A journey to the Breton city of Nantes is a journey into art and history. The château of the Dukes of Brittany shows the city’s past, whilst the contemporary art trail that runs along the Loire Estuary and the Green Line reveal the city’s resolutely modern face.
WHAT TO SEE
• Follow the Green Line itinerary featuring art installations, exhibitions and playgrounds • Discover art installations along the Estuaire Nantes-Saint-Nazaire trail from Nantes to the Loire Estuary • The 18th Century Jardin des Plantes botanical garden boasting art works by Claude Ponti and Jean Jullien. . • The Voyage à Nantes summer event in July and August • Stroll in the Passage Pommeraye, a unique 19th Century shopping arcade
WHAT TO DO
• Follow the Green Line 10km itinerary featuring art installations, exhibitions and playgrounds • Discover 30 art installations along the Estuaire Nantes-Saint-Nazaire trail from Nantes to the Loire Estuary • The 18th Century Jardin des Plantes botanical garden boasting art works by Claude Ponti • The Voyage à Nantes summer event in July and August • Stroll in the Passage Pommeraye, a unique 19th Century shopping arcade
WHAT TO TASTE
• White Muscadet wine from the Loire vineyards • Exotically flavoured Gâteau Nantais, combining sugar, almonds, butter and Caribbean rum • La Fraiseraie ice creams from nearby Pornic • Berlingots Nantais, boiled sweets from Debotté shops • Delicious oysters from the region
WHAT TO BRING BACK
• Salted butter toffee made with the salt of the famous Guérande marshes • Famous Debotté chocolates • Macarons Guerlais, the best in Nantes • Curé Nantais cheese refined with Muscadet wine • Rigolettes Nantaises boiled sweets with tangy soft fruit centres
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The magazine of the destination unravels an unexpected France that revisits tradition and cultivates creativity. A France far beyond what you can imagine…
