Tour to discover the loire-atlantique

Start your day discovering the castle of the Dukes of Brittany. You will visit the museum of the city of Nantes, spread over 32 rooms, offering a tour of the city, through its history, and its current projects. Located not far, enter the medieval Bouffay, with its half-timbered houses, its pancake and bars.

Green Capital of Europe, at midday, you can bring your own picnic and eat in one of the 99 parks in the city.

Then you can stop at the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Pau. Gothic style, its construction is based on 457 years, from 1434 to 1891.

Then stroll around the Island of Nantes. Stroll in a mixture mall, parks and gardens. By continuing, you reach the hangar bananas. This is a top night spot.

Castle of Clisson

Enter the castle of Clisson. Consists of a polygonal enclosure surrounded by round towers, it contains a double moat and fortified walls that made it almost impossible to take the castle during an attack. This year, the medieval take place on 20 and 21 July 2013. Many events are scheduled: musical, medieval market, children's games, tournament of knights and performances.

Castle of Motte-Glain

Inside the Castle of Motte-Glain, an exhibition is devoted to African game trophies of birds and waterfowl naturalized. You will discover furniture that offers a harmonious dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Castle Châteaubriant

Castle Châteaubriant was charged with defending Britain against the kingdom of France. Inside, you will discover some medieval dungeon with around the stately home and the chaplain, chapel), and some revival in the former farmyard with palaces, ceremonial staircase and gallery columns shale. Note that a temporary exhibition is presented in the guard room of the house Françoise de Dinan.

Kerhinet

Then direction Kerhinet. This ancient village of peasants and weavers has been completely restored. To better understand how these people lived, explore the streets, discover its cottages. Attention, cars are banned in the village. In the museum of thatch, you enter an interior briéron dating from 1900 and learn the habits and customs of the past.

Guerande

Discover the marshes in a carriage. Thus, you will discover the flora and fauna. Please note that the tour is by reservation only. More: http://www.ot-guerande.fr

Then you can visit the Museum of Salt Marshes which you tell the story of sea salt marsh and people.

Ocearium Croisic

Finally, end your day, you are advised to enter the Ocearium Croisic, where you will discover more than 4000 specimens: sharks to tropical fish in Australia.

La Baule 

La Baule is known for its beach and bay. Come and enjoy a sporting event and the morning of the test and yachting, windsurfing, kite surfing, jet skiing and of course racing monohulls and multihulls. To relax, you can then stroll through the picturesque neighborhood of La Baule-les-Pins.

Castle Careil

Then head towards the castle Careil. Parts and collections presented will show as the castle through the centuries. Note that some visits are by candlelight, or as game costumes.

Ecomuseum in Saint-Nazaire

Ecomuseum in Saint-Nazaire, you will discover the main stages of the history of Saint-Nazaire. Bombed during the Second World War and rebuilt in the 1950s, Saint-Nazaire has been devoted to the manufacture of ships of legend.

Pornic

You will end this tour by Pornic. You will discover cliffs cut into the land of Armorica revealing numerous coves of golden sand. You can also direct you to the ledge Noëveillard for beautiful views of the bay of Pornic. Finally, of course, relax along the beaches.

Balance

We hope that this tour you completely satisfied. You can find our other tours to discover the Loire-Atlantique.

Machines de l'île in Nantes

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