Husband unable to walk long distances
 

Are there tour guides that can drive us to sites? Is New Orleans accessible to people with limited mobility?

Can you rent a car? Are you on a budget? Because a private driver/guide would be very expensive.

would prefer a guide/

Does he use an electric scooter or does he just get tired walking?

Some areas, like the French Quarter, you will find very difficult to get around in a car. No parking and people walking down the middle of the street.

Hiring a guide to pick you up and give you a tour of one of the cemeteries or of the Garden District shouldn't be difficult or horribly expensive. Ditto a plantation tour.

I am sure someone will recommend an organization for travelers with limitations.

Uses a cane but tires easily. Thank you for your quick reply.

Most of New Orleans is accessible. There are no hills to speak of.

We were there about a year ago, and the only problem my spouse, whose knees have limited mobility, had was riding the St. Charles Avenue streetcars, as there is quite high step up to board. NOLA government says the Canal Street and Riverfront streetcar lines are accessible.

http://www.neworleansonline.com/tool...portation.html

The Riverfront streetcars are handicapped accessible, with a lift.

If you want to see the Garden District, stay in the car. The sidewalks, made of bricks, concrete, flagstone and other materials are often broken and frost or tree roots have made them severely uneven.

As another poster said, the sidewalks in the French Quarter are generally packed.

The WWII Museum is handicapped accessible, with elevators, but it is huge and I did not see many places to sit.

Could he take a walker that would give him a seat to rest on, in addition to finding a guide.

Don't know if it will work for you, we got public transport passes, and went places using streetcars and buses.