Ashtons Bed & Breakfast

This charming guesthouse represents one of the gutsiest ventures in the city. After devastating Katrina-induced mayhem, it's been fully restored to great beauty and effect, and is a fine and worthy alternative to some of its more costly compatriots. There are pretty custom-paint treatments like shadow striping on top of new molding and chandeliers, and the whole effect is bright, cheerful, and handsome. All the rooms have wide wooden floorboards, inviting beds, and excellent robes, and some have whirlpool tubs. Room no. 4's bed has a half canopy, while room no. 1's bathroom is contained in a curtained-off corner. They put that second B in B&B to good use, with such fun as bananas Foster waffles and sweet-potato-stuffed French toast. The so-so stretch of grand Esplanade Avenue is between the French Quarter and City Park (and the Jazz Fest Fair Grounds), and right on the bus line.

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