Nantes, France

Travel Blogs from Nantes (138)

Map Pin Update, Nantes, France travel blog
Map Pin Update
Jul 27, 2007

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Nantes and Trentemoult, Brittany in the Loire, Nantes, France travel blog
Nantes and Trentemoult, Brittany in the Loire
Nov 3, 2007

... away on the TGV, it is close to the Atlantic coast, situated on three rivers, the most important being the Loire. France considers Nantes to be part of the Department of the Loire, and it is advertised to tourists as part of the Loire-Atlantic region ( ...

A travel blog entry by travelingmom
Nantes (Arrival), Nantes, France travel blog
Nantes (Arrival)
Sep 6, 2006

... JPII, photo (i) Benedict XVI, photo (j) Christian cartoon/drawing. According to Mme Bodet, although faith is becoming less and less in France, people in the west still go to church. She invited me to go with the two oldest kids, Louis-Marie and Marie- ...

A travel blog entry by emilyb
Rain, rain, stop ruining our 2 hr walking tour, Nantes, France travel blog
Rain, rain, stop ruining our 2 hr walking tour
Sep 18, 2006

... supermarket - they pride themselves on going personally to the marketplace and picking out the best of the produce/cheese/meat/etc. or to the boulangerie and getting fresh baguettes each day). Nantes is beautiful, but the weather here is definitely

A travel blog entry by emilyb

Attractions in Nantes (10)

Chateau des Ducs de Bretagne
Chateau des Ducs de Bretagne

4 place Marc-Elder, Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

4.00

The Castle of the Dukes of Brittany houses the Nantes History Museum, displaying more than 850 historic objects with multimedia installations in a contemporary layout. The former ducal palace also holds temporary exhibitions and cultural events all year round. Besides, the rampart walk offers a number of viewpoints of the fortress. The night-time illuminations further reveal the architectural complexity of the site. A restaurant and a gift shop are as well at your service.
Les Greeters de Nantes
Les Greeters de Nantes

9 rue du Roi Albert, Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

4.00

The Machines de l'Ile
The Machines de l'Ile

Les Chantiers, Bd Leon Bureau Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

4.00

The Machines de l'Ile is an artistic and a tourist project. It is a blend of the invented worlds of Jules Verne, the mechanical universe of Leonardo da Vinci, and the industrial history of Nantes, on an exceptional site in the former shipyards. A ride on the 12-meter tall Great Elephant, climb aboard the Marine Worlds Carrousel of 27 moving sea creatures or the Heron Tree to fly over the hanging gardens.
Musee Jules Verne de Nantes
Musee Jules Verne de Nantes

3 rue de l'Hermitage, Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

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A museum housing artifacts and replicas of inventions designed by futuristic author Jules Verne.

Forum Discussions on Nantes (6)

Top 5 funny French town names
Posted on Jul 14, 2008, 18:06:51
... we needed some more potty humour in here, The Venere blog has come up with five of the funniest names for towns in France...drumroll please... 1. Condom According to our sources not an actual member of the association, but too good not to mention. This ...
Eifel towe
Posted on Aug 19, 2008, 10:12:11
I loved Bordeaux and Marseille. Nantes and Rennes (northwest) are great too. The Périgord region in Aquitaine (southwest) seems absolutely gorgeous ; I plan to go there in late September, it has lots and lots of nice small villages. You can Google some ...
Starter Kit for Québec
Posted on May 1, 2008, 22:37:22
... , and is (arguably, it seems) the oldest city in North America. It was the capital of the French colony (called Nouvelle-France, or New France at the time) until the Conquest of 1763. It always stayed the capital of Québec (the province), and eventually ...
Printing maps of my travels
Posted on Mar 28, 2009, 03:10:06
... and would like to be able to print a map of, say, France, on which I would also show my itinerary (eg Paris to Nantes to Poitiers, etc.) Is this possible? I would prefer that the map not show all of Europe, just the countries and places I visited on a ...