Nantes travel guide
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Visit Nantes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Nantes is situated in the Loire-Atlantique department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Loire-Atlantique department. (General information: Nantes is 347 km from Paris and 487 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Nantes (page also includes a photo gallery for Nantes)
Popular places to visit near Nantes: these include Nantes at 5 km and Pornic at 38 km.
Nantes is a listed 'town of art and history' at 5km and Jardin des plantes is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Nantes: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*; Nantes has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Nantes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Nantes
See France This Way travel guides for Loire-Atlantique and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Nantes.
Note that all distances from Nantes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Nantes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Nantes (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Loire-Atlantique gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Nantes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des plantes (5km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Carquefou (14km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Nantes (5km) :
Map of places to visit near Nantes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Nantes
Canton: Nantes
Arrondissement: Nantes
Department: Loire-Atlantique
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 44000
Distance to Nantes
from Nantes: 0 km
from Paris: 347 km
from Calais: 487 km
from Nice: 794 km
from Bordeaux: 275 km
from Strasbourg: 714 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Nantes): Bouguenais, Indre, La Montagne, Les Sorinieres, Reze and Saint-Herblain.
Getting here
Loire-Atlantique is in the north-west of France. Most visitors arrive by car via one of the ferry ports such as Saint-Malo or Cherbourg. Allow around 3 hours for the trip in France. For driving distances to Nantes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Nantes