New Orleans Canal StreetHotels

An array of hotels near Canal Street, which is the widest business district street in the country.

The term canal street formed as a result of a canal that was to be built to connect the Mississippi river to Lake Pontchartrain, but it was never completed. The area is referred to by the New Orleans' as "neutral ground" as it is the hub of the culturally divided residents on the either side of the street. It borders the French Quarter on one side and runs from the foot of the Mississippi river up to a group of cemeteries in Mid City.

Canal Street excels as the main shopping district of Greater New Orleans for more than a century and has a range of department stores as Krauss and Maison Blanche. Vitascope Hall, the world's first movie theatre with a profit motive was built in Canal Street and theatres Saenger and State Palace is now being used as performance venues.

Our hotels near Canal Street are also perfect to explore all other attractions in the vicinity such as the Audubon Park Golf Course, Tulane University, LSU Medical School and Audubon Park

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