Explore Nantes from NOVOTEL NANTES CENTRE GARE

Beginning at the city center, this trail guides you to the higher ground called the “Mont Juillet”. At the pond of “La Martellière”, you will find tables and a playground.

The beginning of the hike starts at the parking of the train station. This trail has several variants that allows you to go on real steep trails like a maze with parallel roads. It has a distinguished atmosphere, secret and mesmerising. When you come back, go down to the port where you will find our restaurants and for those who love nature, make a stop to the “Ganuchaud” botanic garden which is located at the end of “la rue d’Angleterre”. Also, pass by “La Cour Gaillard” which is in “La Grand-Rue” and was edified by protestants at the Edit of Nantes. This site stays, until 1685, an important protestant place.

Prepare yourself for a hike of 2 hours long with 500 metres along the water. You will admire the vast expanse of the Plains of Mazerolles with 3 kilometres long and 1 kilometre large. This site is ideal for kids. It is also possible to go fishing for people with reduced mobility. Or you can have a picnic or some sport. At the end of this loop, you will see the Castle of La Baraudière surrounded by its stone walls from the 19th century and not far from there the Castle of Bois Mellet. A plate has been placed at the entry and it is written “qui a accueilli, cache et protégé les résistants de la région” which means “that has hosted, hided and protected the resistants of the region”.

This pleasant path of 11 km will guide you along le Cens and le Gesvres through Vigneux-de-Bretagne where these two rivers take source.

Discover the Plains of Mazerolles, a vast expanse of water of 3 kilometres long and 1 kilometre large. With a little bit of patience, you may see herons on the shores and a lot of other birds during migration season. Labelled refuge of the French League for the Protection of Birds (LPO), the site has also three beehives financed by the collectivity and an orchard. A themed path has also been created by the Municipality. The trail begins on the edges of the river Erdre to go through the undergrowth alleys, steep paths and goes through adorable little villages. It is possible to join the port of Sucé-sur-Erdre if you take the Atlantic Coast Route, or from the city-centre for this hike. The departure point is from the nautical base of Mazerolles.

This pleasant path starts “Place de l’église”. Highlight on the gorgeous private windmill of La Favrière.

This pleasant path begins “Place de l’église”. This track is quite nice during the summer as it is shaded.

This trail starts at the Jules Vernes car park in La Paquelais.

This trail starts at the Jules Vernes car park in La Paquelais.

With this trail you will be able to see the cross of the castle situated “impasse du château” and the castle de la Bretonnière which was built in the 15th century. At the end of the trail, you will see the “Moulin Neuf”, which was built in 1702 and is open to the public thanks to an association.

The Novotel Nantes Centre Gare hotel is a 4 star hotel in Nantes city centre. The hotel is close to the TGV station, the Dukes of Brittany château, the historical centre, the Ile de Nantes and the banks of the Loire. The hotel has 105 rooms...

Tables de Nantes 2014 - New listing!

Tables de Nantes 2014 Not to be missed, traditional, excellent wine cellar

Bridge near the small canal

The coal mines were extremely important from the 17th century.

As a place for meeting and mixing, the library must also be a simple place where people are welcomed in a friendly atmosphere and where they can get good advice. The whole team is involved in each place and provides quality entertainment. Come and visit them and share with them a good moment of reading and discovery.

As a place for meeting and mixing, the library must also be a simple place where people are welcomed in a friendly atmosphere and where they can get good advice. The whole team is involved in each place and provides quality entertainment. Come and visit them and share with them a good moment of reading and discovery.

Born from the whims of the relief and the fervour of an Abbot, it makes its appearance at the bend in the path that climbs to the Chapelle Largeau. Like a guide or a lighthouse, soothing by its serene presence, and so eternal: the Chapel of Saint Joseph stands at the top of the Ouin Valley. The traveller may be astonished, moved or meditate in front of this majesty. It proudly dominates this valley, at the bottom of which, the river Ouin, runs alongside, meanders and separates, sometimes the Maine et Loire, the Vendée or the Deux Sèvres. At the height of the trilogy, the parish itself was, over the centuries, under the dependence of three dioceses: Maillezais, La Rochelle and Poitiers! »

Products: fresh goat cheese, fluffy, gray, off-dry, log, herbs, pepper. Hectares: 2ha. Places of sale: Farm from 15h to 18h (order), weekly markets in Mortagne sur Sevre Tuesday from Vihiers Wednesday, Mauleon Friday and Saturday Cholet.

Organic farming on a 12 ha farm including 5 ha of market gardening and 1500 m² of greenhouses. Products: Various organic vegetables in season Places of sale : At the farm, Thursday from 6 to 7 pm, "Proxi" store in Mauléon, Biocoop Bressuire and Cholet, "Mangeons Bio ensemble" producers' store at Fruits de Clazay.

Looking for some fresh air? Escape to the Espace Naturel la Corbelière in Moulins and fill up on greenery! This 2 km trail, on a preserved site, is at the heart of a vast bocage landscape, cradle of springs where meadows, ponds, hedges and small streams mingle. This site has been awarded the "Espace Naturel Sensitive" label. With the family: a moment of complicity guaranteed! On your own: a great opportunity to recharge your batteries! Thanks to the support of the Département des Deux-Sèvres, JDO Paysages (Terves) has installed two attractive and fun footbridges. They're sure to delight young and old alike! An educational panel talks about "mollins". What are they? To find out, scan the QR code on the panel and listen to what the locals have to say. The site is also home to several geocaches, an orienteering course and a Tèrra Aventura course called "La Corbelière des z?ombres"

As a place for meeting and mixing, the library must also be a simple place where people are welcomed in a friendly atmosphere and where they can get good advice. The whole team is involved in each place and provides quality entertainment. Come and visit them and share with them a good moment of reading and discovery.

Products: vegetables and seasonal fruit production field and 700 m² under cover, partnership with other local producers. Usage: 1 ha devoted to gardening Place of Sale: At the farm Monday from 17:30 to 18:30 (on order) on Wednesday from 10:30 to 12:30 Thursday 16:30 to 19h Friday from 10:30 to 12:30 and 16:30 to 18:30 on Friday , filing basket in Dropbox shop and grocery store Champigneule in La Chapelle-Largeau.

Tables de Nantes 2014 - New listing!

Tables de Nantes 2014 Not to be missed, traditional, excellent wine cellar

Tables de Nantes 2014

Tables de Nantes 2014 New

The Novotel Nantes Centre Gare hotel is a 4 star hotel in Nantes city centre. The hotel is close to the TGV station, the Dukes of Brittany château, the historical centre, the Ile de Nantes and the banks of the Loire. The hotel has 105 rooms...

Open 24 hours a day, the hotel offers 144 air-conditioned rooms, from studios to executive suites, with free Wi-Fi access, queen-size bed (160), fully-equipped kitchen, courtesy tray, satellite TV, desk and safe. All bathrooms include a towel dryer, hair dryer, magnifying mirror and toiletries.

Welcoming hotel, opposite the SNCF station, TGV train, Tramway, access North. 5 minutes walk: Botanical Gardens, Art Gallery, pedestrian historical centre, Dukes of Brittany Château, Cathedral, Congress Centre, a unique place.

BETWEEN A STATION PLATFORM AND A LATE-NIGHT SONG, OLDEGAR WAS BORN. It's a place that makes you want to stop. A hotel, a bar, a musical haven opposite Nantes station, designed for travellers and local residents alike. The former "ASTORIA" hotel has been reinvented as a warm, raw, colourful urban refuge. Here, industrial flirts with pop. There's no room for boredom. At OLDEGAR, you can drink a coffee before your train, sleep between two concerts, toast your departure, and make a stopover to stay longer. Welcome to the new station hotel: lively, cosmopolitan, pop. The hotel is also close to the University Hospital, the Lycée Clémenceau, the Archives Centre and the military barracks. At your disposal: 44 rooms, all equipped with an individual bathroom (shower or bath) with hairdryer, TV, telephone, free WIFI and a bar open 24/7 for hotel guests. Baby cot available on request. Pets allowed (extra charge). International press. The hotel has a private garage (capacity of 6 spaces), subject to availability at the time of booking.

The Surcouf hotel welcomes you in a calm street, close to the Congress Centre, and near the station and château. It offers a unique situation in the very heart of the Dukes' city, with the possibility of strolling in the Botanical gardens.

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