New Orleans City Bike Tour
Description
This tour begins with a ride to the famous French Quarter, boasting nearly 300 years of history. Your fully licensed tour guide will take you to popular highlights in "the Quarter" and the Treme, including Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, Congo Square, along with some lesser-known gems, all while telling you fascinating stories about your surroundings. We then pedal to the charming oak-lined Garden District, stopping to admire the lavish historic homes of New Orleans, and talk about some of their most famous occupants. History, architecture, celebrities; this neighborhood has it all! Tour length: Approximately 9 mi. Paved Paradise Tours is a small, owner-operated company that provides a truly local perspective. When you ride with us you are riding with one of the owners, ensuring that your experience is of the highest quality. See the city through the eyes of someone who loves what they do, loves the City of New Orleans, and wants you to love it too.
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Itinerary
Bike through one of the oldest neighborhoods in the country. See the beautiful architecture, hear the fantastic music, and learn the colorful history of the city.
Admire the impressive architecture of the oldest Catholic Church in America.
Walk around the center of the old city and take in the local art and street performers.
Cruise by some of the most beautiful balconies and galleries in the city. Enjoy live music from the many street performers up and down the street.
One of the oldest bars in the US. Hear the stories of the pirate Jean Lafitte and how he used the bar to fence ill-gotten treasures.
Filled with the city's best restaurants, shops, and art galleries. Your guide will tell which ones not to miss.
This is the site where Jazz was born. Hear how the music was invented and about some of the most famous musicians to come out of the Big Easy.
This is the epicenter of music in New Orleans then and now. It's also home to the city's best Mardi Gras traditions.
Pedal past the lively music district. Your guide will point to where the best bands are playing that night.
The big muddy river is the reason New Orleans was founded where it is. See the huge commercial vessels and old stem boats pass by as you ride atop the levee.
The location of the grandest and most beautiful homes in New Orleans. Hear the history of the people who lived in. Enjoy the beautiful architecture and celebrities homes.
From the gates of the cemetery your guide will tell you about our unique burial traditions and the famous people who chose this cemetery as their final resting place.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Please provide heights of all children so we can determine the correct bike size.
- Please be aware that the itinerary listed is a broad overview. Not every tour will be able to make every stop.
- Tours operate rain or shine. In the event of dangerous weather we will work with you to reschedule or refund.
Reviews(165)
Rain or shine you go! It rained a good share of the adventure. I would still recommend to go. Great way to see the city. Justin was very knowledgable, shared with us history and importance of many areas, sites and interesting facts. Highly recommend.
Great introduction to the city. Our guide, Justin, was knowledgeable, kind, and clearly loves his city.
Great tour around garden district in NOLA! Laura the tour guide provided alot of cool information! Must do!
The bike tour was great. Highly recommend ! Mavis was our guide and she was super knowledgeable about the history of the City and lots of fun little facts. The bikes are easy to ride. The terrain is flat so anyone worried about that should not. She answered all the questions we had. You will see a lot of areas you might not see on your own.
We lucked out by being the only group so we had an unplanned private tour with Mavis. Great time and way to cover a lot of ground. Mavis is super knowledgeable and even though I’ve been coming to New Orleans for years, learned quite a bit more history! Highly recommend!
The bike tour was good. And Mavis was a wonderful guide, full of historical knowledge. BUT the location is extremely hard to locate. There is a small sign, which is hard to see, on what looks like an abandoned lot. We drove by the place three times and couldn't find it. The contact number was not answered after three tries. And the emails weren't answered. We almost gave up, and finally got a call from the guide. This excursion is not up to Viator standards until the owner has proper signage, so that tourists can connect. I thought it was a scam.
We're sorry you had difficulty finding us but glad you enjoyed the tour. Mavis is a wonderful guide. New Orleans is a historic city and has guidelines to follow for signage. It's not always easy to see our sign when driving by but once you enter our parking lot you can't miss it. We do send out detailed arrival instructions but we know with a 3rd party reseller they sometimes get lost in the mix. Phone calls can sometimes go unanswered as we are interacting with guests at 2 locations but I did reach out the second I saw your email. Apologies again for the difficulty you experienced.
We never would have attempted riding bikes through the city without a guide. It was a great way to cover some ground, hear interesting stories, and get great recommendations.
Excellent tour and history of New Orleans. Easy ride and stories were very entertaining. Loved it, recommend it. Mavis, our guide is a gem!
Great tour. Fun group. Biking always felt safe and easy. Saw a lot of great neighborhoods. Tour leader dropped a lot of interesting local knowledge and had good recommendations for later.
My friend and I had an amazing tour with Tanya! She was very knowledgeable about the history of the city and great places to eat. Since our tour group was small Tanya showed us a lot of local places and neighborhoods, showed us a festival, and the French Market. We got the true New Orleans experience that you wouldn’t get on a bus or walking around.
