Hotels in Nantes, France

A little about Nantes...

Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with 711,120 inhabitants in its metropolitan area at the 1999 census, and 790,318 inhabitants at a 2007 estimate.

Nantes is the préfecture of the Pays de la Loire région, as well as the Loire-Atlantique département. It is also the most important city of the historic province of Brittany, and culturally still remains strongly identified with it. The city's name derives from the Nemnètes, a Gallic tribe who had settled there before the Romans conquered Gaul. In 2004, Time described Nantes as the "the most livable city in all of Europe".

Leisure and sights:
Castles and Churches: Château des Ducs de Bretagne (Castle of the Dukes of Brittany)
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul (Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul)
Église Notre-Dame de Bon-Port (Basilica of Saint-Louis)
Église Saint-Nicolas (Church of Saint Nicolas)
Église Sainte-Croix (Church of the Holy Cross)

Parks and Gardens:
Jardin des plantes de Nantes (botanical gardens of Nantes)
Ile de Versailles (Versailles Island); Japanese gardens
Parc de Procé (Procé park)
Parc du Grand Blottereau (Grand Blottereau park)
Parc de la Chantrerie (Chanterie park)
Parc de la Beaujoire (Beaujoire park)
Parc de la Gaudinière (Gaudiniere park)
Le cimetière paysager (the landscape cemetery)
Le jardin des cinq sens (the five senses garden)
Vallée de l'Edre (Erdre valley)
Prairie aux Ducs

Intercity Trains: Nantes lies on a number of rail lines, including several TGV lines. Nantes is connected via TGV to Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Lille, and Strasbourg. By Corail (classical train), Nantes is connected to Quimper, La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Lyon, and Toulouse. Transport express régional (TER, regional transport) links to Saint-Nazaire, Angers, Le Mans, La Roche sur Yon, and many other regional cities.