Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
Information & Amenities
Hotel Information: This towering Sheraton New Orleans Hotel is set across the street from the French Quarter. Inside, the atrium lobby features galleries, a fountain, lounge, and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking historic Canal St.
Amenity highlights: This New Orleans hotel offers a restaurant graced by a 50-foot mural depicting the street life of old-world New Orleans. A bar features live jazz. A 24-hour health club (surcharge), heated pool, steam room, and sauna are on site. A business center provides high-speed Internet access (surcharge) and four computer-equipped workstations. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) is also available in the lobby.
Insider tip: The Sheraton New Orleans Hotel is located three blocks from Waldenberg Riverfront Park. From the park's embankment walkways, people enjoy views of the Mississippi River with its non-stop traffic.
Property Amenities
The Sheraton New Orleans Hotel offers a restaurant and lobby lounge along with a Starbucks on the lobby level. In-room dining is available 24 hours a day.
The health club (surcharge), on the eighth floor of this New Orleans hotel, provides a wide range of cardio and strength-training equipment. It offers a heated pool, sauna, steam room, and tanning beds, as well. Massage therapy is available in health club treatment rooms.
This Sheraton's business center provides high-speed Internet access (surcharge) at four computer workstations. Business services include faxing, copying, printing, secretarial services, shipping, and presentation assistance (including signage, badges, and handouts). Wireless Internet access (surcharge) is available in the lobby and guestrooms.
Valet parking in a secured garage is available (surcharge). Parking spaces are limited and available on a first come first serve basis. Oversized vehicles are not permitted.
- 24-hour front desk
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- ATM/banking
- Number of floors: 49
- Audio-visual equipment
- Ballroom(s)
- Banquet facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Business services
- Coffee in lobby
- Coffee shop or café
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Computer rental
- Concierge desk
- Concierge services
- Conference room(s)
- Currency exchange
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Dry cleaning service
- Elevator/lift
- Event catering
- Exhibit space
- Express check-out
- Fitness equipment
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Health club
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- Internet access in public areas - surcharge
- Internet access - wireless
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Massage - treatment room(s)
- Medical assistance available
- Meeting rooms (small groups)
- Multilingual staff
- Number of rooms: 1110
- Parking (secure)
- Parking (surcharge)
- Parking (valet)
- Parking garage
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (24 hours)
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Sauna
- Secretarial services
- Security guard
- Shoe shine
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Steam room
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Technology helpdesk
- Tour assistance
Room Descriptions
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel offers 1,110 guestrooms in a 49-story high rise. Rooms feature Sheraton Sweet Sleeper Beds with custom-designed, extra-thick, plush-top mattresses dressed with three sheets, fleece blankets, plump duvets in rich colors, and five down/feather pillows.
Contemporary decor and furnishings include partial sleigh beds, oversized leather lounge chairs, desks with cordless multi-line phones, and louvered window shutters.
Rooms at this New Orleans hotel offer wireless Internet access (surcharge); cable TV with pay movies and video games (surcharge); and phones with voice mail. Coffeemakers, hair dryers, and complimentary in-room safes are offered, as well.
Club floor rooms also include complimentary local and toll-free calls, and access to a Club Lounge for complimentary breakfast and hors d’oeuvres.
All rooms are nonsmoking.
Room Features
- Internet access - wireless
- Premium TV channel(s)
- Cable/satellite TV
- Pay movies
- Video-game console
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Voice mail
- Multi-line phone
- Internet access - surcharge
- Coffee/tea maker
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Turndown service (on request)
- Makeup mirror
- Massage - available in room
- Extra towels/bedding in room
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Child care (in room, surcharge)
- Electronic check-out
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Clock radio
- Desk
- Rollaway beds
- Cribs (infant beds) available
Area Attractions
French Quarter - Adjacent
St Charles Ave Streetcar Line - 1 block
Bourbon St - 2 blocks
Canal Place (Shopping) - 2 blocks
Harrah's New Orleans Casino - 2 blocks
Swamp tours - 3 blocks
Riverwalk Marketplace (Shopping) - 4 blocks
Ogden Museum of Southern Art - 5 blocks
National World War II Museum - 1 mile
Ernest N Morial Convention Center - 1 mile
Jackson Square - 1 mile
Farmers' Market - 1 mile
Café Du Monde - 1 mile
Louisiana Superdome - 1.5 miles
Audubon Zoo - 5.5 miles
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY): Approximate driving time to the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel is 30 minutes and distance is 15 miles.
Driving directions from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportDriving directions from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport:
- Head east on I-10.
- Take the Poydras St/Superdome exit (#234B), continuing on Poydras St.
- Turn left onto Camp St and right onto Canal St.
- Proceed to the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel.
Getting there: Taxis are one of the most convenient ways of reaching the hotel. They charge a flat fee of $28 for up to two people or $12 per person for three or more people; a $1 fuel surcharge is added per trip (fees subject to change). Town Car or limo service is another option for more than $36 (fee subject to change). Shuttle service is also available for $5–$15 per person (fee subject to change). Rental cars are available online.
Getting around: The Sheraton's Canal Street location makes the Central Business District and the French Quarter equally accessible, and many guests choose to walk to their destinations. For longer distances, visitors often travel via historic streetcars or other forms of public transportation, which cost less than $5 (fee subject to change). Taxis are another reliable option and are readily available by phone.
All prices subject to change without notice.
Activities
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel has a 24-hour health club (surcharge) with a wide variety of cardiovascular and strength-training equipment. Also available are a 30-foot heated pool, sauna, and steam baths. Specialty services include tanning beds, personal training, private aerobics classes, and massage, either in guestrooms or in treatment rooms at the health club.
Guests can also make arrangements through the health club for jogging and walking tours of the city.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Swimming on site
- Tennis nearby
- Aerobics on site
Restaurants & Bars
Roux Bistro - Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served daily at this gallery restaurant overlooking the hotel's expansive atrium lobby. It specializes in contemporary New Orleans cuisine with a Creole flair. Menu items include traditional po-boy sandwiches and Blackened Catfish Filet over crawfish ettouffée. This view restaurant is graced by a 50-foot mural depicting the street life of old-world New Orleans.
Pelican Bar - Named for the Louisiana state bird, this lobby lounge has the ambience of a French Quarter courtyard with its live plants, tiered fountain, wrought-iron furnishings, and gazebo bar. Menu offerings include light meals and a wide variety of cocktails. Live jazz nightly.
Location
500 Canal St
New Orleans, LA 70130
USA
Nearest major airport:
New Orleans, LA (MSY-New Orleans Intl.)
Area:
Downtown - Warehouse-Arts District, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Important Information
Extra-person charges apply.
There are no room charges for children 17 and younger when staying in the same room as their parents or guardians.
Rollaway beds and cribs (infant beds) are available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
- Pets accepted
- Check-in time is 3 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
