The trip to Nantes is actually an urban tour of some 8 kilometers full of surprises. Here that if a signed work by a great artist today, that if a little beyond a historical monument ... The creations of yesterday and today invade even the smallest corners of the city transformed, changing and festive. Unavoidable places ignored the treasures of a historic street in a work of contemporary architecture, a surprising observation point to an incredible sunset over the estuary. Many of these claims can be discovered all year, others dressed in their finery for the event to be held from June 15 to August 19. Here are some unavoidable proposals:
The Gallery of Machines
This mixture of amusement park, museum, workshop and show that is The Gallery of Machines is located on the island of Nantes and merges the imagination of the most illustrious son of the city, Jules Verne, with art by Leonardo da Vinci inventor giving rise to a world of fantasy, dream, fun and fascinating home to giant robot shaped like animals and movement. There are bugs, giraffe, turtle, grouper, a beetle larva leaves the ground ... but without doubt the most spectacular is The Great Elephant, a building 12 meters high that you can scroll carrying 45 people, trumpeting and water with his trunk to those who approach him. Like the rest of the fauna, are visible gears and mechanisms, which acrecenta his curious appearance. They will join on 14 July the Marine Worlds Carrousel, composed of three carousels stacked and guarded by fishermen from all the oceans of the world ...
La Fabrique
A great artistic laboratory in the 'neighborhood of Creation. This could define this space consists of two separate buildings built over the old port facilities, a post-industrial look that symbolizes the spirit of the yard and other light metal pail. Inside, rehearsal studios, recording and training for musicians and artists, an experimental garden ...
Memorial for the Abolition of Slavery
This memorial designed to promote awareness and recognition of the slave past of Nantes is located on the dock of the Fosse. The more than 2000 glass plates that occur in an overgrown ride of 7,000 m2 on the Loire remember the names of ships, dates of slaving expeditions nantesas and slaving factories, ports of call and those of sales in Africa, West Indies ...
Estuaire, in the open
A total of 8 new permanent works this year are added to the permanent collection Estuaire proposed an open artistic adventure whose epilogue is planned for this summer. The set is distributed along the 60 miles from the estuary of the Loire between Nantes and Saint-Nazaire, and every one of his guide to a place or a place unusual highlight of the estuary, an Ariadne's thread of a constant space mutation.
[Best DiningFrom cruises taste, where taste delicious culinary surprises made especially for chefs, to the traveling Festival Les Gouts Uniques (unique flavors) that crosses the region Pays de la Loire there are unique events that invite you to enjoy the food: markets where local producers display their products in the field lunches, dinners at the castle of Nantes ...
And do not run out to see:The Cathedral of Nantes, which after its facade of white stone vaults stored higher than those of Notre-Dame, the Pommeraye spectacular gallery, with its monumental staircase of carved decoration, Dominique Perrault architectures and Nicolas Michelin in the neighborhood of the Isle of Nantes, the Palace of Justice signed by Jean Nouvel, the School of Architecture and the original building known as Manny, with its facade covered with perforated aluminum foil 3000, Le Lieu Unique, former LU biscuit factory, located on the edge the Canal Saint-Felix, turned into an unusual arts center, the castle of the Dukes of Brittany, now Nantes History Museum, which houses this summer large-scale exhibition entitled Hamburg-New York, Austria: a tragedy in the Atlantic ; Graslin theater, eighteenth-century period, the Gallery Room, better known as the hangar à bananes (banana warehouse), a permanent place for contemporary art, the museum Jules Verne ...
PRACTICAL GUIDE
DirectionsAir Nostrum has daily direct flights from Madrid and Barcelona with destination Nantes. The airline also connects Barcelona with Vueling Nantes.
Where to stayArt can also be enjoyed at two of the most unique hotels in Nantes. Halfway between downtown and the coast of Jade, Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau offers a peaceful surrounding water and green hillsides along the Loire. The Château du Pé, the eighteenth century, perched on a hill, its atmosphere is fairy furniture hidden in the walls, a window that speaks, a fantastic bestiary ... Six bedrooms and six artistic worlds to dream. Also the most unique is La Villa Cheminée, a small house located on an industrial chimney, any visual impact in nature. In the center of Nantes, a recommendation: Pommeraye hotel, modern and minimalist.
Where to eatAt La Cigale, one of the classics of the restoration in Nantes, much frequented by the same Jules Verne.
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