Pro
going along la Loire and seeing the construction of a new ambitious district, la Cigale brasserie
Con
Seems somehow dangeros to walk alone in the evening.
In a nutshell
Beauty & Charm in the Loire Valley & it's Atlantic City: Nantes
La Cathedrale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Nantes
9 Reviews The cathedral is inmense with a rich architecture inside housing the tombs of the last duke of Brittany François II and his wife Marguerite de Foix. This tomb in marbre that sculptor Michel Colombe took five years to do between 1502-1507,is decorated with 12 apostles and four woman representing...
Les Machines De L'Isle De Nantes
7 Reviews Continuing our story of the Galerie des machines, and its mechanical marvels we went to a demonstration in the back , of the Avion. The airplane The first time we heard this word for the latin base languages we know it came from the word aviation latin for avis that means bird and actio that means...
6 Reviews The castle is impressive and nice way to walk on history. However, the moats and gardens around it with its magnificent stone walls are just as nice, and our favorite way to rest from long walks in the city. You have plenty of benches to sit, and have a light picnic with public toilets and even a...
3 Reviews The oldest quarter of the town. This is the first area where I ended up when arriving from airport with shuttle bus. There is bus and tram stop called Commerce. Major bus and tram lines are going around the city from this place. You can find many wooden fronted medieval houses in that quarter. In...
2 Reviews Walking along rue de Voltaire we saw several stores around, some nice buildings (pic 1) but the most impressive was L’Opera Graslin (pics 2-3 ). It was built at the end of 18th century (1788) by architect M.Crucy in italian style but damaged by fire in 1796 and had to be rebuilted. It took the name...
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