Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Nantes, France
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Experience Nantes in France in a whole new way with our 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 NantesSight 1: Hôtel Blon-et-Amouroux
The Hôtel Blon-et-Amouroux is a private mansion built between 1828 and 1856, located at 5 Place Général-Mellinet, in the Dervallières - Zola district of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1991.
Sight 2: Hôtel Maës
The Hotel Maës is a private mansion built in 1827, located at 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 3: Hôtel Vauloup
The Hôtel Vauloup is a private mansion built between 1828 and 1856, located at 3 Place Général-Mellinet, in the Dervallières - Zola district of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1988.
Sight 4: 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 5: Musée Dobrée
The Musée Dobrée is a museum in Nantes, in the quartier Graslin in the immediate outskirts of the city centre and very close to the city's Natural History Museum. It was given to the city by Thomas Dobrée and now belongs to the Conseil général de la Loire-Atlantique. In January 2010, the Conseil général began a project to restructure and modernise the museum, which is planned for completion in 2023.
Sight 6: 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 7: Immeuble CGA
The CGA's building is located in Nantes, in the French department of Loire-Atlantique. It received the "Heritage of the 20th century" label, before being listed as a Historic Monument by the decree of 10 July 2015.
Sight 8: Basilique Saint-Nicolas
Book Ticket*The Basilica of Saint-Nicolas de Nantes is a neo-Gothic style Catholic basilica located in the city center of Nantes. It is one of the two basilicas in the city, along with the Basilica of Saint-Donatien-et-Saint-Rogatien.
Sight 9: Maison des Apothicaires
The Apothecaries' House is a half-timbered house, located at No. 2, rue Carmes, in the city center of Nantes, France.
Sight 10: Square Amiral Halgan
Emmanuel Halgan was a French Navy officer and admiral.
Sight 11: Hôtel Saint-Aignan
The Hotel Saint-Aignan is a flamboyant Gothic mansion built at the end of the fifteenth century, located on rue Saint-Jean, in the city center of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1926.
Sight 12: Enceinte gallo-romaine
The Gallo-Roman enclosure of Nantes is a wall surrounding the city of Portus Namnetum, from the time of Roman Gaul to the High Middle Ages, of which only vestiges remain.
Sight 13: Monument aux Cinquante Otages et à la Résistance
The monument to the 50-otage is a monument of Nantes built on the Esplanade des Cinq-Communes-Compagnon-de-la-Libération east of Place du Pont-Morand on the edges of the Erdre.
Sight 14: Hôtel du Département
The Hôtel de Préfecture de la Loire-Atlantique is a building located in Nantes, France. It is the seat of the prefecture of the Loire-Atlantique department.
Sight 15: Hôtel Mellient
The Hotel Mellient is a private mansion built in the eighteenth century, located at 7 rue Tournefort, in the city center of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1954.
Sight 16: Statue de la Délivrance
La Délivrance is a 1914 bronze statue by the French sculptor Émile Oscar Guillaume (1867–1942). The statue was created as a celebration of the First Battle of the Marne, when the German army was stopped before capturing Paris in August 1914.
Sight 17: Tables mémoriales de 1914-1918
The monument to the dead of the 1914-1918 war is a war memorial built in Nantes in memory of the soldiers from the city who fell during the First World War. The work is by Camille Robida.
Wikipedia: Monument aux morts de la guerre de 1914-1918 (Nantes) (FR)
Sight 18: Hôtel Urvoy de Saint-Bedan
The Hotel Urvoy de Saint-Bedan is a private mansion built in 1840, located at the corner of Rue Tournefort and Rue d'Argentré, in the city center of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1954.
Sight 19: Hôtel Cottin de Melleville
The Hôtel Cottin de Melleville is a private mansion built in the eighteenth century, located at No. 1 rue Tournefort in Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1954.
Sight 20: Hôtel d'Aux
The Hôtel d'Aux, which later became the Hôtel du 11e Corps d'Armée, is a neo-classical style mansion built at the end of the eighteenth century, located at the corner of Place Maréchal-Foch and Rue Tournefort, in the city center of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 2012.
Sight 21: Hôtel de Montaudoin
The Hôtel Montaudouin is a neo-classical style mansion built at the end of the eighteenth century, located on the Place Maréchal-Foch, in the city center of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1951 and 1954.
Sight 22: 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.
Sight 23: Colonne Louis XVI
The Louis-XVI Column is a monument in the city of Nantes in France, installed in the center of the Place Maréchal-Foch. It is a twenty-eight-metre-high column, placed on a pedestal, surmounted by a statue of the King of France Louis XVI.
Sight 24: Maison du Chapitre
The building, built in the eighteenth century, is located at No. 2 Rue Sully and on Cours Saint-André in Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1954. The building in its entirety, formed by Nos. 2 and No. 3 of the Rue Sully, constitutes the House of the Chapter.
Sight 25: Hôtel Ceineray
The Hotel Ceineray, built in the eighteenth century, is located at No. 1 rue Sully in Nantes, France, on the edge of the Malakoff - Saint-Donatien district. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1954.
Sight 26: Chapelle de l'Oratoire
The Chapel of the Oratory is a former chapel of the Oratorians of the seventeenth century located in Nantes, France. It is located on the Place de l'Oratoire, in the Malakoff - Saint-Donatien district. Incorporated into the Hôtel Lelasseur in 1775, this chapel was classified as a historical monument in 1952. No longer dedicated to the celebration of worship, it has become an annex of the city's Museum of Arts.
Sight 27: Hôtel de la Pilorgerie
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.
Sight 28: Museum of Fine Art of Nantes
The Fine Arts Museum of Nantes, along with 14 other provincial museums, was created, by consular decree on 14 Fructidor in year IX. Today the museum is one of the largest museums in the region.
Sight 29: Ancien couvent de la Visitation
The Convent of the Visitation is a former convent of Visitandines located in Nantes, France. Confiscated during the French Revolution, it became a hospital, a garrison circle and then a residence for the elderly. It was listed in the supplementary inventory of historical monuments in 1925.
Sight 30: Jardin des Plantes
Book Ticket*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.
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