Nantes Budget Travel Guide provides you the necessary travel information for visiting Nantes, France. You can find here details on how to go to Nantes and how to move around. In addition, I also list the places of interest that you might want to visit when you are there.
About Nantes
Nantes is the sixth largest city in France. It is located in western France, on the banks of the Loire River, just 50 km to the Atlantic coast. It has a population of just over 800,000 people.
The history of Nantes goes back to pre-Roman times, when there was a Gaulish tribe here by the name of Namnetes which established a settlement in the area around 70 BC. The Romans occupied the area in 56 BC, at which time the settlement became known as Portus Namnetus.
Nantes was voted by readers of L'Express as the greenest city in France in 2003 and the following year it earned the title of "best place to live" from the weekly Le Point. The city enjoys a temperate climate of cool winters and mild summers.
Budget Travel to Nantes
You can reach Nantes from Paris in just over two hours by the TGV high speed train.
Budget Travel within Nantes
The public transport operator in Nantes is the Transports de l'Agglomération Nantaise, TAN, which operates its trams and buses. A single journey costs €1.50. Once on board, you have to validate your ticket on the validation machine, which gives you an hour of ride with unlimited transfers. Tickets can be bought in packs of ten for €12. In addition, you can also buy daily 24-hour passes which costs €4.00 for one person and €6.50 for a group of four.
Cathédrale St-Pierre et St-Paul Cathedral church in Nantes renowned for its sculptured Gothic portals and Renaissance tomb of François II, last duke of Brittany.
Château de Clisson 13th century castle ruin overlooking the Sèvre Nantaise river.
Château des Ducs de Bretagne Castle where Anne of Brittany was born in 1477.
Clisson Small town some 30 km southeast of Nantes, with several beautiful Neo-Classical villas, brick belltowers and red-tiled roofs.
Musée des Beaux-Arts Fine arts museum housed in a beautiful building.
Musée d'Histoire Museum that documents the history of Nances, with painting by Turner of the Loire Embankment in 1757.
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