Our Family of Cruises

 There is no more fun way to explore New Orleans than by bicycle, especially on an easy to ride,  fat-tired cruiser that’s as laid back as we are. What we offer is simple; free-flowing tours  that are slow paced, like the city itself. We roll with all the time you need to soak up the local color and hear the stories of our history and people that make New Orleans a city like no other.

A Street Tour Named Desire/Confederacy of Cruisers invites you on bike rides where we share what we love best: New Orleans. Our various tours roll through several scenic traditionally Creole neighborhoods including the old Faubourgs; Marigny and Treme and down into the friendly and colorful Bywater. As we ride, taking routes we can customize as we go, we explore the architecture and history of the city,  unraveling the mysteries and crazy stories of  the past and present, that, when seen as a whole, will give you a glimpse into the heart of our unique local culture. If we can just provide a hint of why we can never envision living anywhere else, we are happy. There really is no place like New Orleans, and sharing it  is what we love to do.

We started Confederacy of Cruisers 17 years ago for one reason, no one offered a tour of New Orleans that we would have wanted to take.  There were no bike tours back then, and no small group tours either, so we reinvented what we thought a tour of our city should be so you could experience our home the best way possible, and that is still what we do all these years later. Riding with us, we bring you more of the life here, have a little more fun, and cover the usually missed local spots that we find so great. You’ll learn plenty about our New Orleans, because that is our passion, but you’ll have a great day out, too. We want you to leave our city filled with great memories and will do everything we can to make sure you do. If you have any doubts check us out in any of the travel review sites – we offer an unparalleled New Orleans experience and the many years of positive comments from our happy customers attest to that. We originate neighborhood bike tours and are still coming up with new ones that will be as popular as our culinary and drinking tours that only we offer.

We have an array of tours, all written by the guides taking you out, that cater to any interest. We’ve had our tours lead to marriage proposals, to folks moving to New Orleans, but mostly just to many, many good times and great memories with customers who are now our friends.

If we sound like your kind of folks, and you wish to make reservations for our tours, or have any questions about us and our service feel free to contact us by email at info@confederacyofcruisers.com or give us a call at (504) 400-5468 and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

As it is time for a new era in what we deliver, we are going with a new name. Check out AStreetTourNamedDesire.com in the coming weeks!

Thanks for checking us out. – Jeff Shyman (the founder and still full-time guide)

For a taste of our original tour, here’s a video a customer made while on a ride with us…