"Hip and low key, spare design with enormous loft bedrooms"
New Orleans isn’t exactly short on quasi-gothic lodgings, though it’s more about spirits than spires in this city. Last year’s opening of Loft 523, however, finally added some industrial to the gothic. More Corbusier than Anne Rice, the 18 rooms in this concrete masterpiece--housed in a 19th Century warehouse just beyond the French Quarter--boast 12-foot ceilings, floor to ceiling windows, limestone bathrooms and groovy, egg shaped tubs. 523’s bar features a private grotto and alternating light patterns (which could be quite entertaining after a bit of tippling). The overall aesthetic conception is both soothingly Zen and ominously majestic. And, quite likely, the only “Ghost” you’ll find here will be on the clothing label of a fashionable fellow guest.
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Address: 523 Gravier Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, USA
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Address: 523 Gravier Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, USA
Booking info
Arrival:
Thu 21 Aug 2008
Departure: Fri 22 Aug 2008
No. adults: 2
Departure: Fri 22 Aug 2008
No. adults: 2
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Come for
- The famed "Milk Bath", inspired by Cleopatra herself
- Cool minimalist surroundings
Not suitable for
- A lack of amenities, like a pool or restaurant, may annoy some
Awards
"101 Best Hotels" in Tatler 04; Conde Nast Hotlist 03
Eating in
No restaurant in hotel, though plenty of good restaurants in the surrounding French Quarter
