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Traveling Outside New Orleans anywhere in the US and
Canada. Tickets may be less
Public transportation outside the city is scarce, so the best way expensive if you buy them
to experience the areas around New Orleans is by renting a in advance, but walk-up or
vehicle or joining an organized bus tour. Take a day or two for unrestricted fares are also
a trip down to Avery Island or into Cajun Country; drive the readily available. Ask about
any discounts when you
Great River Road along the Mississippi and visit the plantations; purchase your ticket.
or go exploring in the bayous. If hunting, fishing, or boating Reductions are offered to
interests you, Louisiana is truly a “Sportsman’s Paradise.” children, seniors, members
of the military, students, and
travelers with disabilities.
Greyhound will provide
assistance to disabled travelers,
including priority seating. In
some cases, a personal-care
assistant may travel for free.
For further details, call the ADA
Assist Line (800-752-4841).

Speed Limits
Speed limits in the US are set
by the individual states. There
are heavy fines for going well
Oak Alley Plantation, between New Orleans and Baton Rouge above the limits, which in
Louisiana are as follows:
Traveling by Train Long-Distance Buses
• 55–70 mph (89–113 km/h)
The only long-distance Whether you are going to on highways and Interstates;
passenger train line in the US other parts of the United States • 20–35 mph (32–56 km/h)
is Amtrak. Long-distance trains or traveling around Louisiana, in residential areas; • 20 mph
have dining and sleeping cars; Greyhound Bus Lines offers (32 km/h) in school zones.
in general, reservations are the cheapest way to get Speed limits vary every few
recommended. All trains arrive around. The buses are miles, so keep a close eye out
and depart from New Orleans’ comfortable, clean, and for the signs. On an Interstate
Union Passenger Terminal, in modern; there are generally highway, it is best to drive at or
the Central Business District. on-board toilets, a water slightly above the speed limit;
There are always taxis outside cooler, and TV screens. if you wish to drive more slowly,
the terminal, which is just a Buses to the larger cities and stay in the right-hand lane.
short ride away from the popular tourist destina tions in The left lanes are for passing
French Quarter, the Garden Louisiana run fairly frequently. only (overtaking).
District, and the major Travel to the smaller towns
downtown hotels. in Cajun Country or to off-the-
The Crescent train travels beaten-path areas is not as Day Trips and Tours
every day to New Orleans from well defined. Your best bet is A number of companies –
New York by way of Atlanta and to book a tour or rent a car. among them Gray Line, Kayak-
intermediate points. The City Greyhound’s Discovery Pass Iti-Yat, New Orleans Tours, Pearl
of New Orleans train departs offers up to 60 consecutive River Eco Tours, and Tours by
daily and goes to Chicago and days of unlimited travel Isabelle – offer trips and tours
points between. The Sunset
Limited travels to and from
the West Coast (Los Angeles)
and also to and from Florida
three times a week, with stops
at intermediate points. The
schedules for all of these
trains may vary from season
to season. Amtrak offers
discounts for seniors, travelers
with disabilities, students,
and children. There are also
a number of good-value tour
packages, group rates, and
promotional discounts. A swamp-boat tour of the wetlands

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