Nantes
【City description】
It’s a city on the banks of the Loire river and it was the biggest port city in France before. We can find elegant buildings because it was the principal city of the Duchy of Bretagne. We can find animal machines like elephants at an attraction park named Les Machines de l’île.
【Overall rating】
★★★★★
【Time required】
9 h
【Budget】
27.20 euros
【Fatigue】
★★★★★
【Sightseeing route】
【Start】
①Nantes station
Gare de Nantes
②Plants Garden
Jardin des Plantes
Time required: 20 min / Admission fee: 0 euro
★Leave the garden and go to Georges Clemenceau St.
③Art Museum
Musée d’arts de Nantes
Time required: 90 min / Admission fee: 8 euros
Opening hour: 11 am – 7 pm (until 9 pm on Thursday / open at 10 am between July and August)
Close: Tuesday, 1/1, 5/1, 11/1, 12/25
★Continue to walk on the street.
④Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul Cathedral
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
Time required: 20 min / Admission fee: 0 euro
Opening hour: 9 am – 7 pm (until 6 pm in winter)
Close: No
★Go to Mathelin Rodier St in front of the cathedral for 5 minutes.
⑤Castle of Duc of Bretagne
Château des Ducs de Bretagne
Time required: 90 min / Admission fee: 8 euros
Opening hour: 10 am – 6 pm (until 7 pm between June and August)
Close: Monday
⑥Tourist Information Center
Time required: 5 min / Admission fee: 0 euro
★Go to Château St to enter the center street for 15 minutes. When you arrive at an avenue of the tramway rail, turn right and go up a slope. You’ll find a high building on the right hand.
⑦Tower of Bretagne
Tour de Bretagne
Time required: 30 min / Admission fee: 1 euro
Opening hour: 2 pm – 2 am in weekdays / 10 am – 0 h on weekend
Close: Monday, Tuesday
★Go down the slope and turn right at the first crossroad. You’ll find a church on the left hand at the next crossroad.
⑧Saint-Nicolas Basilic
Basilique Saint-Nicolas
Time required: 15 min / Admission fee: 0 euro
Opening hour: 9 am – 7 h 30 pm
Close: No
★Go to Royale Square. Then, go to Fosse St. It takes 15 minutes.
⑨Pommeraye Passage
Passage Pommeraye
Time required: 20 min / Admission fee: 0 euro
★Continue to walk on the street as far as the river and turn right. When you arrive at a bridge, passe it. It takes 20 minutes.
⑩Machines in the island
Les Machines de l’île
Time required: 2 h / Admission fee: 8.50 euros par average for each attraction
Opening hour: 10 am – 5 pm (2 pm – 6 pm in winter)
Close: Monday except the summer vacation
★Pass the bridge again and turn left. Take a tramway at a stop Chantier Navals to return to the station. It takes 15 minutes and the ticket is 1.70 euros.
【Goal】
Nantes station
【If you have more time…】
⑪The LU Tower
La Tour Lu
Time required: 5 min / Admission fee: 0 euro
It’s not accessible in the interior.
If you want visit, get off the tramway at the stop of Duchesse Anne-Château des Ducs de Bretagne when you go back from Machines in the island.
コメント