This renovated apartment is in a double-shotgun home typical of New Orleans neighborhoods built around that time. Algiers Point was founded in 1719 and is the second oldest neighborhood New Orleans, after the French Quarter (1718). We are directly across the Mississippi River from the French Quarter.
"The Point" (as locals refer to it) has several popular coffee shops and restaurants, including Tout de Suite, a hyperlocal coffee and breakfast nook across directly across Veterans Memorial Park about a block from the rental. There is a corner grocery, Faubourg Fresh Market, three houses down as well. Algiers Point has bars and restaurants that both locals and visitors enjoy, and its own live music scene, particularly at the Old Point Bar, which you may recognize from the many movies that have been filmed there. It is also a quiet and serene retreat from the French Quarter, just a 5-minute ferry ride across the River.
See our Guidebook for extensive recommendations on things to see and places to eat and drink in Algiers Point and in New Orleans in general.
The Algiers Point Ferry is an approximately 1/4 mile walk, and drops you at the base of Canal Street, adjacent to the French Quarter, as well as the Central Business District. The ferry stop is also adjacent to the Riverwalk Mall (a large outlet mall along the river) and is a block from Harrah's Casino.