8 Hotels in New Orleans With a Ton of History

With properties dating back to early settlements of French and Spanish explorers, terrible dark corners of slavery, fires and floods, flourishings of artwork, novels, and plays, and hideaways for famed politicians, a stay at any of the following New Orleans hotels uncovers layers and layers of colorful stories—often mixed with legend and embellishment, but always entertaining. These are the best historic hotels in New Orleans.