"Whether you know us as the Big Easy, the birthplace of jazz, or the Crescent City, New Orleans, and the Holiday Inn Express New Orleans St. Charles welcomes you. Our hotel is in the heart of the Warehouse Arts District, right on the main route for Mardi Gras parades, and steps away from the National WWII Museum, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and the St. Charles Avenue Streetcar. Within a 10-minute walk, you can immerse yourself in the menagerie of the French Quarter, Bourbon Street, Cafe du Monde, Harrah's Casino, and the Garden District. Sports fans will enjoy being blocks away from the Caesars Superdome and Smoothie King Center, while our business travelers will have easy access to the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Convention Center, Tulane Medical Center, and LSU Health Sciences Center. Many universities are within a short distance from our hotel, like Tulane University, Loyola University of New Orleans, Dillard University, and the University of New Orleans. For adventure seekers, head eight minutes downtown and visit the Audubon Institute's Insectarium and Aquarium of the Americas, or give yourself an extra 10 minutes and let nature envelop you in City Park, a 1,500-acre public park. For art fans, venture over to the New Orleans Museum of Art, Besthoff Sculpture Garden, Dueling Oaks, and Storyland Village. A few skips from City Park, festival goers will revel at Jazz Fest in the Fairgrounds Race Track."