No you don’t need a car to enjoy Tunica, but I think you need to keep reading to understand the limitations of visiting Tunica MS without an automobile. Tunica is unlike most gaming destinations with more than one casino you may have visited in the past. The distance between some of the casinos is a 15-20 minute drive in a car, and in between these casinos there is for the most part nothing but cotton fields. There are two main clusters of casinos. One cluster is what is known as Casino Center. That cluster contains The Horseshoe, The Roadhouse and The Gold Strike. All three casinos in this cluster are within very easy walking distance of each other. You literally walk out the door of one casino and then into another. The second cluster contains The Resorts, Hollywood and Sam’s Town. Within that cluster The Resorts and Hollywood are within easy walking distance of each other via a canopy covered walkway, but Sam’s Town is a much longer walk across the street. The walk is made more difficult by the lack of sidewalks and a crosswalk. There is also a fence that borders the Sam’s Town RV Park that you have to walk around. It is still a manageable walk as long as your health and weather conditions permit. Keep in mind in the summer Mississippi is very humid so you don’t necessarily want to be taking a walk of any distance during this time of year, or you will arrive at your destination drenched in sweat. If you aren’t going to have your own transportation in Tunica, I highly recommend staying at one of these six properties to maximize your enjoyment. If you stay at Bally’s or Fitzgerald’s, and you don’t have your own transportation your going to have a difficult time leaving to visit other properties.

There is no longer a low cost shuttle service that runs between all the Tunica Casinos like their has been in the past. However, Harrah’s runs a free shuttle to and from Harrah’s to their two properties located in casino center (The Roadhouse and the Horseshoe) and the proximity to the Gold Strike to those two casino hotels also give you access to it via the Harrah’s shuttle. Make sure you know the how late the shuttle runs between the properties before you depart as there is no late night cab service in the Tunica area. So if you miss the last shuttle pickup you’re stranded.

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