New Orleans, St. Charles Streetcar Line - Number 3 Most Scenic Route

According to the National Geographic, the St. Charles Streetcar Line in New Orleans, LA has one of the most scenic routes in the world. It came as number 3 on the National Geographic Top Ten Streetcar List Congrats NOLA!

All aboard for a trip into New Orleans' past on the oldest continuously operating streetcar in the world! The mahogany seats, brass fittings and exposed ceiling light bulbs are from a day when plastic seats and aluminum rails were not even a thought. Rumbling around the ''neutral ground'' of St. Charles Avenue and Carrollton Avenue for more than 150 years, the streetcar symbolizes the charm and romance of the City of New Orleans. The route traditionally forms a 13.2-mile crescent from Carondelet at Canal Street in the Central Business District through the oldest and most majestic section of uptown New Orleans, around the Riverbend to Carrollton at Claiborne Avenue. Swaying along St. Charles Avenue through a tunnel Live Oaks, the streetcar passes dozens of antebellum mansions, historic monuments, Loyola and Tulane universities, the sweeping grounds of the Audubon Zoological Gardens, shopping centers, fine restaurants and hotels. (source: New Orleans Online)

By the way, my home town, Budapest also boasts a wonderful panoramic streetcar tour. Hop aboard Streetcar 2 in summer, fall, spring to get amazing riverfront views of the city of Budapest. In winter, the streetcar is all glittering as it is a special Christmas streetcar in Budapest (a lovely sight of the heritage car with many little Xmas lights on)