Haunted hotels · New Orleans, Louisiana
Haunted Hotels in New Orleans
Historic French Quarter hotels with published ghost stories, from a former convent to a building the hotel says was a Civil War hospital.
The short answer
There is no official ranking. Historic Hotels of America says the Hotel Monteleone has a reputation as one of the most haunted places in New Orleans, and the Andrew Jackson Hotel calls itself one of the city’s most haunted. The Bourbon Orleans, once a convent and orphanage, tells stories of nuns, children and a Confederate soldier. All of them are in the French Quarter.
Where they are
Built 1817 · Boutique hotel
Bourbon Orleans Hotel
The ghost story The hotel says stories of a Confederate soldier, children and nuns from the former convent and orphanage, and a lonely ghost dancer help rank it among USA Today 10Best's top 10 haunted hotels in America. These are reported legends.
Where the story comes from: bourbonorleans.com
Why stay The hotel says John Davis built its Orleans Ballroom in 1817; from 1881 the Sisters of the Holy Family ran a convent and school there.
Built by 1821 · Inn
Audubon Cottages
The ghost story Guests and staff report sightings of a petite woman with long white hair and a soldier softly humming tunes, often in Cottage Four or on the balcony over the pool, according to the hotel.
Where the story comes from: auduboncottages.com
Why stay Seven cottage suites around a saltwater pool; the hotel says John James Audubon lived in Cottage One in the winter of 1821.
Built 1825 · Boutique hotel
Hotel Provincial
The ghost story The hotel's own blog repeats a story that a security guard stepped off the elevator onto the second floor into a scene of a Civil War field hospital; the hotel says the property served as a hospital during the war. This is reported lore.
Where the story comes from: hotelprovincial.com
Why stay Opened by the Dupepe family in 1961 on Chartres Street; its oldest building, the hotel says, is an 1825 townhouse with former slave quarters.
Built 1890 · Inn
Andrew Jackson Hotel
The ghost story The hotel calls itself one of the most haunted in New Orleans. It says a boys' boarding school and orphanage on the site burned with five boys inside, and guests report being woken by the laughter of a ghost boy they call 'Armand'.
Where the story comes from: andrewjacksonhotel.com
Why stay An 1890 Royal Street building on the site of the courthouse where, the hotel says, Andrew Jackson was fined $1,000 for contempt in 1815.
Built 1954 · Grand hotel
Hotel Monteleone
The ghost story Historic Hotels of America says the Monteleone has a reputation as one of the most haunted places in New Orleans. The best-known tale concerns Maurice Begere, a toddler who stayed at the hotel with his family in the 1890s; guests report encounters they attribute to his ghost.
Where the story comes from: historichotels.org
Why stay Run by the Monteleone family since 1886, though the current Royal Street building dates from 1954; Faulkner honeymooned at the hotel in 1929.
Our rules
How we report ghost stories
We list a ghost story only when it has been published, by the hotel, a historic-hotel organization, a tour company or the press, and we link to where it comes from. We report what guests, staff and storytellers say; we don’t claim any building is haunted. The history is checked separately, the same way as every inn on this site: the year it was built, its historic credential, and that it takes bookings today.
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Questions travelers ask
What is the most haunted hotel in New Orleans?
There is no official ranking. Historic Hotels of America says the Hotel Monteleone has a reputation as one of the most haunted places in the city, and the Andrew Jackson Hotel and the Bourbon Orleans both describe themselves among the most haunted.
Is the Hotel Monteleone haunted?
That’s its reputation. Historic Hotels of America says its best-known tale concerns Maurice Begere, a toddler who stayed at the hotel with his family in the 1890s, and guests report encounters they attribute to him. We report it as lore.
Which haunted New Orleans hotels were convents or hospitals?
The Bourbon Orleans was a convent and school run by the Sisters of the Holy Family from 1881, and the Hotel Provincial says its property served as a hospital during the Civil War. Their ghost stories draw on those histories.
Are the haunted hotels in the French Quarter?
Yes, every hotel on this page is in the French Quarter. For every historic hotel in the city, haunted or not, see our New Orleans guide.
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How we chose these inns
Every place on this page is at least 50 years old, holds a credential we can check (National Register listing, a listed historic district, landmark status, or Historic Hotels of America membership), and takes bookings today. We verify each one against primary sources before it goes on the list, and last checked this list in October 2026. Read our criteria.
Sources (12)
- Bourbon Orleans Hotel: www.bourbonorleans.com
- Andrew Jackson Hotel: npgallery.nps.gov
- Bourbon Orleans Hotel: en.wikipedia.org
- Audubon Cottages: www.auduboncottages.com
- Audubon Cottages: www.auduboncottages.com
- Hotel Provincial: www.hotelprovincial.com
- Hotel Provincial: www.hotelprovincial.com
- Andrew Jackson Hotel: www.andrewjacksonhotel.com
- Hotel Monteleone: www.historichotels.org
- Hotel Monteleone: www.historichotels.org
- Hotel Monteleone: www.hotelmonteleone.com
- Hotel Monteleone: en.wikipedia.org
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