Planning a trip to the Big Easy with kids and wondering what fun and exciting, family-friendly activities New Orleans has to offer? Here’s your guide to the NOLA goods.

At Stay Alfred, along with offering upscale travel apartments in the best spots in New Orleans, we like to help guests get as much from their visit as possible—especially when they’ve got adventurous kids in tow! So, we’ve put our heads together and made a looooong list of the absolute most awesome places to go, things to do, treats to eat, trees to climb, parks to cartwheel in, corners to dance on, ghost stories to hear—all those things in fantastic New Orleans—any time of year! 

And, yes, parents, guardians, kid wranglers, we’ve got your backs! This is no regular guide. We’re sharing some local secrets and things simply too fun for local guidebooks. Dining: What’s better for kids, jambalaya or gumbo? Dessert: Where to get the best pralines and beignets! We even offer tips like where to let the kids stretch their legs and get the best desserts, where to catch Mardi Gras parade action without exposing little ones to Bourbon Street debauchery, the best ghost tours for kids by age, and more! You’ll see from all the great stuff to do in this guide that the Big Easy is easily big fun for kids!   

From French Quarter to the Garden District, City Park to swamp tours, we’ve got you and the kids covered. Plus, we’ll literally have you covered when you book one of our many stylish, conveniently located Stay Alfred travel apartments in the heart of downtown New Orleans.

With so many reasons for the family to visit, there’s not a better time to plan your Big Easy family adventure than right now. Along with this bubbling bucket list of Crescent City kid-fun, you might be wondering where the best place to stay is for you and the kiddos. Do you settle for a cramped New Orleans hotel and suffer through a lack of floor space and noisy neighbors– during Mardi Gras? Or do you book a place you truly deserve: a spacious, sophisticated Stay Alfred travel apartment, with a nice kitchen, dining area, and a living room where you and the kids can sprawl out feel at home, near the best kid-friendly New Orleans locations? Do you go roll the dice on a random vacation rental, and risk ruining your trip, or avoid that high-stakes Bourré and book a professionally managed Stay Alfred? We think you know the answer.

Stay Alfred has three well-appointed addresses in the Central Business District, just blocks from the French Quarter and the streetcar lines. With full kitchens, fast WiFi, and professional management, your home away from home is waiting to welcome you and the kids to the Crescent City.

While you’re deciding which awesome Stay Alfred travel apartment location is best for you, here’s the rundown of our favorite activities and travel tips including where to eat and how to get around below.

Getting Around New Orleans with Kids

First, let’s figure out how to get you and your kid or kiddos around the Big Easy. A great thing about New Orleans is that there’s plenty of action to catch on foot just around French Quarter, and the whole city is super walkable. But, if you’re here for more than a couple days and want to check out places like the Garden District, City Park, and other attractions too distant for little feet, there are plenty of other great options. Not only does NOLA have superb bussing and ferry systems, one of the more common ways to get around is, we’re happy to say, also thought of as an affordable can’t-miss activity, especially for kids. Streetcars!

Streetcar Desire!

There’s no better way for kids to see New Orleans than by streetcar. Choose from three different lines: St. Charles, Canal Street, and the Riverfront, each of which starts downtown and takes riders to the best sights, sounds, and flavors of NOLA. The St. Charles Line is the world’s oldest continuously operating streetcar, and its mahogany seats, brass fittings and exposed ceiling light bulbs exude the Crescent City’s alluring past, offering charm and visual interest sure to thrill both kids and adults. The Charles Line runs a 13.2-mile route from Carondelet at Canal Street in the Central Business District, (with an excellent Stay Alfred nearby, btw) passing through the oldest parts of uptown New Orleans. Other major lines include The Canal Streetcar, taking riders from the foot of Canal Street through the Central Business District (also with plenty of Stay Alfred options nearby), and the Riverfront Streetcar, which takes you to by the French Market and the new Audubon Aquarium of the Americas that’ll likely be the highlight of any kid’s New Orleans experience! Get the RTA GoMobile app from norta.com for route info and tickets.

On Foot, Bike or Segway

New Orleans is a very walkable, or wheelable, city with few hills to navigate, so getting around on foot, by bike or on a rented Segway are great options, especially if you just want to catch the action (there’s no shortage) in French Quarter and nearby. You can either explore the Big Easy on your own, or take a guided tour, with plenty of walking tour options both self-guided, and (affordable) guided ones the fam will love. Bike rentals and Segway tours for kids are another fun option.  

Buses

If you’re looking to get out of downtown a bit to explore, or to hit just one or two specific sites, New Orleans has plenty of bus routes that will take you to the Garden District, City Park and other spots. Get the RTA GoMobile app from norta.com for route info and tickets.

Ferries

New Orleans also offers ferry service with three routes: The Canal Street Ferry (or Algiers Ferry) at the foot of Canal Street connects downtown New Orleans  with the National Historic Landmark District of Algiers Point across the Mississippi, taking passenger vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians where they need to go. This same terminal also serves the Canal Street/Gretna Ferry, which transports bicycles and pedestrians  to the city of Gretna. A third auto/bicycle/pedestrian ferry connects Chalmette and Lower Algiers. Get the RTA GoMobile app from norta.com for route info and tickets.

Things to do in New Orleans with Kids

Now, how about those major attractions! From the French Quarter to the Garden District, from Mardi Gras fun to gator-filled swamps, there are so many fun things to do in New Orleans with kids that you could spend a full week just scratching the surface! So, take your pick from the following awesome things to do, see, hear, and eat in NOLA. And, welcome!

Mardi Gras

New Orleans is a great place to visit with kids any time of year, but if you’re here during Mardi Gras festival and experience the famous event’s music, costumes, parade floats, and fantastic food, it’ll be a memory that lasts a lifetime for kids large and small. The term “Mardi Gras” is French for “Fat Tuesday,” and refers to the practice of chowing down on tastier, fattier foods (and perhaps a drink or two) in the few days before the Christian ritual fasting of the Lenten season. Every spring, Mardi Gras crowds in the thousands throng the Big Easy to enjoy the revelry with music, dancing, dining, and parades that kids love.

Though Mardi Gras is celebrated worldwide, New Orleans is famous for its elaborate parade floats and dreamily-colored papier-mâché caricatures—sometimes fifteen feet tall and fifty feet long—that are sure to dazzle any kid. In the few days leading up to Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day), you and the fam can catch awesome parades such as The Krewe of Rex Parade, The Krewe of Orpheus and The Krewe of Zulu. What’s a “krewe,” you might be wondering? Krewes are social clubs (some centuries old in New Orleans) that design, build, operate, and throw candy to kids from the festive floats of Mardi Gras.

Parent pro tip for enjoying Mardi Gras: Although known to be a bit raucous, especially on Bourbon Street, the Mardi Gras festivities have gotten so huge over the years they’ve expanded into all parts of the city. This means there are plenty of tamer spots for kids to enjoy the festivities, such as the parade route’s morning starting point in the Garden District (where krewes are more sober and have more candy to toss). Along with the Garden District there are plenty of spots where kids can safely catch beads and candies and dress up in Mardi Gras costumes to feel like a true part of the fun as they watch crazy floats cruise by.

Missed Mardi Gras? No worries! If you’re here outside festival dates, you can tour Mardi Gras World, one of the studios where some of the biggest and best floats are made, any time of year (more on that next).

Mardi Gras World

Going to be in NOLA outside Mardi Gras festival dates? Well, at Mardi Gras World, just south of French Quarter, you can experience Fat Tuesday fun any time of year. Mardi Gras World is a massive (400,000-square-foot) complex where Mardi Gras floats krewes craft the famous floats. Hourly tours of the studio let kids see how parade floats have been made for over 70 years, giving behind-the-scenes looks at some of the oldest and biggest floats. Kids can meet the artists and watch them do their work, right up close, as well as immersing themselves in the experience by trying on Mardi Gras costumes!

New Orleans, and especially all things Mardi Gras, has no shortage of treats for kids. Call it a dessert-based culture. And, Mardi Gras World is totally down. At the end of your tour through Mardi Gras history, kids get a piece of complementary King Cake—a festival specialty! YUM! 

How do you get to Mardi Gras World? It’s easy, with free shuttles from plenty of spots in French Quarter. (You’ll see them.) There’s no better way for families to learn about Mardi Gras, year-round!

French Quarter Fun and Things Nearby 

What’s French Quarter? Are we going to France? The kids might ask. For you (and the big kids), the French Quarter is also known as the Vieux Carré Historic District. It’s the oldest section, or town, of the City of New Orleans. This roughly six-by-fourteen block neighborhood was founded in 1718, and is today New Orleans’ central square, though, being built on a sharp bend in the Mississippi River, it’s really more in the shape of a crescent, which is where New Orleans gets its Crescent City nickname. (To avoid the collective yawn from the youngsters, don’t lead with that.) Lead with this: French Quarter is a land of delightful desserts, parks with crazy trees to climb, fantastic music to dance to, funky beaded jewelry, voodoo houses and ghosts galore, butterflies and marine life, and more!

That’s right, the French Quarter offers something for the whole fam. There’s jazz at Preservation Hall, art and green space at Jackson Square. There’s the Audubon Aquarium with sharks and penguins, jellyfish and rays! There are tasty historic restaurants with gumbo and pralines, friendly local cafes where people TALK to you (funny thing about New Orleans). There are funky shops, galleries, a French Market, the immaculate St. Louis Cathedral, and, even a House of Voodoo!

On Foot in French Quarter Streets

On foot in the French Quarter streets, there’s plenty of visual interest for both you and the kiddos. You’ll see some eye-catching architecture that’ll make the kids’ heads spin: from flamboyant facades to cast-iron balconies drooping with regional flora…the tots won’t stop gawking. They’ll love the horsecars clip-clopping down narrow streets, and, their toes won’t stop tapping to arguably some of the best street jazz musicians in the world busking their tunes on nearly every corner.

Probably the best spot for a family-friendly stroll in the French Quarter is Royal Street. Royal Street, just a block off Bourbon, seems far-removed from the raucousness, with a very local vibe in its art galleries, tasty cafes and, especially at Brennan’s, one of the French Quarter’s oldest restaurants, which happens also to be very kid-friendly, with tasty coffee for parents and beignets for kids. What’s a beignet? Pronounced “ben-yay,” beignets, an iconic NOLA dessert, are tasty fried doughnuts heaped with powdered sugar. Good luck keeping the powdered sugar off your nose!

Fun French QuarTour(s) for Kids

A great way for kids to experience the French Quarter is by taking one of the many French QuarTours designed specifically with them (kids 4 through 18) in mind! These educational 90-minute tours show kids how New Orleans became the culturally diverse and vibrant city it is today. Kids will love hearing about NOLA history, from what school was like for kids their own ages in the 1800s to strange healing remedies and kid-appropriate ghost stories. Stops on the tours include Jackson Square, Mississippi Riverfront, and the Old Slave Auction House. French QuarTours are great for kids, and for adults to tag along, too!

There are several tour options to choose from. The Spooky Tour is great for kids aged 5 to 10, and features mischievous ghosts, voodoo spells, and confused spirits. Kids learn hands-on ghost hunting techniques! The Tweens & Teens Tour explores New Orleans history as experienced by teenagers and covers day-to-day concerns of teenagers in the early days of New Orleans. Kids also learn about NOLA culture and its fantastic diversity thanks to influences from its European, African, Creole and Native peoples.

Jackson Square

Now, how ‘bout we stretch our legs for a bit? Located in the heart of the French Quarter, Jackson Square is a park surrounded by historic buildings where artists and performers show their works and music skills. The green space offers great respite for kiddos, with plenty of room for cartwheels, spidery oak trees to climb (here’s your Instagram moment), plus other leg-stretching fun. Jackson Square is also home to the towering, gorgeous and fantasy-like (you’ll see) St. Louis Cathedral, the oldest functioning cathedral in North America (and definitely worthy of more Instagram fun).

Got a budding Picasso in your group? Be sure to skirt Jackson Square’s iron-fenced perimeter to meet local artists and check out their work! You can even get a crazy caricature of your kids. There are also tours available that engage kids with history, stories, and customs of NOLA. Little legs too tired to move on? Jackson Square is also a good place to grab an affordable mule-drawn carriage tour (starting on Decatur Street right outside the Jackson Square gate). It’s first-come first-served, 8 a.m. through midnight daily. The Dixie Bohemia tour is perfect for large families with small kids because it’s only one hour long and seats up to eight passengers.

Got some little tummies rumbling? Jackson Square is also adjacent the famous Café du Monde, which is kid-friendly and serves great traditional NOLA foods, al fresco even, with great views of Jackson Square. Du Monde is also one of the best spots in town for beignets, should you have any sweet-tooths in your crew.

Preservation Hall

Crazy that there’s so much to do in NOLA that we’re just now getting to what The Birthplace of Jazz is best known for: all that jazz! And, yes, there are plenty of great venues for kids, the French Quarter’s Preservation Hall being one of the best. Located at 726 St. Peter, in the heart of the French Quarter, Preservation Hall was built in 1961 to promote and preserve one of America’s most famous art forms—Traditional New Orleans Jazz. The hall is an all-ages venue with gorgeous wooden floors, and, though there’s no air-conditioning, performances often last only 45 minutes (perfect for little kiddos). Nightly jazz sets start as early as 5:00 p.m., but we suggest showing early to get a front-row bench seat. Performances are often interactive, so kids can really experience NOLA. And, for a five-dollar tip, artists take requests!   

Historic Voodoo Museum

Another French Quarter landmark is the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum. Need some background? Voodoo, as commonly practiced in New Orleans, is a set of spiritual folkways with origins in various parts of Western Africa, and it spread to Louisiana following the Haitian slave revolt of 1791.

The Historic Voodoo Museum consists of two snug rooms packed with voodoo artifacts, plus a cool gift shop. The best spot to experience the Big Easy’s voodoo traditions, kids will love gris-gris (voodoo charm) oddities as well as potions and exhibits related to one of NOLA’s most intriguing characters, Voodoo queen Marie Laveau, a 19th century voodoo priestess. The museum features scheduled rituals and tours as well as spells and voodoo dolls for sale.

Louisiana Children’s Museum 

Here’s another great spot for little kids, especially those homeschoolers (and big kids, too). One of New Orleans’ biggest kid-focused sites, the Louisiana Children’s Museum boasts 30,000 square feet of exhibit space and artfully run programs that offer children a diverse set of activities that promote all sorts of learning. From reading and math to architectural concepts– kids enjoy inspiring interactive learning games. Whether they are learning what bones they use to ride a bike or they’re loading up a cargo ship in the Little Port of New Orleans exhibit, children will have a blast at the Louisiana Children’s Museum! There’s even a climbing wall for burning off extra energy!

Audubon Aquarium

Sharks and penguins and moon jellies, oh my! Kids can experience the unique marine habitat of the Delta Area and more at Audubon Aquarium in the French Quarter. Check out awesome marine exhibits like coral reefs, sharks, and a walk-through tunnel that lets you view aquatic life like manta rays—“flying” overhead!  The Audubon Aquarium features over 10,000 exhibits, including many species native to the Gulf of Mexico and nearby areas. There’s also an Amazon exhibit, where you can see live piranhas! And… see yuh later! The Mississippi River exhibit features a rare white alligator! Kids will be enthralled by otters, penguins, sea turtles, a stingray, a touch-pool, and an expansive replica of an offshore oil rig submerged in 400,000 gallons of water.

Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium

Like creepy crawlies? The budding entomologist in your group will be drawn to this place like a moth to a (ok, we’ll stop right there). Simply put, kids will love the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium with its more than 50 live exhibits.  This is the largest free-standing insectarium in the US, plus it’s easy to get to in the French Quarter, so it’s very much so worth checking out! Exhibits like the world’s fastest insects are sure to please.

If those little feet are tired from strolling the French Quarter, this is another great place to take a break, with an IMAX theatre and dozens of multimedia exhibits sure to entertain, and give parents some downtime, too! Best of all, for the boldest of little ones, the Audubon Aquarium even features an edible insect exhibit… with, if you dare, TASTY SAMPLES!  But it’s also ok to say, “I’m saving room for beignets, thanks.”

A bit out of the way compared to the French Quarter’s insectarium and aquarium is Audubon Zoo. There’s a stunning white tiger exhibit and a great park to play in. Save money by buying tickets that will get you into all three Audubon institutions!

National WWII Museum

Got a youngster interested in submarines and real-life planes? Yeah, we thought so. So we’re including the National World War II Museum here, which is just south of French Quarter also, so it’s easy to get to, too!  The museum features both sweeping narrative and personal stories via multimedia that are sure to keep older kids intrigued while giving them the inside the story of the war that changed the world. Along with all the super cool exhibits to check out, there’s a 3D theater with great video presentations.

Louis Armstrong Park

Just steps French Quarter and another a great respite from its crowds, Louis Armstrong Park is a 32-acre green space honoring the jazz great. The park often has free music and is an excellent place to burn off beignet-fueled energy with turtle-spotting, duck-watching, cartwheels or tag.  And, here you’ll find sites like Congo Square, a historic meeting place for slaves in the 1800s, as well as sculptures and more exhibits that let kids experience more Big Easy history and culture.

Spooky Family Ghost Tour

Boo! Another solid affirmation that New Orleans isn’t just for adults is the Spooky Family Ghost Tour. What’s a ghost tour? New Orleans ghost tours take visitors to local sites “known” for paranormal activity or a history of such phenomena, usually at night, unlike cemetery tours, with a live tour guide. Though most ghost tours are for the older set that doesn’t spook easily, the Spooky Family Tours are more G-rated and a great for kids of all ages experience the French Quarter, which is filled with spooky mysteries and paranormal activity. Eerie French Quarter stops include: LaLaurie Mansion, Andrew Jackson Hotel, Muriel’s Restaurant, and more!

Outside French Quarter: Garden District, City Park, and More!

Garden District

Along with being the best kid-spot for catching Mardi Gras parade action, New Orleans’ Garden District is a fantastic place to explore on foot. There are crazy mansions to see, (the district is known as having the best-preserved and largest collection of large Southern manors) and oak-lined streets give the neighborhood a fantasy-like feel intriguing to kids and adults alike. There’s a self-guided walking tour app that’ll take you to the best sites, including celebrity homes! See if you and the kiddos can maybe catch a glimpse of Sandra Bullock, Brad Pitt, or Nicolas Cage!

Also a must-see are the verdant gardens of St. Charles Avenue, gorgeous in their own right and a prime spot to be on the Mardi Gras parade route. If you do visit at least one cemetery in New Orleans, make it the Garden District’s Lafayette Cemetery. Filled with lavish 19th-century tombs, several different tours will take you to celebrity graves, and kids will enjoy some great ghost stories. (Recommended for kids age 7 and up.)

Other Garden District landmarks include George Washington Cable House and the delectable—and colossal—Commander’s Palace restaurant. And, be sure to stop by some of the Garden District’s many antique shops, full of intriguing stuff for adults and knickknacks for curious kids as well! If you’re worked up an appetite from all walking, there are plenty of kid-friendly and affordable casual cafes, especially on Magazine Street.

City Park 

NOLA’s City Park is a bit of a drive from French Quarter, but well worth it. This 1,300-acre park is more than just a great green space. It’s one of the oldest urban parks in the country, and is home to Storyland, a storybook-themed playground, a gorgeous lake (with paddle boat rentals), a sculpture garden, gondola rides, an art museum, and the Carousel Gardens Amusement Park with gondola rides and mini golf. Storyland lets kids play on Captain Hook’s pirate ship, in the mouth of a whale with Pinocchio, or on a dragon slide: all great devices for bringing kids’ favorite stories to life!

Great for you and older kids, City Park also features the New Orleans Museum of Art, with works by Picasso, Renoir, Matisse, Monet, and Georgia O’Keefe. NOMA’s permanent collection boasts about 40,000 exhibits with a concentration on French and American art. Kids will enjoy story time at NOMA, with child-focused art workshops and classes. There are even toddler workshops like Baby Arts Play, which integrates music, movement and art into playtime for kids as young as one!

Fun Things To Do Near New Orleans 

If you’re in NOLA long enough to warrant getting out a bit, (and lucky you btw, there’s heaps of great stuff to do) the kids will love a riverboat cruise down the Mississippi on the Steamboat Natchez. The Natchez features a Dixie Jazz band onboard and great food (yes that includes more homemade beignets). Or, want to feed some swimming pigs and wild alligators? Try a swamp tour near Lake Pontchartrain, about a 15-minute drive from downtown NOLA. There are even fun kayak tours of the bayou just outside the Big Easy! A great way to see more wildlife!

We hope this rundown of fun things to do in New Orleans with kids keeps you busy!  Now how about some of those famous Big Easy victuals! 

NOLA Dining and Dessert

Has the NOLA fun, excitement and pavement-pounding got the stomach lions roaring? It’s so nice that New Orleans, being a foodie’s paradise, has an answer for that around nearly corner—fantastic meals and treats for adults and kids alike. From gumbo to jambalaya, chocolate covered pralines to powder sugared beignets, you and the fam are in for a treat!  With a strong French influence, as well as Cajun, Italian, Spanish, African, Native American, and a hint of Cuban New Orleans cuisine is one big melting pot with something different, delightful and decadent to try almost every meal you have while you’re in the Big Easy.  

Never had New Orleans food? Here’s a quick rundown of common dishes: NOLA specialties include the parent-friendly jambalaya, a yummy rice dish often made with sausage, chicken, seafood, and packed with plenty of spices. Gumbo is a less spicy, more kid-consumable and ever-so-soul-foodie stew, often crammed with seafood, chicken, sausage, and okra. A great one for the kids to devour on the fly or back at your Stay Alfred dining room, the po’ boy sandwich, which magically, in the Big Easy anyway, seems to always taste as though it’s made by someone who knows you well. It’s also easily the best use of fresh French bread we’ve ever tasted.   

Sounds great and what’s for dessert? Here’s a few of our favorite spots for New Orleans sustenance, and yes, kids, dessert, too!…

Cafe Du Monde

The French Quarter’s Cafe Du Monde, established in 1862, is a can’t-miss, kid-friendly spot with al fresco dining overlooking Jackson Square. Du Monde features a great traditional NOLA menu and is flocked to for its beignets, NOLA’s most popular dessert in the form of fried doughnuts laden with heaps of powdered sugar. (No sweetie, you don’t have any powdered sugar on your nose. You look fine. Teehee!) There are several Café Du Monde franchises around NOLA, but this one’s our favorite.

Mulate’s Cajun Restaurant

If all the Audubon Aquarium and Insectarium fun worked up an appetite not satiated by the free fried insects, Mulate’s Cajun Restaurant is close by. Bring your little ones to the bayou right in the heart of New Orleans! The legendary Mulate’s Cajun Restaurant is known throughout the world as the King of Cajun Dine and Dance Halls and you will see why! Enjoy dancing, live Cajun music and delicious South Louisiana dishes.

Seafood Options

Up for some seafood? New Orleans has some of the best. One of the tastiest French Quarter seafood spots is the famous Acme Oyster House. This family-friendly spot serves fresh oysters, hearty gumbos, and, of course, po’ boy sandwiches the kids’ll love, in a casual venue. How about some barbecued shrimp? For that, head to Deanie’s Seafood Restaurant, another local favorite and great for kids who like to eat with their hands. (Thankfully, your Stay Alfred apartment has in-unit laundry.) Deanie’s also offers fantastic oysters and crawfish bakes!.

Food to Go

Got tired kids and looking for a quick lunch on the go? Grab a po’ boy from Parkway Bakery & Tavern or a great pizza from Reginelli’s Pizzeria to enjoy them back at your Stay Alfred dining table! Just two of the many options for great Big Easy takeout!

Dessert Spots

Need some dessert on the fly? Try Creole Creamery, NOLA’s favorite ice cream parlor. Creole Creamery offers tasty malts, delectable banana splits, and milkshakes that will help beat the heat. Or, try Angelo Brocato, a fave Italian gelateria with fantastic ice cream, cannoli, and traditional Italian pastries.

Where to Stay in New Orleans 

As you can see New Orleans is a world of its own, with plenty of roaming to be done for the kids and you. It’s also one the fam will want to muster all its energy for, so why not make the place you and the kiddos stay be part of the experience, rather than a risky experiment?  When you book with Stay Alfred travel apartments, you get all comforts of home: a full kitchen and dining room, often great amenities for kids, and the best locations you’ll find in the Crescent City.

Whether you’ve journeyed to the Big Easy with one kiddo or a whole bunch of adventurous little minds, Stay Alfred has the perfect New Orleans travel apartment for you. With both modern and historic options to choose from, our impeccably managed buildings hold court in New Orleans’ Central Business District, a stone’s throw from the best French Quarter fun and festivities, events and shopping, (but tucked away from the revelry on Bourbon Street) where it’s nice and quiet so you and the little ones sleep like kings and queens and have good dreams. 

Here are some great Stay Alfred options:

Stay Alfred on Gravier Street

If you and the kids are into iconic buildings, book at Stay Alfred on Gravier Street, a 23-story tower with a rooftop pool to cool off in, stunning Crescent City views, and a outdoor grilling area where you can grill up shrimp from French Market. There’s a full kitchen at the ready in every travel apartment, with everything you’d need to cook up gourmet meals for a gang. You can even stay fit on the road, thanks to this Stay Alfred’s fitness center, open 24/7.

Stay Alfred on North Carondelet Street

Prefer to stay in more traditional digs that blend with historic New Orleans? You’re in luck! Stay Alfred on North Carondelet Street was designed by the famed Southern architect James Gallier in the mid-1800s. Featuring classic architecture and historic features, each upscale travel apartment has ceiling fans and ice-cold A/C to beat Big Easy humidity so little ones can nap, plus handsome wood-grain floors and sophisticated decor that embraces NOLA history.

Stay Alfred on Carondelet Street

Another historic option is Stay Alfred on Carondelet Street. It’s located at the original address of New Orleans’ cotton exchange, a major economic center during its heyday. Today, the building offers a cutting-edge fitness center, a community room with a great piano (in case NOLA inspires you to get your Jelly Roll Morton on), plus smart TVs in every unit.

So there you have it. Our inside scoop on great stuff to do in the Crescent City with kids.  And, with so many great Stay Alfred travel apartment options smack dab in the middle of all the best of the Big Easy, now would be a great time to head on over to StayAlfred.com and book your family-friendly travel apartment!  There, you’ll also find more specific info on our NOLA travel apartment listings, like what restaurants are in walking distance, and other local attractions offering more fun things to do with kids in New Orleans!