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