to loves it.

Thank you Dolly. Any accommodation tips?

It is quite a few years since we went, but I doubt that some things have changed:

Drink a Hurricane at Pat O'Brien's
Eat blackened catfish or chicken
Eat jambalaya
Take a Mississippi paddle steamer trip
Visit the voodoo museum
Wander down Bourbon Street
Take a trip out to a bayou

Things to avoid:
The shoe shiners
People who try to fleece you. We are pretty savvy and streetwise, but the locals are really clever at trying to extract money from you

We saw a lot of drunks in Jackson Square, and it was the only city in the US we have been to where we felt unsafe. We stayed in a hotel on Chartres Street, and the walk back in the very dimly lit streets made us quite nervous. We also found it quite expensive.

Thank you Lonicera that’s really useful

Regarding accommodation log onto : www.bookings.com and see whats on offer.
You might get a bargain at a really nice hotel.
Make sure that any hotels that you choose have the option to pay later, that way if you cancel, you do not have to pay. It's a bit more expensive, but worth not having to give up your money if you have to change plans.
I would check bookings every day, because price changes.
Something you might want to consider: do you want a hotel that provides breakfast?
I always go for a hotel with a kitchen: fridge/microwave/sink. That way I have some place to store and warm up my left over food

Hotel dauphine is in the French quarter buy a bit away from the noisy bits. Or find a place in the garden district and get the tram into the French quarter