By boat Les Bateaux Nantais
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Nantes Metropole Tourist Office 0892 464 044
Takes: 1 to 2 hours Leaves: Every day from the Ile Feydeau Tourist Office Reservations at Tourist Office reception
A fun and eco-friendly way to get around tow n. It ’s happened elsewhere and now they’ve come to Nantes: a fleet of segways available f rom TP Ecolud’, (not far from the Tourist Office), Ile Feydeau. Visitors can get around on one of these fun, and green machines. Help is always on hand from a dedicated team, (for riders aged 14yrs +). Easy to ride, just tip forward slightly to move ahead and then you’re off on one of the discovery trails put in place by the organisers. Choose from Nantes’ 18th century quar ter and modern areas (on the Isle of Nantes), or Medieval Nantes (Bouffay, cathedral and castle quarters). Have fun, see more and be green on Ecolud’.
C 2 : Get off at Motte-Rouge Boutique • River Erdre Excursions
Z Free access Length of trip 1hr45
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October - November at 15.30 on Saturdays, Sundays and on Bank Holidays; please ask for week day departures From May - September: Every day at 15.30 December - February: Please ask for details
Duration: 2h30
h All year round bookings Discover the Erdre in cruising lunch and dinner and about 20 inaccessible manor s, madness and castles in their bosky bower. Share a unique moment over a service and gastronomy of quality. • River cruise on the Loire
Z Free access Duration: 1 hr
h Dates and times may
vary during the Estuaire festival. Please ask for details
Cr uise w ith commentar y on the industrial and trade history of Nantes, leaving from the jetty on the Isle of Nantes.
• Royal Cruise on the Loire Discover the richness of the river Erdre with a guided Lunch river cruise and walks tour, learn about its history, from April onwards. Please its chateaux and its flora and ask for details. fauna. From the Motte Rouge bridge to the Château de la Gascherie.
Getting around Nantes
Ecolud’
Place Waldeck Rousseau. (open every day from 9.00 to 19.00 from May to the end of September. From 9.00 to 12.30 and from 14.00 to 18.00 throughout the rest of the year)
• Lunch and dinner cruises on the river Erdre
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