Nantes Shopping

  1. Debotte Gautier

    When Jules Verne was a young boy he too was awed by this beautiful chocolate shop decorated with chandeliers, marble floors and a circular velvet banquette where Nantais have waited while their orders were filled since 1823. Handmade specialities include mascarons (finely ground chocolates encased in a dark chocolate shell) and a rainbow of hardboiled sweets.

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  2. Galeries Lafayette

    This massive department store has a basement food section open to Monday to Saturday.

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  3. Marché de Talensac

    Stock up on picnic supplies at this huge marketplace.

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  5. Passage Pommeray

    Pedestal statues symbolise traditional Nantais industries inside the ornate three-tiered shopping arcade Passage Pommeray, built in 1843 to link the then-stock exchange with the post office. Nearby are place Royale, laid out in 1790, and place Graslin, graced by the neoclassical Théâtre Graslin, built in 1788 and beautifully renovated earlier this decade.

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