Tremé and Esplanade Ridge · stay 4 of 9
Reserving a Tremé heritage weekend: three nights beside one of the oldest Black neighborhoods in the United States
This Tremé heritage weekend places you in an inn near Esplanade Avenue, beside Faubourg Tremé, one of the oldest Black neighborhoods in the United States, where free people of color owned land before the Civil War.
- Corner
- North Rampart and Esplanade
- Walk to the square
- 18 minutes, 0.8 miles
- Nights
- Three
- Offered
- September through June
from $265 per person, two sharing a room $530 for the two of you
Where you sleep
North Rampart Street and Esplanade Avenue meet at the corner where the Quarter, the Marigny and Tremé touch. Inns here are raised nineteenth-century houses with tall windows, deep porches and four to twelve rooms. Esplanade is lined with old live oaks, and the eighteen minute walk to Jackson Square goes straight down Royal or Chartres.
Rooms, classes and suppers counted in the figure
- Three nights in an inn in a raised nineteenth century house near Esplanade Avenue, a room for two. Whatever nightly charge the inn puts on every guest is counted inside, near North Rampart and Esplanade, not added at checkout.
- Entry to a small neighborhood museum of parade regalia and beadwork.
- A seated supper of Creole home cooking at a family-run dining room.
- One Tremé heritage stay itinerary in writing: who each supplier is, where to find it from North Rampart and Esplanade, and the terms it keeps for changes.
Left for you: the road, the taxes, the valet
- Getting to New Orleans and back. From the Atlanta office the drive is about 470 miles; how you travel is yours to choose and arrange.
- Louisiana and New Orleans hotel taxes and the per-room nightly charge set by the state and city, both collected by the hotel. The quote shows them in dollars.
- Meals beyond those named above, and tips for staff.
- Parking. Hotels in the Quarter and downtown usually charge for it by the night.
- Streetcar and taxi fares in the city.
18 minutes from North Rampart and Esplanade to the square, traced street by street; the faint lines are the other eight walks.
Months this stay suits, and months it fights
September through June. Sunday parades by the neighborhood social aid and pleasure clubs run through those months; they are free on the street, nobody sells them, and the planner tells you which club parades on your Sunday once the clubs publish the season. July and August are left out because the heat is hard on long walks and the parade season pauses.
Where the Tremé heritage stay's $265 per person comes from: June is its least costly month, when the federal room figure for New Orleans is $138 a night. Halve that for each of three nights near North Rampart and Esplanade, then add $57 per person for the two named pieces.
Confirmed by each supplier once you say yes
The museum confirms that its doors are open that week; small neighborhood museums keep short hours, and if this one is closed the quote says so and offers a different visit. The dining room confirms the evening and the menu. The inn confirms the room and whether it is on the porch floor or one floor up.
Until you say yes, no inn room near North Rampart and Esplanade and no seat is held. After it, you pay the inn and each operator for the Tremé heritage stay directly, each on its own terms, and each sends written confirmation for your three nights. The form below already has the Tremé heritage stay checked.
Price this stay for your own dates
The form takes New Orleans requests 24/7. A planner in the Atlanta office answers in writing by the end of the next planning day, Tuesday to Saturday, with a written quote that names the hotel and every operator, their prices and their own cancellation terms.
Rather talk it through? +1 (404) 876-6517. Planning calls Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern.