travel42 Hotel Review: Astor Crowne Plaza - French Quarter

Astor Crowne Plaza - French Quarter travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

This Crowne Plaza is one of the better midrange catchalls, and a good representative of what the Crowne Plaza chain is evolving into as its properties become more business traveler-friendly. Guests find value in one of the most central locations in the French Quarter although rates have risen over the years.

The 14-story edifice occupies the site of the historic Astor Hotel, on the nexus of Canal and Bourbon streets, as central to all the sights as can be...