On the other side of Canal Street there's a charming little hotel called Hotel St. Helene. It's the kind of place you'd hope to find in the French Quarter. This small hotel offers 16 guest rooms and 10 one/two bedroom suites. Rooms are spacious, ceiling soar, and wide pine-plank floors glisten in the old fashioned way. Windows are so tall you can step out onto a balcony from the comfortable sitting. Just outside the door another balcony overlooks the courtyard, where a peach tree reaches to the second level. Period furniture includes a canopy bed with mattresses stacked so high you drag the step stool over to get onto it. This French Quarter hotel has a large outdoor pool in the tropical courtyard Guests receive free continental breakfast, newspaper, and champagne.