Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Nantes, France
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5.9 km
134 m
Explore Nantes in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in NantesIndividual Sights in NantesSight 1: Hôtel Philippe
The Hôtel Philippe is a private mansion built in 1828, located at No. 7 Place Général-Mellinet between Rue Rollin and Boulevard Saint-Aignan, in the Dervallières - Zola district of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 2011.
Sight 2: Hôtel Blon-et-Amouroux
The Blon-et-Amouroux hotel is a mansion built between 1828 and 1856, located at No. 5 in Place Général-Mellinet, in the Dervallières-Zola de Nantes, in France. The building was registered as historic monuments in 1991.
Sight 3: Hôtel Maës
The Hôtel Maës is a mansion built in 1827, located at No. 4 Place Général-Mellinet between Boulevard Allard and Rue Richer, in the Dervallières - Zola district of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 2011.
Sight 4: Hôtel Vauloup
The Hôtel Vauloup is a private mansion built between 1828 and 1856, located at No. 3 Place Général-Mellinet, in the Dervallières - Zola district of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1988.
Sight 5: Hôtel de la Marine
The Hôtel de la Marine, originally called Hôtel Massion, is a neo-classical and "neo-Louis-XV" style private mansion built in 1874, located in Nantes, France, at 2 Place Général-Mellinet between the boulevard Paul-Langevin and rue de Belleville, in the Dervallières neighborhood. The building was listed as a French Monument historique in 1988 and 2011.
Sight 6: Hôtel Allard
The Hôtel Allard is a private mansion built between 1828 and 1856, located at No. 1 Place Général-Mellinet between Rue de Belleville and Boulevard de Launay, in the Dervallières - Zola district of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1991 and 2008.
Sight 7: Hôtel Garreau
Hôtel Garreau is a neo-renaissance mansion built in 1845, located at the corner of Rue Dobrée and Rue Damrémont, in downtown Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1975. To the south, the hotel is next to the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Port church.
Sight 8: Hôtel Durbé
The Hôtel Durbé, or Hôtel Durbé et Collin, is a neo-classical mansion built in the mid-eighteenth century in Nantes, France. It is located at the corner of Quai de la Fosse and Rue Mathurin-Brissonneau, in the Dervallières - Zola district. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1926.
Sight 9: Hôtel O'Riordan
The Hotel O'Riordan is a neo-classical mansion, built in the mid-eighteenth century, located at No. 70 Quai de la Fosse, in the city center of Nantes, France. The building was classified as a historical monument in 1938.
Sight 10: Emplacement du Collège des Irlandais
Irish Colleges is the collective name used for approximately 34 centres of education for Irish Catholic clergy and lay people opened on continental Europe in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
Sight 11: Immeuble sur le Cours Cambronne
The building, built in the 18th century and 19th century, was located at No. 2 on rue des Cadeniers and on Cambronne Cours in Nantes, in France. The building was registered as historic monuments in 1949.
Sight 12: Le Square Cambronne
The building, built in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, is located at No. 18 rue de l'Héronnière and Cours Cambronne in Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1949.
Wikipedia: Immeuble au 18, rue de l'Héronnière de Nantes (FR)
Sight 13: Hôtel Scheult
The Hotel Scheult, or Hotel Seheult, is a neo-classical and eclectic mansion built in the early nineteenth century, overlooking the Cours Cambronne and the rue de l'Héronnière, in the city center of Nantes, France. The building was classified as a historical monument in 1976. Its south façade was completely restored in 2015, highlighting all its sculptures and window frames.
Sight 14: La Cigale
La Cigale is a brasserie located in Nantes, France, on the same city square as the Théâtre Graslin. The locale has been classified as a historic monument since 1964.
Wikipedia: La Cigale (brasserie) (EN), Website, Facebook, Instagram
Sight 15: Immeuble CGA
The CGA building is located in Nantes, in the French department of Loire-Atlantique. It was awarded the "Heritage of the Twentieth Century" label, before being listed as a Historic Monument by the decree of 10 July 2015.
Sight 16: Hôtel Grou
The Hôtel Grou is a neo-classical mansion built in the late eighteenth century, located at the corner of Rue Kervégan and Place de la Petite-Hollande, at the western end of Feydeau Island, in downtown Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1932 and 1986.
Sight 17: Hôtel de La Villestreux
The Hôtel de La Villestreux is a neo-classical mansion built in the mid-eighteenth century, located on the Place de la Petite-Hollande, at the western end of Feydeau Island, in downtown Nantes, France.
Sight 18: Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours
The Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours Chapel is a former Roman Catholic place of worship located in Nantes in the Loire-Atlantique department of France.
Sight 19: Hôtel Deurbroucq
The Deurbroucq hotel is a neo-classical mansion built in the 18th century, located on the alley of Île-Gloriette, in the city center of Nantes, in France. The building was registered as historic monuments in 1945.
Sight 20: Les Anneaux
The Rings of Buren, also known simply as The Rings, is a work by Daniel Buren and Patrick Bouchain located on the Quai des Antilles on the Ile de Nantes in the eponymous city. Symbolizing the port's slave past, they were created for the 2007 Estuaire contemporary art festival, with Patrice Coupechoux, founder of IDM Groupe Coupechoux, as patron.
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