Garden District Bike Tour: Explore Historic New Orleans
4.9
129 Ratings
New Orleans
Embark on a captivating bike tour through New Orleans' historic Garden District. Discover unique burial traditions, admire stunning mansions, and explore vibrant neighborhoods. Book now!
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- St. Joseph Cemetery - Stop and learn about the funerary tradition in New Orleans that is unlike any other.
- Garden District - Explore the beautiful Garden District by bike while learning the rich history of the homes and people.
- Irish Channel - Riding through the Irish Channel you will see a variety of homes, architecture styles and beautiful churches just steps from the Garden District.
What's Included
- Bottled water
- Helmet
- Bicycle use
- Local Guide
- Poncho when raining
What's Not Included
- Our guides are great, please don’t forget them. Gratuity is not included in the price.
Additional Information
We’ll start our journey with a visit to St. Joseph’s Cemetery, wherein your guide will share insights about the distinctive interment customs and festivities in our ‘necropolis cities’. Next, we’ll breeze through the leafy Garden District under canopies of life-giving oak trees. You’ll be amazed by the splendid mansions, once home to affluent merchants and now the playground of modern-day celebrities. Your guide will regale you with the tales of not only the inhabitants, but of those who fabricated these wonderful residences.
If time allows, we’ll navigate through the Irish Channel and its vibrant shotgun houses, local eateries, and small but mighty po’boy outlets.
Owned and operated by a small team, Paved Paradise Tours offers an authentic local perspective. As you embark on our tour, you’ll join one of the owners, guaranteeing a top-class experience. Explore the city through the eyes of someone with fervor for their work, passion for the City of New Orleans, and who wants to inspire the same love in you.
- 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.
Location
1735 Washington Ave
Washington Avenue
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(129 Ratings)
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D8856mvcarolynh
Mar 21, 2024
Bike fun! - We had a great time on our tour. We loved learning about the cemeteries and seeing all of the beautiful homes in the garden district. Erin was a fantastic tour guide! I would definitely ask for her on this tour.
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Seaside31565969689
Mar 12, 2024
Bike Tour - We loved this tour! Sarah was our tour guide, and she was amazing! She had interesting historical information to share, so we learned a lot about the area. We had family ages 14-50, and we all thought it was the highlight of our trip!
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Susan_l
Feb 25, 2024
Worth every penny! - Great fun. Good guide. Very interesting stories. It was a very well paced experience. Bikes were in good shape and everyone was very helpful.
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Jeanna_k
Feb 16, 2024
Great tour! - Knowledgable guide. Stops were relevant and information/history was interesting! Beautiful day exploring the Garden District.
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April_o
Feb 15, 2024
Luv this tour - Justin was our friendly, knowledgeable & most excellent bike guide. We totally recommend this tour we had an amazing time. It was really amazing to bike ride around and learn the history of the cemetery, garden district. Glad we could stop and have a beer before we ended. It was a fabulous day !!! Thanks for the memories
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Tom_y
Feb 2, 2024
Great Way to See the Garden District - Tanya was a superb guide. She gave a very thorough tour of the garden district and a cemetery. And she kept it all fun. When we come back I'm sure we will do the City Tour with her, too.
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Aimee1968
Jan 17, 2024
Beautiful tour and excellent tour guide! - Excellent tour! Great way to learn about history, see the area, and just enjoy the day on a bike. Tanya our tour guide was FANTASTIC!!! She was so smart, entertaining, and friendly. She knows how to keep an audience engaged with her historic facts and enlightened us about some interesting people who lived back in the day. She knows so much and we actually wish the tour was longer. We enjoyed it that much!! Tanya took us to a local restaurant for a rest stop and we are still talking about the boudin balls we ate for a snack there. Delicious! We highly recommend this tour. Omg the price is so affordable for all of the information and beautiful sights. A must do tour for sure!!!!! Btw, we are hard to please and get bored easily, so you know this is a good time and money well spent if we liked it so much ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Akcast
Jan 4, 2024
Awesome tour! - Justin was an amazing tour guide! We appreciated the friendly small group, Justin’s great local knowledge and all the stops, including the Irish pub. We highly recommend this tour!
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Charles_w
Jan 1, 2024
Wealth of local knowledge - Tonya was a great tour guide and imparted a wealth of information about the history of New Orleans. We learned so much about the culture and happenings of New Orleans from a local, and were able to see the true city behind the tourist attractions.
With her information we changed the plans for the rest of our trip and had an even more amazing time!
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Patrick_b
Dec 18, 2023
Breezy ride thru history - Very knowledgeable local guide and emphasis on road safety. Best bike tour I’ve taken and a great succinct way to sample a lot of history in a reasonable amount of time.
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