Just three short blocks from the French Quarter and just a 20-minute drive from the New Orleans International Airport, Loews New Orleans Hotel is ideally situated for exploring the surrounding area. Located within walking distance to a number of attractions, points of interest, restaurants, shops, and bars, Loews New Orleans Hotel offers convenient and accessible New Orleans travel. Loews New Orleans Hotel offers guests a premier New Orleans luxury hotel designed to provide both comfort and value. Boasting a long list of convenient amenities, Loews New Orleans Hotel is the most accommodating of all New Orleans lodging options. It offers its guests a full-service fitness center with an indoor swimming pool, whirlpool, and dry sauna; Balance Spa with a full menu of services including massage, facials, manicures, and pedicures; laundry and dry-cleaning service, childcare through the hotel concierge; complimentary shoe shine; valet parking (fee applies); a business center with teleconferencing and full-service audiovisual; and 17 000 square feet of flexible function space, including the 4 243-square-foot Louisiana Ballroom, accommodating groups up to 300 people. Cafe Adelaide and the Swizzle Stick Bar, operated by the Commanders Palace Family of Restaurants, are available for guests' dining pleasure. The 285 oversized guest rooms, including 12 beautifully appointed suites, at Loews New Orleans Hotel all offer magnificent views of the Mississippi River or the New Orleans skyline. The hotel's Grand Luxury room is the largest in the city. Additional amenities include wireless high-speed internet access, 300-thread-count cotton bed linens, lather skin and body care products, the Ultimate Doeskin robe by Chadsworht & Haig, Keurig coffee maker with gourmet coffee, Lodgenet On-Demand movies, make-up mirror, iron and ironing board, hair dryer, in-room safe, 24-hour room service, free daily newspaper delivery, and much more.