La Dauphine, Residence des Artistes

Surrounding Area

There is a 3 night minimum.
French Quarter shops, restaurants, art galleries, music clubs, cafes, tourist attractions, riverboat rides, gay bars and venues.Frenchmen Street is two blocks walk and has 13 restaurants and 10 live music clubs, bookstore, community center, etc.

Accommodations

There is a 3 night minimum and advance reservations are required. No walk-ins.
This is a funky old Victorian home. Really old New Orleans.
See the movie Benjamin Button with Brad Pitt-- very special. Our place is smaller, but has that old New Orleans feel to it. We have not ripped out the walls and put up dry wall. It's the old plaster.
Bathrooms are old style too. But, unpretentious :-)
Large airy rooms with ceiling fans, high, high ceilings, old house (100+), four-poster, queen beds, central air and heat. Cable TV/VCR/DVD in each room.Video library for guests, refrigerator, etc.Nice, old house with lots of character. (Not for those who only like ultra-modern spiffy and sleek.)

Wi-Fi and iMac desktop for guests-- unlimited phone calls within U.S.- 10 cents a minute to Europe.

Rooms/Suites

There are three guest rooms: The Matisse suite, the Alec Baldwin (sleep in the very bed he made love to Kelly Lynch in-- in a movie filmed here), and the Gothic. The Matisse and the Gothic have bath en suite.
The Alec Baldwin has a wash basin in the room and a full, private, unshared bath down the hall.
All bathrooms are PRIVATE. None are shared.

Amenities

FREE Cyber Cafe on premises for guests to check their e-mail and access the Internet. DVD and VCR in TV in each room.

Services Offered

Please check out our places in Paris and Santa Fe, New Mexico on our website. They are available also to rent-- for 3 week minimums to a few months.

Restrictions

No pets, smoking outside on deck and courtyard.No wheelchair access.

Rates & Availability

Non-event pricing$500/week>>$85/night or two personsCall for other pricing.

Other Information

Host is an artist/writer and a native New Orleanian and is happy to direct guests to their specific interests-- very knowledgeable. Ray speaks French and English and lived in Paris and Bavaria. Co-host (Kim) is Danish and speaks German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian. Kim is a molecular biologist doing research in diabetes at L.S.U. Medical Center. He is from Fredensborg, just outside Copenhagen.We enjoy international visitors.

Directions

From airport: Take I-10 East to Esplanade Ave. Exit 236A. Turn right onto Esplanade. Proceed toward Mississippi River, turning left onto Dauphine Street. Proceed to 2316 Dauphine St. Park on street in front of house. Plenty of space and it's unrestricted.

Discounts Offered

Weekly rates, non-event: ; $500- 1 or 2 pers.