Must-see shopping in Loire-Atlantique

  • Gautier-Debotté

    Nantes

    A young Jules Verne was awed by this beautiful chocolate shop's chandeliers, marble floors and circular velvet banquette where Nantais have lingered amid…

  • Passage Pommeray

    Nantes

    Pedestal statues represent traditional Nantais industries inside this ornate, three-tiered shopping arcade. It was built in 1843 to link the then–stock…

  • Aux Merveilleux

    Nantes

    When the urge for something sweet strikes, indulge in an outrageously creamy and decadent cake from this chic chandelier-lit shop evocative of late-18th…

  • Vincent Guerlais

    Nantes

    Nantes' self-proclaimed 'agitateur de papilles' (taste-bud agitator) lures locals into his flamboyant violet-coloured boutique with silky-smooth chocolate…