Neighborhood 48H guide
Bywater: Where to Stay & What to Do in 48 Hours
Crescent Park on the river, wine in Bacchanal’s backyard and a long brunch at Elizabeth’s.
Bywater is downriver of the Marigny: shotgun houses painted every color, murals, small bars and restaurants, and Crescent Park, a riverside path that runs back toward the Quarter.
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Photo: Jeff Hitchcock · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Why stay here
It’s calm and residential, the park and restaurants are walkable, and Frenchmen Street is 15–20 minutes on foot.
Who it's for: Repeat visitors, food-and-wine travelers and anyone who wants a neighborhood that feels local.
Pros
- Riverfront park and walking path
- Some of the city’s favorite casual restaurants
- Quiet at night
Cons
- Few hotels
- A long walk or short ride to the Quarter
- Some streets are dark and empty late
48H in Bywater
Brunch, a river walk, wine in a backyard.
09:00 – Elizabeth’s
Southern breakfast, praline bacon and a line on weekends.
11:00 – Crescent Park
Walk the riverfront path toward the Marigny.
17:00 – Bacchanal
Pick a bottle in the shop and sit in the backyard for live music.
13:00 – Day 2: Pizza Delicious
New York–style slices on Piety Street. Closed Mondays.
Named recommendations
Real places with links to their official site or a Maps place page. We do not invent hours, prices, or ratings.
Eat
Drink
Drink
Bacchanal Wine
600 Poland Ave
Wine shop with a backyard of live music and a kitchen. 21+.
Official site / map →
Outdoors
Outdoors
Crescent Park
Piety St & Chartres St entrance
1.4-mile riverfront park with steel bridges over the railroad tracks.
Photo: Jeff Hitchcock · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →
Where to stay
Specific named properties—not vague city-wide searches. Expedia stays use tracked Creator links; others open the hotel's official site.
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Hotel · Expedia
Bywater Suite Hotel
3500 St Claude Ave
Suites with kitchens and washers in a restored convent block, with a pool.
Check rates on Expedia →
Vacation rentals
Prefer an apartment or whole home in this neighborhood? Browse Vrbo listings for Bywater.
New Orleans limits short-term rentals: whole-home rentals are banned in most of the French Quarter and capped in residential blocks. Book listings that show a city permit number.
Browse vacation rentals in Bywater on Vrbo →Other ways to spend 48 hours in New Orleans
- French Quarter — Jackson Square, beignets at Café du Monde, a muffuletta at Central Grocery and jazz at Preservation Hall.
- Marigny — Live music on Frenchmen Street, the night art market and Creole cottages under the oaks.
- Tremé — Congo Square, St. Augustine Church, Mardi Gras Indian suits at the Backstreet museum and gumbo at Dooky Chase’s.
- CBD / Canal Street — The Roosevelt’s Sazerac Bar, fried chicken at Willie Mae’s and the river at the foot of Canal.
- Warehouse / Arts District — The WWII Museum, Southern art at the Ogden, galleries on Julia Street and dinner at Cochon.
- Lower Garden District — Coliseum Square’s oaks, Magazine Street shops and the best sandwich at Turkey and the Wolf.
- Garden District / Uptown — Mansions under the oaks, Commander’s Palace, Lafayette Cemetery tours and the streetcar to Audubon Park.
- Mid-City / Bayou St. John — City Park’s oaks, NOMA’s sculpture garden, a po’boy at Parkway and the Canal streetcar back downtown.