Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Nantes, France

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Number of sights 28 sights
Distance 9.5 km
Ascend 149 m
Descend 156 m

Experience Nantes in France in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in NantesIndividual Sights in Nantes

Sight 1: Motrice Jeumont n°144

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Motrice Jeumont n°144

The former Nantes tramway is the first tramway network in the city of Nantes. It existed between 1879, when the first line was put into service, and 1958, when the network was closed for good.

Wikipedia: Ancien tramway de Nantes (FR)

613 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Parc de la Moutonnerie

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The Parc de la Moutonnerie is a landscaped garden in the city of Nantes.

Wikipedia: Parc de la Moutonnerie (FR)

455 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Église Sainte-Élisabeth

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The Church of Sainte-Élisabeth de Nantes is located in Nantes in the Loire-Atlantique department in France.

Wikipedia: Église Sainte-Élisabeth de Nantes (FR)

735 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 4: Fontaine Wallace

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Wallace fountains are public drinking fountains named after, financed by and roughly designed by Sir Richard Wallace. The final design and sculpture is by Wallace's friend Charles-Auguste Lebourg. They are large cast-iron sculptures scattered throughout the city of Paris, France, mainly along the most-frequented sidewalks. A great aesthetic success, they are recognized worldwide as one of the symbols of Paris. A Wallace fountain can be seen outside the Wallace Collection in London, the gallery that houses the works of art collected by Sir Richard Wallace and the first four Marquesses of Hertford.

Wikipedia: Wallace fountain (EN)

73 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Cerf, biche et faon au repos

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Family of deer, also called Group of deer or Deer, Doe and Fawn, or Deer, refers to two animal groups sculpted in 1908 by Georges Gardet (1863-1939), of which there are at least three examples: in Buenos Aires in Argentina, in Nantes and in Sceaux in France.

Wikipedia: Famille de cervidés (FR)

296 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Jardin des Plantes

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Jardin des Plantes rosier / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Jardin des plantes de Nantes is a municipal botanical garden located on Rue Stanislas Baudry, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France. It is open daily without charge, but a fee is charged for the greenhouses.

Wikipedia: Jardin des plantes de Nantes (EN), Website

474 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Hôtel de la Pilorgerie

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The Hôtel de la Pilorgerie is a neo-classical style mansion built at the end of the eighteenth century, located in the rue Georges-Clemenceau, in Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1988. It is built symmetrically with a sister hotel, the Hotel Cazenove de Pradines.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de la Pilorgerie (FR)

27 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 8: Hôtel Cazenove de Pradines

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The Hôtel Cazenove de Pradines or Hôtel de Bouillé is a neo-classical style mansion built at the end of the eighteenth century, located in the rue Georges-Clemenceau, in Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1988. It is built symmetrically with a sister hotel, the Hôtel de la Pilorgerie.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Cazenove de Pradines (FR)

279 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculée-Conception

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Many chapels in France have been named the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception or the Chapel of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, in reference to the Immaculate Conception. Among them, we can distinguish: the chapel of Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculée-Conception in Aix-en-Provence, in the Bouches-du-Rhône; the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception in Baerenthal, in Alsace; the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception in Menton, in the Alpes-Maritimes; the chapel of Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculée-Conception in Nantes, in Loire-Atlantique; the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception of Saint-Denis, in Reunion Island; the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception in Sallanches, in Haute-Savoie; the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception in Sospel, in the Alpes-Maritimes.

Wikipedia: Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculée-Conception (FR), Website

30 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 10: Hôtel Saint-Pern

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The Hôtel Saint-Pern is a former private mansion built in the eighteenth century, located in the rue Malherbe, in the Malakoff - Saint-Donatien district of Nantes, France, of which the only vestige is the portal, which was classified as a historical monument in 1952.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Saint-Pern (FR)

413 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: Porte Saint-Pierre

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The Porte Saint-Pierre is the best-preserved remnant of the city walls of Nantes in France.

Wikipedia: Porte Saint-Pierre (Nantes) (FR)

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul

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Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul

Nantes Cathedral, or the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of Nantes, is a Roman Catholic Gothic cathedral located in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Construction began in 1434, on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, and took 457 years to finish in 1891. It has been listed since 1862 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

Wikipedia: Nantes Cathedral (EN)

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Sight 13: Tombeau de François II et Marguerite de Foix

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The tomb of Francis II, Duke of Brittany is a monument located in Nantes, in the Cathedral of St. Peter. The project was commissioned by Anne of Brittany, Queen of France, who was the daughter of Francis and his second wife Margaret of Foix, who is also depicted beside Francis. The tomb was originally located in the chapel of the Carmelites in Nantes. Francis II had wished that his body rest there, to join the remains of his first wife Margaret of Brittany. The tomb eventually received the body of Francis and both his wives, though only his second wife is depicted.

Wikipedia: Tomb of Francis II, Duke of Brittany (EN)

57 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Jardin de la Psalette

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La Psallette is a manor house built in the fifteenth century, located in Nantes, France. The building was classified as a historical monument in 1910.

Wikipedia: La Psallette (FR)

820 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 15: La Loire et ses Affluents

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La Loire et ses Affluents This photo was taken by Eusebius (Guillaume Piolle).Feel free to reuse it, but always credit me as the author as specified below. / CC BY 3.0

The Place Royale, located in the city center of Nantes, France, was designed in 1786 by the Nantes architect Mathurin Crucy. Built in 1790 after the destruction of the medieval ramparts, it is the central element of a homogeneous set of buildings in the classical style built for this occasion. It has a monumental fountain inaugurated in 1865.

Wikipedia: Place Royale (Nantes) (FR)

246 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Palais de la Bourse

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The Palais de la Bourse is a building on place du Commerce in Nantes, France, begun at the end of the 18th century and completed in the 19th century. It was rebuilt at the end of the 20th century to house a branch of Fnac.

Wikipedia: Palais de la Bourse (Nantes) (EN)

276 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: Square Jean-Baptiste Daviais

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Square Jean-Baptiste-Daviais is a landscaped garden, open to the public, in the city of Nantes, with an area of 2,965 m2, located in the city center district.

Wikipedia: Square Jean-Baptiste-Daviais (FR)

241 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 18: Hôtel Deurbroucq

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The Hotel Deurbroucq is a neo-classical style mansion built in the eighteenth century, located on the Allée de l'Île-Gloriette, in the city center of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1945.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Deurbroucq (FR)

443 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 19: Printing Museum

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There are several museums dedicated to a wide variety of fields in Nantes, France.

Wikipedia: Liste des musées de Nantes (FR), Website

339 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 20: La Cigale

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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

113 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: Théâtre Graslin

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Théâtre Graslin is a theatre and opera house in the city of Nantes, France, built in a new district of the city in the late 18th century by the local architect Mathurin Crucy, and named after the owner of the land, Jean-Louis Graslin. Constructed in the Italian style, the auditorium holds 823 people.

Wikipedia: Théâtre Graslin (EN), Website

663 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 22: Église Notre-Dame de Bon-Port

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Notre-Dame de Bon-Port is a Roman Catholic basilica located in Nantes, France. The church was constructed in 1846 by the architects Seheult and Joseph-Fleury Chenantais. Its official name is Église de Saint-Louis, though it is rarely known by this name.

Wikipedia: Notre-Dame de Bon-Port (EN)

92 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 23: Hôtel Garreau

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The Hôtel Garreau is a neo-renaissance style mansion built in 1845, located at the corner of rue Dobrée and rue Damrémont, in the city center of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1975. To the south, the hotel backs onto the church of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Port.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Garreau (FR)

632 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 24: Hôtel Philippe

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The Hôtel Philippe is a private mansion built in 1828, located at 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.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Philippe (FR)

769 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 25: Maillé-Brézé

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Maillé-Brézé is a T47-class squadron escort of the French Navy. It was named after the famous sailor Jean Armand de Maillé, Marquis de Brézé. This is the third unit to bear this surname. Since 1988, it has been a museum ship docked at the Quai de la Fosse in the port of Nantes. It has been classified as a historical monument since 1991.

Wikipedia: Maillé-Brézé (FR), Website

952 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 26: Le Parc des Chantiers

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Le Parc des ChantiersJean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0

The Parc des Chantiers is a large outdoor recreational area in Nantes.

Wikipedia: Parc des Chantiers (FR)

94 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 27: Carrousel des Mondes Marins

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The Machines of the Isle of Nantes is an artistic, touristic and cultural project based in Nantes, France. The project is based in the old covered buildings of the former shipyards in Nantes that were at one time used for ship construction, and later used as business sites.

Wikipedia: Machines of the Isle of Nantes (EN), Website

228 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 28: Grue Titan Jaune

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The Titan cranes are two now-disused lifting devices located on the western tip of the island of Nantes, preserved as a testimony to the industrial past of the commune of Nantes, in the French department of Loire-Atlantique. The yellow crane, formerly belonging to the Dubigeon shipyards, and the grey crane, at the Autonomous Port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, are now the property of the city of Nantes. They are classified as historical monuments.

Wikipedia: Grues Titan de Nantes (FR)

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