Open Air Bus Tour through New Orleans - Episode 262
Q. Do I need to rent a car when I visit New Orleans.
travelers for the first time in New Orleans, when planning their holidays, often wonder if they will need to rent a car if staying in the city So what's the verdict.
In a word, not Most visitors to New Orleans not only not need a car, but are actually better without parking in the French Quarter and the central business district - where most of the rooms is located hotel in town - is rare, tedious and expensive.
Expect to pay between 15 40 per day depending on whether you use a lot of self-park or valet.
For starters, you can walk almost anywhere in the main tourist centers of the city New Orleans is well sidewalked watch your step; they're not always the best remedy in some side streets and is in fact one of the largest market towns everywhere.
The French Quarter, for starters, is full of sights, sounds and smells that you do not notice a car, the more it really is not very large, it is about half a square mile in total - 13 blocks in one direction and 7-9 in the other.
Walks through the Garden District or down Frenchmen Street gives you the quintessential feel of New Orleans, and a shame to think that you could get the same feeling inside of a car.
In order to get to the French Quarter or the Garden District CBD, City Park graveyards or universities, you can take one of the famous New Orleans They're cheap Trams 1 25 easy, convenient and fun.
Another fun way to tool around the city is to rent a bike New Orleans is easy to ride a bike city, even if you are only an intermediate level rider.
It is flat as a pancake, to begin with, and under an hour from start to finish on a bike, it is also a city where cycling is fairly common, so there are bike lanes on some major thoroughfares and a general awareness of cyclists in most neighborhoods you look good in the CBD, which tends to have more car traffic than other areas, and be careful to stick to safer neighborhoods in general.
There are a number of good bicycle rental companies around the city in the French Quarter, try the American Rental Bicycle Company or rideTHISbike In Marigny, Michael s try biking in the Garden District, try a bike museum.
And if all else fails, you can always take a taxi You can sometimes signal a taxi in the French Quarter, but you're probably better off just calling a United Cabs 504-522-9771 is the largest company in the city, and generally the most popular Nawlins cab is another good option they offer an iPhone application from which you can call a taxi, and their fleet is composed mainly of Prius hybrid, which is kind of fun Taxis aren t super cheap but they won t break the bank, or a price of any given CBD hotel at any given Uptown and Mid-City music club, for example, would more than likely within 20 years they're certainly much cheaper than car rental and parking more How to get a taxi in New Orleans.
The moral of the story Don t waste your money or time on a rental car unless your travel plans really most likely need, they won t.
Do I need to rent a car when I visit New Orleans, need, rent, visit.