Press & Media

The press kit.

The facts, the photos, and the logos, for writers covering CastleDay. For anything missing, write hello@castledayretreats.com.

In brief

CastleDay, in one paragraph.

CastleDay Retreats is three private villas side by side on one Bywater block in New Orleans. Each villa has 12 bedrooms and 17 beds and sleeps up to 30 guests, with its own private heated pool, hot tub, courtyard and games lawn. Groups book one villa, two for up to 60, or all three for up to 90. CastleDay is licensed as a hotel: inspected, legal, City of New Orleans permit 24-XSTR-24029. The price you see is the total for the whole stay, before taxes. We don’t charge per guest, so adding people doesn’t change it. Prices are quoted live and split per person on the website. The French Quarter is a ten-minute drive.

Fact sheet

The facts.

The propertyCastleDay Retreats: three private villas side by side, The Herald, The Cocodrie and The Florentine.

Where1319 Japonica Street, Bywater, New Orleans. The French Quarter is a ten-minute drive; Bacchanal is a fourteen-minute walk.

CapacityUp to 30 guests per villa; up to 60 across two; up to 90 across all three.

The rooms12 bedrooms, 17 beds and 8 baths in every villa. The bedroom floor plans and the bed list by room are on each villa page.

OutdoorsEach villa has its own private heated pool, hot tub, outdoor shower, courtyard, turf lawn with cornhole, driveway basketball hoop, outdoor kitchen and grill, and covered patio.

DiningThe dining table seats 18. Every villa has a kitchen with double refrigerators and dishwashers.

AccessibilityThe Florentine has the only step-free ground-floor suite: a queen bedroom with an accessible tub (not a roll-in shower).

The licenseCastleDay is licensed as a hotel: inspected, legal, City of New Orleans permit 24-XSTR-24029.

PricingThe price you see is the total for the whole stay, before taxes. We don’t charge per guest, so adding people doesn’t change it. Live quotes, split per person, at castledayretreats.com/rates.

The artEach villa has a commissioned living-room mural: a red flower-snake at The Herald, alligators at The Cocodrie, and a blue flower-snake at The Florentine. The artists are on the art program page.

Press contacthello@castledayretreats.com. A person replies.

Story angles

Five angles.

Where 20 people stay together in New Orleans

Each CastleDay villa sleeps up to 30 across 12 bedrooms and 17 beds. All three villas together hold 90 people on one block.

The capacity facts →

Licensed as a hotel

CastleDay is licensed as a hotel and inspected, with the permit number printed on the website.

The FAQ →

The weekends, documented

A 65-guest wedding weekend with a 150-person pool party and a brass band; a triple birthday for a group of 20; an 80-person album listening party. First-person write-ups with photos from the guests.

The journal →

The murals

Every villa has a commissioned, hand-painted living-room mural by a New Orleans artist, plus commissioned work in the dining rooms, stairwells, and bedrooms.

The art program →