Nantes

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France, Loire Atlantique, Nantes, European Green Capital 2013, the banks of the Erdre

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Overview

You can take Nantes out of Brittany (as when regional boundaries were redrawn during WWII), but you can't take Brittany out of its long-time capital, Nantes (Naoned in Breton).

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Day Trips

From riverside villages and medieval towns to prehistoric art and fairytale bays, there are some great day trips from Nantes.


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